Connecticut western news., 1873-04-25
Industrial Progress.

The State of New York has one thou sand cheese factories, which, make eighty million pounds of cheese.
 He who longs after beautiful Nature can best describe her, said Bettipe he who is in the midst of her lovliness can only lie down and enjoy.
 France imports annually 7,0o0,OOO tons of coal, receiving 4,00Q, 600 from Belgium, 2,OOO, 900 from England, and 1000, ,0oO from Germany and elsewhere.
 "You exhaust my patience, cried 8 doctor who was engaged ina quarrel with his wife. "Y You exhaust your patients worse than do," was the re- tort.
 The Missouri Legislature has passed a bill entitling laborers to a lien upon 8 irailroad when the contractors fail to pay them for the work they may have done.
 The armies of Europe have altogether 10000 pieces of artillery, of which Ger many has 1, 764, Russia l, 736, and Aus tria 948. Norway boasts only of 72, and Switzerland 400.
 An extensive deposit of iron ore ha
 
 Samuel Caldwell in Lycoming Co.,, Pa. a section supposed to contain great min eral treasures.
 The Council of Toledo are about to assist, by loan, the building of rail road from that city to Columbus, Ohio, mainly with the view of increasing the coal trade in the former and the lumber business in the latter city.
 In order to check the production which is depressing the business, the manufacturers of writing paper in Mas sachusetts contemplate limiting the production of their mills to one-half the usual quantity during the. months of April and May.
 The dearness of British coal has led to the organizing, in Russia, of six com panies, having an aggregate capital of $9, 52O, 900, for the purpose of develop ing the great coal-felds of that country, which has hitherto imported over SO0,- 900 tons of coal annually from Eng land.
 A Southern Lumber Manufacturers and Shippers Association was recently established at Savannah for the purpose of promoting the general interests of the trade. An insurance company was also organized in connection herewith, in order to avoid paying the high rates which the large companies require for insuring steam saw-mills.
 It is proposed to establish asteamship line between New Orleans and Brazil, which will, it is expected, derive ample business from the coffee, lumber, and Western produce trade. It is urged that line ought to be established also between the same port and Vera Cruz, in order to develop the trade which may be expected from the opening of the railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico City.
 The Chamber of Commerce of Charles ton, s. O., following the good example set them by similar bodies in other cities, have prepared an elaborate re- port on the trade and commerce of that seaport. Regarding the comparatively new trade in South Carolina phos- phates, the report shows that six con- panies, with capital of $4, GOO, ,0O0, are engaged there in making fertilizers and sulphuric acid, and that 25O, ,OO0 tons of crude rock have been shipped already from Charleston.
 A remarkable discovery has been made by Willoughby Smith, the cleo trician, to British telegraph construc- tion and maintenance company. Hefnds that if bar of selenium placed in the dark has current of electricity passed through it, and be then subjected to the influence of light, either daylight ol artificial light, its power of conducting electricity is immediately doubled, this result ceasing the moment the light is withdrawn. It is proved that this effect is entirely due to the luminous rays, and in no way due to the effect of heat