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Show It appears from statistics recently published by tho military authorities nt Tokyo that tho recruits for tho Japanese Jap-anese Army are growing taller. The measurements show thnt tho numbor nbovo tho mean height of flvo feet four inches lins Inerenbcd two per cent, while tho number of recruits below that 6tntuo has decreased six per cent. Tho Russians dcclaro that tho heads of tho Japaneso havo grown bigger since their war with China. Hero is one race, at least, which shows nono of the symptoms of degeuerncy which have so greatly alarmed Hrltlsh-i'rench, Hrltlsh-i'rench, Gcrmau aud other European statisticians. |