Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1854-06-24
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPER,

| ENec UT n NEW SfApEHs
1 school teacher, who has been engaged
long time in his profession, and witnessed
the influence Of good newspaper upon the
minds Of a family of children, writes 10 the
editor of the Ogdensburg Sentinel as follows:
have found il TO be universal fact,
without exception, that those scholars, Of
both sexes, and of all ages, who have had
access TO newspapers at home, when COM
pared TO those who have not, are,
l. Better readers, exceling in pronuncia-
tion and emphasis, and consequently read
more understandingy.
2. They are better spoilers, and define
words with ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain practical knowledge Of
geography, and in almost half the time i,
requires others, as the newspaper has made
them familiar with The location Of the i'm
por'ant places, nations, their governments
and doings on the globe.
They are better grammarians, for hav-
ing become SO familiar with every variety Of
style in the newspaper, from the common
place advertisement TO the finished and clas-
scal Grafton OF the statesman, they more
readily comprehend the meaning of,h text
and consequently anaIyze its construction
with accuracy.
8. They write better compositions, using
better language, containing more Information
and more connec,edly expressed.
6. Those young men who have for years
been readers Of the newspapers, are always
taking the lead in the debating society ex.
hibi'ing a more extensive knowledge upon
a greater variety of subjects, and expressing
their views with greater auency, and clear
ness in lheiI use Of language.
ApHoRIsMs OF LORD BAcoN.-virue is
nothing else than inward beauty, and beauty
nothing else than an inward virtue.
Beauty makes virtues, vices bushes.
Riches are a good hand maid ; but the
worst mistress.
1t is great blessing TO enjoy happiness
but TO have the power to confer i, OF others
is far greater.
The stairs TO honor are steep, the standing
slippery, the regress downfall.
The praise is an honor which comes from
voices freely conferred.
What is good man TO do with the dull
! appreciation of the vulgar!
, should sooner believe the fabulous won.
ders Of any religion than that this universal
frame was built without Deity.
= He that delights in blood is either wild
beast or Fury.
Though Justice cannot extripate vice, ye'
it represse,h it from doing hurt.
He that is prodigal of his own life will moi
spare the life of another.
SPAiN-As 1T WAS, AND AS 1T Is.-How sa.
has been the decay of this once powerful ma
iion whose very name was formerly blem
attic Of splendor and power, now, alas a mel
ancholy memorial Of departed greatness
Under the Moors, the population of Spai
was thirty millions it is now less than thir
teen millions The Cidmor Publieo, Mad
rid newspaper, says:
aGranada, before lis fall in 1887, contain
ed 400, 900 inhabitants, of whom 60 900 Dor
arms. /, now contains but 10000 SOU
all counted. Malaga, in the nth century
al contained so 600 inhabitants; it now posse
ses only $4,000. Medina del Campo, in tn
18th century, contained 10000 inhabilan,.
it now contains 5000. Merida, al The epoc
possessed 10000 inhabitants; il now posse
ses only 5000. In the 18th century, the di
cese Of Salamancha, had one hundred al
twenty seven cities and villages; now h
thirteen only, Segovia, in i725, had 5,O'
families now 1000. Seville, in the II
century, had population OF 100000,
which 5000 were employed in manufa
lures it now contains 10000 sons all iol
Toledo, in the 18th century, had zoo, 900
. habitan,s; it now has $4,000. Valenc
which in the year 1000, counted a populaii
lsr Of coo, 600, now hardly numbers 6o,ooo.
n, 1878 there were counted l,5ii abandon
no villages in Spain, and the number has be
,se increasing from that day 10 this"
al Cure FOR HYDRoPHoBIA The Newa
"s IN. J Advertiser is requested 10 re-publi
n'o '' The following, said 10 be preventative
u'' hydrophobia, as discovered by a French Pl
lde sician, NJ. Cossar Take two table spooni
Po' Of fresh chloride oi lime, mix il with h
IN, pint Of water, and with this wash keep |
's' wound constantly balhed, the lotion bel
'he frequently renewed. The chloride gas p
ou' sesses the power OF decOmposing the uem'
RED dous poison, and renders mild and harml
oor that venom, against whose resls'less alta
s'is the artillery OF medical science has been
'oA long directed ia vain i. 10 necessary 10 az
In that this wash should be applied as soon
oy possible after the inllielion Of the bite, ]
ing follow ing are the results Of this ifeaimeI
inu From 1870 to issi, the number Of pa,ie
tue admitted into Breslau Hospital, was is,,
70" whom only iro died iTsi To 1884, into /
:" Hospital a, Zurich, 2ss persons, bitten
Va digsrenl animals, lss BY doss,l Of whom OF
." four died.
CA. A stAose-slspEp EseLIsH LADY.-T
rhs wife Of oas Of the oaiesIs of lhe iiih hassa
and slater 10 tho great African iion.hual
accompanies her husband 10 The East. !
'ly. hablimsn's ais prepared Tor active ssrVl