The Olneyville tribune. (Providence, R.I.) 1893-189?, 1894-07-14
destitute OF the scientific spirit rs ne
was of the desire for money.

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was Of the desire for money.
Ir Is said that recent experiments
made with the new rifles in Germany
make il reasonably apparent that the
next war will be simply one of exter-
mination. A prominent French
writer in a recent article says that the
battlefield would at the termination
OF the engagement be covered with
two or three hundred thousand
corpses, all crushed and broken, and
would be nothing but vast charnel-
house. No one would be left to bury
the dead, and pestilence would In its
turn sweep away the country people.
Pointing the moral, he adds, that the
man--emperor, king or president OF u
republic-who, under these condi-
tions, would expose the human race
TO such fate would be the greatest
criminal that the world had ever seen.
1t is tolerably plain that the horrors
and the butchery which war would
entail are becoming more and more
recognized. and that the terrible vista
thus opened out is exercising sober
ing effect on those who were formerly
wont To discuss various eventualities
with light heart.
ENGLISH writers just now are gloat-
ing over the great wheel which is
now being built Mt Earrs Court, ac-
cording TO the plans OF Lieutenant j.
w. Graydon. is to be considerably
larger than the Ferris wheel, which
was shown at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. The British wheel will be
three hundred feet in diameter,
whereas the Ferris wheel measured
only two hundred feet across. 1t
will be able To hold sixteen humid
red persons, and the Ferris
wheel could accommodate only thir-
teen hundred and sixty-eight at n
time. The big wheel at Earl's Court
is also different from the Ferris wheel
in respect to the towers which sup
port the axle on each side OF the
wheel. They will be over one humid
red and seventy feet high, and four
stories will contain saloons and will
be connected with outside elevators
as well as staircases. The steel axle,
which is seven feet i'm diameter, will
have "A passage through il. OF course,
IL is expected that the masses in
London will avail themselves OF this
opportunity to enjoy new recre-
alton. The carriages and cars will
be so arranged that each one will
hold forty persons and may be en-
tered at eight different places. Each
turn of the wheel will take about
twenty minutes, and there will be
five stops. The wheel will be proba-
bly, in operation some time in July.
THE Alienist and Neurologist con-
tains an interesting article by DIR.
William w. Ireland, OF Edinburgh,
on the prevention and evasion of i'm
sanity. He holds that persons accus-
toned to mental cultivation and dis
cipline have great advantages in es-
Gaping from the taints OF insanity.
lie thinks that mathematics is n very
healthful exercise for disturbed
mind. He quotes Bacon, who says:
II mans wits do wander, let him
study mathematics. for,in demonstra-
tions, il his wits be called away ever
SO little, he must begin again"
lnc lturHiilp vi IL new lHnPuHpt, III.
Ireland says, has been found by ex-
perience to engage the mind without
fatiguing or harassing it. The study
of animal nature, zoology and botany,
with it's illimitable fields and it's cul-
tivation Of the inceptive and receipt
i've faculties alike, and the opportu-
nifty il gives for outdoor exercise, is
valuable means OF diversion for II
mind unhinged or liable TO become
so. But we must not forget that all
men are not studious; the great ma
jority Of men rather prefer pursuits
which bring them in direct contact
and dealing with the outer world.
He who wishes TO escape the NOR
bid current OF his thoughts and fears
should select some one pursuit and
involve himself in action concerning
it. or all such occupations known
to us, gardening is the most whole
some and engrossing. Gardening
gives exercise TO the body and mind
alike, and though mainly an out OF
door pursuit. il also gives some en-
ployment under cover.