The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-09-02

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mored cruisers to the number of some
nine or ten annually. Since then these
yards have been considerably extend
ed and their equipment improved,
while their efficiency has been still
further heightened by ample expert
ence.
!, Probably in no other capital in Eu-
on at the present time as in Vienna.
That is to say, at least SO far as the
Inner Stadt," or center of the city.
inclosed within the Ringstrasse, is
concerned. Large houses, many of
them of considerable antiquity, are be-
ing pullel down and replaced with
handsome structures with imposing
facades and equipped with all modern
Improvements. There is scarcely a
street in the older parts of the city
where there Is not some building work
being carried on.
Vienna is being modernized at
rapid rate, but at the same time in
conservative way. The city authorities
are very strict in the enforcement of
the building regulations-they insist
upon a uniformity of elevation being
maintained. and refuse to entertain for
a single moment anything like the
American "skyscrapers."
Unfortunately all the building i'm
provements threaten to destroy, grad
ually. it may be, some of the most
attractive bits of "old Vienna" Histor-
century, palaces and comfortable-look-
ing, burghers' houses, with beautiful
carved stone entrances and quaint old
courts with fountains in the rear, are
fast being demolished.
Efforts are now being made to save
some of the really picturesque and his
torically valuable buildings still re-
naming, and to this end a society has
been formed under the title of Alt
wein," or "Old Vienna"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have been pro-
vided with fresh material for their ag-
itation by surgical experiment, in
the course of which the cerebrum, or
major brain, of a dog was removed
by one of the surgeons connected with
the Royal Charity Hospital in Berlin.
The result of the operation is expected
by surgeons to lead to most important
developments in brain surgery affect
ing human beings, permitting the re-
moval of portions of diseased brain,
which it has hitherto been considered
dangerous to operate on.The dog, a
fox-terrier, has completely recovered
physically from the operation. except
for the loss of it's powers of direction,
hearing and smell.
The surgeon, DIR. Rothman. after op-
ening the skull, cut away the entire
cerebrum, leaving. however. the layer
of tissue separating it from the cere-
bellum or minor brain, and also the
group Of optic nerves. The dog, when
consciousness was restored and its
snout was placed in a basin containing
food, began to eat ravenously. When it
lost touch of the basin, however. al
though it searched all round. it could
not find it again. This is taken as in
dicating that although the sense of
direction is gone, the memory is but
little impaired by the loss Of the cere-
Drum. Later on when the animal was
running about IN the garden further
proof of it's retention of memory was
afforded when hurdle was placed in
front of it and it clambered over, one
paw at time. showing that it recol-
lected that it has met and surmounted
such obstacle before. Either to the
memory has been supposed to reside
entirely in the cerebrum, but it is now
demonstrated that the cerebellum also
possesses some ofthe same functions.
The animal takes no notice at all
when stroked, but when struck or PIN
ched it bowls, and also when ammo
MIA is placed under it's nose. The latter
is regarded as being caused by the
smarting of the cuticle and not by the
color. since carbolic and lysol had no
effect
Further experiments in similar
direction are being carried out.
Tourists in European countries must
in the future add another small item
to their travelling outfit-namely. a
pocket sponge. The reason for this
necessary precaution has been divulg-
ed in the course of an investigation
just carried out among hotel servants
in several of the most popular resorts.
AS a result of the inquiry, tourists are
warned to examine their baggage
closely while passing from one place
to another. II traveller should discov-
er somewhere near the lock three al
most invisible chalked crosses or lines
he may know that he is considered
by the hotel servants at the place at
which he last stayed as mean" in the
matter of tips. aid he may expect bad
service wherever he may put up. Two
crosses or oblique lines indicate that
he IL rather Close" One cross by It.
self will secure him better treatment,
for he isthen regarded as ready to give