A Dangerous Doctrine.
'' I'm getting to bo considerable of a believer in the Darwinian theory, ' said a well-known joker the other evening as he sat converging with a group of cronies. " I certainly believe in tbe theory of the survival of the fittest." '• V- v do!" exclaimed a friend in an incredulous tone of voice. '• Yes, I do!" " Well, of all things in the world, that is the most fbeliuli for you to believe. It's suicidal, man '" •* HOW BO ?" "Why, if that plan were in operation, you would live just about two xniuutea longer.— Detroit Free Press. A constable Colborne, the clerk of the Tapanui Court, in Dunedin, who was doin£ a month in default of paying a fine inflicted on him in Wellington, for failing to make his return, has been released, the Audit Oflice now having ftastd lus accounts.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 48, 25 September 1883, Page 3
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141A Dangerous Doctrine. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 48, 25 September 1883, Page 3
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