The sun., 1891-06-28
IF MAN WERE BUILT THAT WAX
He Could no Wonderful Thiugs ~ He
We're Constructed on the Frog Plan.

He Couid no Wonderful Things if He
We're Constructed on the Frog Plan.
| Prom the Washington star.
Osteoloeist Lucas OF tho Smithsonian Insti-
ine. By one hind leg a large obuiifroe which he
aflI,s had lnst CAPTURED ut the nsh PonIs with 2
reporter. ,s who asked for what purpose
was was shown % that % sGe e",ius e was a enriostv ' in
the snntom cnl way. having three forenrms on
one side OF Its body. all o, full size though the
iespeet; The Intention was to iissect him for
scientific PURPOSES. and y was explained that
having star ed in lie as % Two indiyiinnis which
had become mixed np like the children OF Ltt-
os Sas bssn ssf' ssfss tin ,s'F vs OF
science. because he !. Always being dissected
% e ss SGn h
a9s Me- nna hs n 1
for the, reason that he viii 9Sndnre being
@ sna he Rs Will get along % e"n fairly ri we'll s wt%""
mouth ana o.herWise behaving rs usual
though n an ,, Husomasic % fGr yo OF ISi. Ssh
nilsly under such condition.: as experiment.
haS; h's; shown. II yon cut out his lungs he
Ss or we sR
beings breathe through the skin all over the
body In Il small degree. the blood In tho Sill.
Ssas S 'Ss ,he on Besde ii. sts
under ingenious torture Sy the aastomtst. and
the eorInselsss s IN his bloc being % remarkably,
iSe seek or after medical kSowled &C. N''''A VI
No. I, T. % not customary to ndminister t anrs-
animal suffer ye:y much ! you ask Perhaps;.
scientific authority has said that. death Is tho
only measure q, pan. A certain amount OF
Of mans ms leg and he Is likely to give up tho
ghost. Cut on a frogs leg, and. IL bleeding is
ant to be seriously inierisrsd With. Descend
lower Il the scale ale and pull or the leg Of y crab
vim o turtle It viii IL
i've through all sort. Of dissectons. and it,
Esns w were nn os M
CIT ont cutting out its lungs, however and it will
The frogs bony system is very simple. It
has only nine vertebr;e in its back bone-fewer.
believe. than any other animal; and 1t pos
to swallow by gulps the air 1t breal hes instead
Of projecting its chest AS we do. and creatinga
h4a pecnsr ia 40 per hs
two bones which form the heel IN man being
sa n Biz s SSs fxJ ons
pelvIs hinges on TO he back bore. So as % give
= Joint in the middle Of the back. How much
sna ed the s' ods
has a spring 10 it. Three or four folds give u
certain "a amonnt Mount OF spring i've or or six folds
sads So
Is the. same way with the frog. which. be-
Ies hs'ee ess Is Gns ana IS
SxIiish, you and 1 don't have: i wv were
leAping Rrross PENNSYLVANIA avenue at one
hop; y the ssisintihc pares, mo I5og is modi;
:Is upper and lower leg being eonneeeI bya
n he has a a sixth toe. that las become rnd,men. '
.ary IT., The , lore lee. have only f"uT ,oss
sss Species " the " thumb is the ass, ais,t t.
.lisaEpear. mex, goes the little finger. next the
had aSfF "ass snss a
walks. Similarly the clo,en-footed BEASTS
the iros has huge skull. with a very
small brain cavity an az enormous mouth
iGr the OF Shs sh small
Beard. the artist tells u story Of q pet frog no
had in ,; an aquarium, n, thnt ATTEMPTED 10 get
from Florida On coming home he found Mr.:
Frog. who had taken down the small sanrian
the tail OF the victim. which was 90 long to |
find room inside for its accommodation. The |
frog. like tho toad. has Its tongue fastened in |
front al d loose behind, 50 that it can capture
INSECTS s, by wnirDinE il over and outward,
il It's Upper jaw. The toad is n higher
animal Than the froR. because I, gives birth
taIpoIss. subsequently Transformed into |
the nnal share, The tadpole brealhes
and NJ legs and /. n veRetabe feed
eI. The metamorphosis 1t undsrgoes is ono |
OF The mo i marvellous things in nature. II it |
were not so common it would nstonish the !
world Think Of vegetable eating h-h with ,
land animal developing teeth. and becoming Il |
carniverous Iuadrnped. Isn't 1t amazing when
you come to con-id 1t? wonderful Ueast