Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-03
NEW HAVEN CONN" FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1898.

cept except at considerable loss. German
steel rods are s6 delivered, and plates at
proportionste low prices. Low through
Continental railroad rates is the only ex
PLANTATION 30 far offered.
Nczo Yomurs, a Japanese gentleman
now in this country, Gays: 1--WE have or
gsnized In Toxic society called the Co.
ing to America society Its object is 10
facilitate Japanese travel In the United
States during the exposition. As say,
the travel will be very large. We have
made arrangements with the Pacific Mail
Steamship company and the American and
japanese railroads to such an advantage
that person in Japan can visit the fair
and spend about ak weeks in America for
700 yen, or little less than $500. HIM
dreds of my people have already made
their arrangements to come and the lists
are growing rapidly every day"
One by one the theories go. In col
labora:ion with Mr.. A. E. Kennedy. chief
electrician of the Edison laboratory at
Orange, DR.. Frederick Peterson, who is
chief of the Vanderbilt clinic IN nervous
diseases at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, has made some Investigations in
magnetotherapy that are the subject of
most interesting article In the New York
Medical Journal. The public has listened
to many theories, some of them emanstiug
from 80 high an authority ns DR.. Charcot,
about the beneficial influence of magnetism
on the human system, and the results cf
DR.. Peterson's experiments are of value TO
laymen, apart from their importance to
medical scientists. DR.. Peterson made ex-
hsustive tests with Edison's largest electro
magnets On subjects ranging from frogs to
human beings. and reached this conclusion
that "the human organism is in no wise
appreciably affected by the most powerful
magnets known TO science. The ordinary
magnets used in medicine have purely
suggestive or psychic effect, and would in
all probability be quite as useful if made Of
wood"
The state of the skilled labor market in
England is indicated by the returns of the
different trade unions for December.
Twenty five of these organizations, with q
membership of 1886. .36l, have reported to
the Board of Trade for that month, but
only twenty three of them report regularly
and furnish figures useful for purposes of
comparison. According to these the pro-
portion Of unemployed rose from S.27 in
November to 10 2 in December. Deduct
ing the number of men on strike, the num-
ber of unemployed was about 81 per cent
and this ia supposed to indicate pretty SC
curateiy the condition of the skilled trades
all through the country. This is the worst
showing since 1856, when the percentages of
unemployed among the skilled lsboEers was
10 per cent. The trades row feeling the pinch
most are those connected with the ship
building aud engineering industries, in
which employment is very slack indesd.
The clothing trades are also in bad way.
The building trades are in worse condi-
ticn than for long time back, the per
certage of those out of work being double
what it was year ago. The printing
trade seems to have experienced a slight
revival, but, with this slight exception,
the effect of the reports is unsatisfactory.