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The Lepers of Jerusalem.

In my rambles about Jerusalem | passed on
several occasions through the quarter of the
Lepers. Apart from the interest attached to
this unfortunate class of beings, (arising from
the frequent allusion made to them in the
Scriptures,) there is much in the appearance
and mode of life to attract attention and enlist
the sympathy of the stranger. Dirt and dis
ease go revoltingly together here; gaunt fam
inc stalks through the streets; constant cry
of suffering swels upon the dead air, and sin
broods darkly over the ruin it has wrought in
that gloomy and ill-fated spot. Wasted forms
sit in the doorways; faces covered with white
scales and sightless eyes are turned upwards !;
skeleton arms, distorted and feted with the
ravages of leprosy, are outs,retched from the
foul moving mass and low howl is heard,
the howl of the stricken for aims aims, oh
stranger, for the love of God |! aims to feed the
inexorable destroyer aims To prolong this
dreary and hopeless misery.
Look upon it, stranger, you who walk forth
in all your pride and strength and breathe the
fresh air of heaven; you who have never
known what it is to be stunned by your fel-
low man as thing unclean and accursed; you
who deem yourself nnblest with all the bless
ings that God has given you upon earth look
upon it and learn that there is a misery beyond
all that you have conceived in your gloomiest
hours misery that can be endured learn
that ever the Leper, with death gnawing at
his vitals and unceasing tortures in his blood
cast out from the society of his fellow man,
forbidden to touch in friendship or affection
the hand Of the untainted, still struggles for
life, and deems each hour precious that keeps
him from the grave.
The quarter of the Lepers is sad and i'm
pressive place. By the laws of the land,
which have existed from Scriptural times, they
are isolated from all actual contact with their
fellow men yet there seems 10 be no prohibi-
ton to their going out beyond the walls Of Je-
rusalem, and begging by the road side Near
the gate of Zion, on the way 10 Bethlehem,
saw many of them sitting on the rocks, their
hideous heads uncovered, thrusting forth their
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Tact.

The true secret of benevolence is to know
how to hide, or at least TO undervalue, the
benefit, that the unfortunate person may he
spared the modification of having his neres-
sily aud his dependence understood; that
there may be less the appearance of making
him debtor than that Of putting the donor
under mn obligation. BY sparing in this way
the feeling of honor, the most unimportnnt
service may receive value, n power TO at
tract and 10 retain affections. which without
it the greatest sacrifices would not have.
You are riding good and very quiet
horse, said Turenne TO one of his officers,
who was in fact mounted on an old and
worthless animal, but was too poor to provide
himself with n better. NY horses are, for
an old man like me, too fiery and spirited /;
you will do me favor if yen will exchange
1t is perceived at once that this exchange was
a present, aud for man like Turenne no
very great one but how kind and graceful
was the manner in which il was made! How
much must the officer have felt bound TO the
man wlro united with attention TO his ne
cessities so much consideration for his honor!
From the German Q Engcl.
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HALF POUNp. an up town grocer and pro-
vision dealer, had customer who used 10
come now and then and buy Id of sugar,
(profit OIL it Ia Of cent !! or a two cent
candle, and he never missed selZing an ap>
pie, fig, or bunch Of raisins; in fact any.
thing that came sort Of handy, was a grist 10
his mill. Hal-pound bought some pears on
speculation, each looking as luminous as a
juvenile squash, and as lusciously tempting
as the pouling lips Of voluptuous cousin
TO n poetIcal genius, or golden boulder TO
a dying miser. Nibler no sooner saw the
pears than he managed to lew OH one-dead
loss 10 halt. .pou"d, four cents A day or 10
afterwards. Nibbler came in again, the big
yellow pears wfre gone, but there sat a small
basket of such rch lusty looking little peach
es, that he seized a top one and clnpped il
il into his cupncious mouth, he gave it n
gush-hls eyes danced-hIs face puckered-
his teeth shone, and such splitng and
spullering us he made was nauseaiing to the
mere locker on. Half pound ran 10 the
sufferer aud inquired the mailer. The nib
bier could only sri. and point to--il,em
peaches.
OH good grncous,' says Halfpound,
'then,'s only limitations made Of soapr
'Soapn says Nibb'e, 'and the nastiest soap
ever did heard tell OF, tool
The cure was effectual. Nibbl-r seems TO
have smeit n raj well got tnste Of
yellow soap for lI.lfpound hasn't seen him
for three weeks Yankee Blade.
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SEVEN Fools i. The Enyious Man
who sends away his mutton, because the
pers0n next to him is eating venlson.
g. The Jealous Man-who spreads his
bed with singing -nettle, and then sleeps in
10.
3. Tie Proud Man-who gets wet
through, sooner than ride in the carriage Of
an inferior.
a. The Liligious Man--who goes to law,
in The hopes OF running his opponent, and
gets ruined himself.
S. The ExIravagant Man-wh buys a
herring, and takes cab to carry il home.
6. The Angry Man-who learns the
ophclede because he is annoyed by The play
ing Of The his neighbor's piano.
7. The Ostentatious Man-wbo illuminates
the outside of his house most brilliantly, and
sits inside in The dark.-Punch.
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Young Mon.

The idea is prevalent in some communities,
that the young men are unfit for generals or
statesmen, and that they must be kept in the
background until their physical strength is i'm
paired by age, and their intellectual faculties
blunted by years. Let us look at the history
of the past, and from the long list of heroes
and statesmen who have nobly distinguished
themselves, We will find that they were young
men who performed those acts which have
won for them an imperishable need of fame,
and which placed their names on the page of
history. Alexander, the conqueror of the
whole civilized world, viz: Greece, Egypt
and Asia, died at thirty-three. Bonaparte was
crowned Emperor of France when ihrty-three
years of age. Pitt, the younger brother, was
thirty-three years of age, when in Britain's
Parliament he boldly advocated the cause of
the American Colonies; and but twenty-five
when made Chancellor Of the Exchequer.-
Edmund Burke, at the age Of oftwenty-one, was
the First Lord of the Treasury. Our own
Washington was but twenty-five when he COW
cred the retreat of the British at Braddock' S
defeat, and was appointed to be commander-in-
chief of all the Virginia forces.
Alexander Hamilton, at twenty, was Lieut..
Colonel and aid to Washington at twenty-five
a member of Congress, and at thirty-two Sec
retary of the Treasury. Thomas Jefferson
was but twenty. three when he drafted the ever
memorable Declaration Of Independence. Al
,hs age of thirty years Sir Isaac Newton occu-
pied the mechanical chair at Cambridge Col.
lege, England, having by his scientific discov.
cries rendered his name immortal. .a.-.Ha
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Criticism Extraordinary---Son-
tag and Alboni.

Our New York exchanges come to US with
long and elaborate notices of The merits, Pc
cuiiarities and performances of Two great nr-
tistes whose names we give above. We Pc
ruse them with pleasure. bur we confess that
the following iip-top critique, from The pen
of Col. Pipes, of Pipesvlle, and which we
find in the New York Sunday Mercury, af-
forded us more qualification than any literary
morsel We have digesled lately. Col. Pipes
hereby has our thanks. Silence in the ranks
and attention cum-pin-ny!
Having herd these two illustrious singers,
we proceed TO give the publick The benefit
Of our opinion, promising first, that the TURNS
we make use of will be understood by our
reeders. Alboni, from the fust, struck us
hard, but did not hurt US her voice gurg-
ling as it does, from the innermost depths of
her .resplendent bosom, frzzled in dreamy
voluptuousness through the wnrbling kaden-
ces OF her matchless organ, satisfying US ,ha.
it wos a kontroAo of the highest order. Her
uiC uuu
the ease with witch the roelards of the defin-
tie 9Th, coming on The dominUnt, are worked
so that the mezzo-tinto quality is nrtlessIy
swollen in the inverted passage, taking IN its
compass three ocIaves, four flutes and a
fageolet. She sings IL with perfect dstinc-
ton, and her low A was very fine indeed
Her shake resembled the feathery Pickering
Of some autumnal bird, as it gldes through
the adamantine meanderings Of some orno.
biological meadow, while her susienooto
died away on the left ear like the magic
hurning Of a large meflluous bee. We never
shall forget ii. Sontag, on the contrary
makes US almost Tx Marvel, possessing as
she dus. voice of such fexsablIty, using nc
rat-traps to astonish her ordiIarY. She run
up the kramatic scale, taking the doubel stops
aud accidental fitteenhs in one breth, while
the lripley warblingness Of her descending
passage, wos received with perfekt delight
She evidently belongs to good school-say
Sprineter Institute. The few.roar she created
tired Of loosing his arms was perfectly ofu
so much SO that feared the Light Gard wood
have been korled in. We made our mind
up that her voice could be herd with ease Al
the iarthest end of the Hall & Sons, Broad.
way and that her powers of extendua,ing q
note for GO or 90 days had never been FULLY
tried. Her shake on the dominant key Of X
miner, left us nothing more TO desire; nnt
her cadence, as she took the major cord E
in the dudanty afectuoso con amore allegro az
tiMtum passage drew down lhunders Of ap'
pIause. She made CRATE ht.
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An EYE TO BUSINESS. are often en-
rertalned, says an English journalist, by the
tone of sentiment adopted in advertising a
death. There is frequently laceIion union
of puff and despondency. We will give a
specimen of death '-'Died on the llrh
utimo, at the shop in Fleet street, Mr.. Ed
wnrd Jones, much respected by all who knew
and deult with him. As man he was ami
able. as halter upright and moderate. His
virtues very beyond all price, and his beaver
hats FL 4s each. lie has left widow to
deplore his loss, aud large stock 10 DO sold
cheap for the benefit Of his family. He was
sna,thed to The other world in the prime of
life, aud just as he had concluded an exten-
sive purchase Of felt, which he got so cheap
that the widow can supply hats at a more
reasonable charge than any house in London.
His dlsconsoale family will carry on the
business with punclualty.'
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POINTED SERMoNs.-Many years ago there
graduated at Harvard University mah oy
the name Of Rawson, who stt'en ~ me
ministry al Yarmouth, ON Cape Cou. he
used to preach very pointed sermons. Hav-
ing heard that some OF nus par'shioners
we,e In The habit Of making him the SUBJ
;.c, Of heir mirlh at a grog shop, he one
Sabbath preached discourse from The text,
.And | was the song Of the drunkard.' His
remarks were Of a very moving character,
as many Of his hearers rose and left the
house. A short time afterwards he delivered
a discourse still more pointed; 'And they
being convicted by their own consc'ences'
went out one by one.' On this occasion no
one ven,ured to retire from the assembly. ous
the guilty ones listened in silence TO the iasn
of their pastor.
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REFORM
MEDICAL COLLEGE.

DROF. w. BEACH has the pleasure of an
nouncing to his friends and the public In general,
that he has taken house In Boston, expressly to teach
the principles ofthe
Reform Of EceIcfic Practice Of M edictne.
II consists of TWO DEPARTMENTS-MALE &
FEMALE. Every branch of Medicine will be taught
tice. Physiology Pathology, the treatment OF Fe,
male and Iufantile Diseases, Midwifery and Medical
Botany. DR.. Beach, the Principal Of the School, will
be aided by suitable Professors
where the Student may learn the various Formulas or
Compounds peculiar to the New School OF Medicine.
One of the most desirable and important acqulsi-
tiOns in this Institution. is the facilities offered TO
less and dangerous practice Of dssections, by means
of Anatomical Models, Natural Preparations Of the
Human System, Plates, Diagrams, &c.
A superior and speedy method Of instruction adopt
learning the character and treatment Of disease at
the bedside of the sick, by experience The method
of instruction in general will be by LECTURES,
RECI1ATIONs, EXAMINATIONS, and the various
dicine.
TERMs.-The price for qualifying Females for
practice will be $500, one half payable in advance,
the remainder when her studies are completed II
paid in advance only $4,000 Price for Male Stu
dents $4,000, half payable in advance. II the whole
price of the Term be paid tering the School $1,000
" There will be a WINTER and SUMMER ses-
sion. The first will commence on MONDAY \, the lst
The second, or Summer session) will commence on
the LIST MONDAY of April, ensuing.
~ When Students are qualified for the rrofes-
iOn Of cSasr FROM the State Of New York.
to w. BEACH, M D., or to the Secretary Of the Fe-
male Reform Medical Society, in Boston In Proyi. wi
Pioneer, No 6 Atwell's Avenue
N B-Edtors will please notice.
Reform Medical College, Sept, 1882
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The LAw.-The law was made for
the ungodly and for sinners, for muder-
ers of fathers, of mothers, and for man
slayers."-Bible.
Give us the Maine Law then-tram.
pie the slave laws in the dust, and
scourge and imprision rum.sellers and
shareholders. The great curse of dram
shops and slavery, is that they insult
and blaspheme all law, and release men
from their obligations, and honor the
ungodly, sinners. the murderers of ia.
theirs, of mothers, man slayers.-Carson
League.
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SELFISHNESS AND BENEvO1.ENCE.
BYREY. s. F. CLARKE

The selfish man that lives for him
self alone, who neither ministers to nor
cares for the kindly sympathies of 9th.
ers, is, like the stagnant pool of water,
lifeless, useless being, fit only to in
fest the social world with pestilent mo-.
raj disease while the benevolent heart
that is ever open to the sympathies of
others, and continually sending forth its
springs OF kindness to minister comfort
to needy souls, is like the beautiful lake
among the hills, which receives into it.
self the cool rivulets from the noun.
tains. warns them in its own sunlt bos-
om, reflect back again the smile which
admiring heaven bestows on its own
loveliness, and then sends forth its glad
ened waters, in rejoicing streams, to
give new verdure to the plains and
beauty to the meadows below. You
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HEIGHT OF MOUNT WAsHINGToN.-Mr.
Goodwin, one of the engineers Of the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad,
has just completed the advertisement OF
Mount Washington, and makes it 62e5
feet above the level Of the sea. This
accords very nearly with the altitude as
given by other scientific men.-Port-
land advertiser.
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their names and the names of others, as
subscribers. We have undertaken our
work after much deliberation, and with
such assurances of aid as warrant us in
hoping for good degree Of success.
O. All Communications must be ad-
dressed to A. w. SPENCER,
Publisher, Providence
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For the Pioneer.
THE SPIRIT OF REFORMATION.
A PARODY.

This glorious spirit unfurls her 5lest light,
And wheels on her course in a joyous fight
i ! know her track through this world OF ours
She comes with blessing in either hand,
Promoting our welfare on sea and land.
At morn, know where she rests at night
For around her path is brighter light
Than Aurora shakee from her purple wings,
Or the King of day with his splendor brings ;
Tis the blest lamp Of knowledge she's bearing
alopg,
improvements her motto, and honor her
song.
At noon she rears for a cool retreat,
In natures own arbor a beautiful seat
With Mystic and Thyme from the fresh ever.
glade,
And wreaths of green, this seat is inlaic;
While around and above her are carelessly
hung,
The trees waving branches with vines over
hung.
When the sun has sunk in the blue western
sky,
Aud the 6eecy bright clouds are floating BY,
Rejecting rich tints on the summers evening,
Then her gentle whisperlngs are all OF Heavn;
To wanderers Ger earth's dark wilds that
rove,
She apponteth home in the world above.
5
Her ensign is love, her banner is peace,
Feudal despots and tyrants before her de-
crease,
And all those who walk in her glorious way
She leads them in light to the gates of that
day;
Where no night ever darkened, no clouds
ever roll,
And the kingdom of God is the home of the
SOUL J. E. WERDEN.
jamestown, r. 1.
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A RICH ONE JUST OUT.

A certain elder in the Presbyterian
church in Mobile. born in Connecticut,
now a Shareholder, has been interested
in the slave population of that city. He
had a.certain slave Tom (not known in
"Uncle Toms Cabin) who was gifted
speaker, and used to expound the Bible
with his master before large congrega.
tions and as often as he was called be-
fore northern visitors, mould say he had
no desire to be free, his master was so
kind, and slavery was not so bad for the
black man. Of course he said this be.
cause he must.
But Tom had grandmother in St.
Louis and as his pulpit colleague and
master was elected delegate to the
General Assembly, and as Tom paid
over $25 month to his master, and
took care of himself besides, he asked
to go along. The master consented,
for it was in his heart to show the north.
ern associates contented, happy and
intelligent piece of property, and he had
a speech ready in favor of "Oral In.
structions for the Slaves" A
Tom went, and was lion in the
west, preaching every evening to large
congregations. But one evening when
a large congregation were felicitating
themselves with the prospect Of such
speaking, the speaker did not arrive,
and the people waited in vain until 10
o'clock, but no preacher Tom appeared.
Next day, the master said his property
was gone, and the police were on the
track Of the fugitive clergyman; bul in
vain. The property had learned the
difference between a swift and slow
boat, and he was gone,--a dead loss to
the owner, of parish service and $500
per month.
Poor "thing," that could not take care
of himself, wrote back to Mr.. Sanford
that Toronto was healthy place, cash
more plenty than at the South, at least
with him, and now he would pray fol
his former colleague, not as his master
but as man.
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" SUBMISSION TO CIRCUMSTANCES
but as q man.

SUBMISSION TO CIRCUMSTANCES
david Hume used to say, that hab.
it OF looking on the best side of events,
is better than thousand pounds year."
Bishop Huse quantity remarks, 7" for
every bad there might be worse; and
when a man breaks his leg, let him be
thankful it was not his neck. When
Fenelon's library was once on fire, ,"God
be praised" he exclaimed that it is
not the dwelling Of some poor man."
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BOTANIC MEDICINES.

VX7ESTCOTT HANDY, wholesale and retail dea-
wv Ter in all kinds of Botanic Remedies. such
as Barks Roots, Herbs, Seeds, &c, srnde and pull
verized simple and compound, all of which pre-
pared by himself and therefore warranted of the best
quality. No. "a BROAD STREET, Providence, r. l.,
a few doors below the City Hotel. "a
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PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY.

The following lines containing more
truth than poetry, may be said or sung
euery day ofhis or her life by every per-
son with decided advantage to every
improvement of the temper in which
they receive the gifts, good or bad Of
their heavenly Father.
Every day, sll people say, has its care.
THIS is quite true, but now are you
Ofthis further truth aware,
That of their plaques, and trials too,
None have so many, none so few,
That every day hath not its share
And every present i'll It's day,
In spite of all you do or say.
Then rouse up man encourage hope,
Under dark clouds no longer NOPE.
Step hopeful forth, exert your might,
And from this darkness bring forth light
Put out your strength, meet hold the i'll
A cup of bliss you yet may fill.
Find true that life has changes here
Not always kind nor all severe;
However rough some things appear
Or world without is wild and drear.
This maxim firmly on your mind
Impressed, of use you'll ever fnd,-
Each worldly care is as you take it,
And every trouble as you make It."
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@DR DAVID s. C. H. SMITH, formerly of
~ Sutton, Mass, having again taken residence
in the city of Providence offers his services to the
public as Physician. Office No. High Street, di-
recty opposite the New Market, at the junction Of
High and Broad Streets. Office hours from z to 10
O'Clock A. M and from to O'Clock p. M.
Sep. oath, 1852
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will always see fragrant lilies floating
on the bosom Of sucha lake, and cheer.
full smiles playing on the countenance
that radiates the loveliness of such a
heart.
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A. g. GREENE'S
printing GatahlisbmRnt,
No 1S Ma rk eft SUuare.

THE SUBSCRIBER takes great pleasure in In
in the country he has at great expense procured
one of SETH ADAMS & cos. PATENT ROTARY
ENGINES, which will print, (above is an exact re-
at the rate of 500 copies per hour, and only
employs one person to tend it, thereby giving great
ters now use. ALSO, a new CARD PRINTIEe ENGINE,
from the manufactory of s. p RUGGLES, ESQ
which is decidedly superior to any thing ever yet in
troduced into the market, striking off all descrip-
tions of CARDS at immense speed. A large guam
tity of w ood a nd Metal Type, from the Foqn, IN,
dry of WV. HAGER, New York and PHELiS
g. DALTON, HOBERT ROBBINS, and G.
SHUTE, Boston, together with complete assort-
ment of Job Type Of every description yet manu-
featured.
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MRS. REBECCA A. GRAY,
DPEMIUM Ornamental Hair Braid, Earrings, Breast
Pins, Bracelets, Crosses, Watch Fob, Vest Chains,
Necklaces and all descriptions of Hair Braids, done
in the best style at No. B, Middle street. rear of
DR.. Miller's Office. july II