Interfering With Natural Selection

For countless ages hand to hand coin bat has been the means of selecting the most bardy and robust individuáis to perpetúate their race. Now, however, the magazine rifle and smokeless powder will probably exercise a potent inflnence in the reverse direction. Not only is the smallest and most insignificant individual now capable of inflicting as much injury upon the foe as the most robust, but fae offers a much smaller target to his adveraary, and has therefore a better chance of