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Show riijlolnltl OdiljlUl. Tho muscles of n li'elUlevclopeil human jawenn exert njjorco of ft.i pounds necordiu tortXcitt nxperi-ments nxperi-ments The blood ln'ltajiatuiiil tnte contains nn amount tif nnfo nntcr Hint la really iiritoniihlnr;! I"nne who has notgivontbohiibJecti'J' It Ion -nearly seTcu-etghlhs of Its vLJcf bulk Kiel estimates thn surface of U10 lungs nt 150 square feot, or tenUmes thut of Hie external body. ThcrU enough of Iron In the blood of 49jmtn to mnku a plmvshnre-of 21 pound,ivoii.'ht. A THUE I'HILOSOPHEH. -srf- II vr n Cain Hint CAlletl 'or Coutnc ol Dm HpnilHn'tir,ilrr. Hobert Grant, ill ScrlTjtjtJh's Magazine dollnes by nn iiicldecTviJnt he call, "n. lboroiigh-goli)B-,""i3jnr-lrottlng phllosopber." This Is Utif-illuMrntion, necessarily sliortfncd.jjlHjMbly lovers of fishing will agrco'tbntnptcven the most unmerciful curtailing could deprive de-prive it of force ' f I remember taking ltio Fred, my eldest son, to sknta with 'ino ono winter's win-ter's nfternoon on n "Suburban pond Ho did famously for niyro hut we both wearied nt Inst ofibT. cvcrlustlng ntrlfo to malntnln tho perpendicular, nnd I war. coriscloiiSMjfijrirrtult of Joy ivlien he became comjjlcjjdy absorbed In wntchinjj a maiindnis ilshim; for pickerel through n liolgin, the Ice. "Caught nnytliinc?3nsked ho. "Nope " ' itfmm j4fJ(B,'ji' "lladnbltcr'T59- 1 "How lonir you l-"ii'Vs t f?t, "An hour ' Ah I Kllded nwny llphl IFVtedly on tho delicious curves of HicVititer edge, 1 reflected that lie wns evidently a persevering' per-severing' pot-hunter who would not bo easily dUcnuraged, nml that I could count upon his engroMng tho niton-tinn niton-tinn of my offspring for a considerable period. Accordingly, I was surprised, sonio five minutes later, to observe tho flih-crmnn flih-crmnn shambling ncrosa tlic pond town to-wn rd tho shore. A moment nftcrvinnl I learned 11-hut hnd happened. Tho lioriiy-haiided;pot-hiiiiter, having hav-ing presently pulled it solitary pickerel out upon tho ico nnd freed it from his hoolt, turned aside toc nnojherploco of bnlti whereupon myiiopeful picked up thn llnli nnd popped it buck into Its natiro element without so nrucli ns n syllnhloofcoininentHrj; mid thereiqion be of tbo horny hand, having realized tho situation in Its terrible entirety, pulled up his line, shovelled back tho particles of ice into the hole, and bo-look bo-look himself upon h!s shnmbllug way without n word. Not a word, mark you Tho only nlternattvo wai child-murder or silence, si-lence, nnd my pot-hunter choso tho simplest form of tho dilemma. "I thought the llsh iionld like it," said llttlo Tred, when Interr,ugntc! upon Hip subject. Thk new surgeon general of tb t'nlted Mutes imyy 11ns chosen for that position ovor tho bends of, fourteen four-teen of his seniors In tho service, Ho is fifty-six yenrs of ngc. AiiMiiiALllr.i.KNAl- thinks that "sinco staam nnd electricity have taken possesion pos-sesion of tho unvnl soul, soamaushlp is almost decried n n lost art by Hit) llilng lli-lng generation of naval tuon ' Thf. trolly having invaded nnAtn up Gettysburg' battlefield, il Is proposed pro-posed thcro shall bo a dunce Jious) to keep it company. Tho secretary of liar now proposes to look into nil these so-called Improvements himself Anniit.it. SinMir-iiArci, HftMoin, who succeeds tho lllfutixl Admiral Tryon nscommuudur in ublef of the queen's Mediterranean squadron, has boon In tho royal navy for foil -throe yeiira lloth Ills grandfather mid his undo were ndmirals beforo him A Tor fort has been built by Emperor Em-peror William In tho Sam Soiu-i park nt Fotstlam nt a ooit $lt.1,Ouo, for O10 military education of the ciovvn prlnco and Ills brothers. It ivn designed by ono of Krupp'a cnglnocrs and displays every modern Improvement |