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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 19 January 1881, Page 3

• c Lives of great men all remind us, We can wake our liveß sublime j And, departing, leave behind us Footpriuts on the eandd of time." rpHE above is read with great interest by JL thousands of young men. It inspires* them' with Hope, /or in the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail, .lias ! sa> many, this is correct,— is true with rwgard to the youth who has never abused his etrength-^and to the man who has not been ' passion's slave." But to that youth— to that man, who has wasted his vigor, who has yielded himself np to the temporary sweet allurements of vice, who has given unbridled license to hi 9 passions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can he have ? Wha* aspirations ? What chance of leaving hit footpiints on the sands of time? For'him, alas ! there i» nought but dark despair and" self-reproach for a lost life. For a man to Jeave his footprints on the sands of time, he must be endowed with a strong brain and nervous power. He must possess a sound, vigorous, healthy mind, iv a healthy body— the power to conceive— the energy to execute! But'look at our Australian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manned the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note bis demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that a man to leave his lootprints on the sands of time Do parents, medical men and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this subject P Do they ever ascertain the caus9 of this decay ; and having done so, do they (as a strict sense of duty demands) geek the skilled advice of the medical man, who has made this branch of his profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to the treatment of these cases ? Keader, what is your answer ? Lee each one answer for himself. Parents see their progeny fading gradually before their sight, see them become emaciated old young men, broken down in health, enfeebled, unfitted for the battle of life; yet one word might save them, one sound and vigorous health-giving letter from a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, would, in most instances, succeed in warding olf the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment restore the enervated system to its natural vigor, and ensure a joyous and happy life. Dr L. L. SMITH, of Melbourne, has made the diseases of youth and those arising there* from his peculiar study. His whole proles* sional life has been especially devoted to the treatment, of Nervous Affections . and the Diseases incidental to Married Life. His skill is available to all — no matter how moy J hundreds or thousanda ofmilus distant. His I system of correspondence by letter is now so well orgauised and known, that comment would be superfluous — (by thii 'neaus many thousands oi patients have been cured, whom he has never seen and never known) ; and it is carried on with such judicious supervi.-on that though he has been practising this branch of his profession for twenty»six years iv these colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. WheD Medicines are required, these are forwarded in the same careful manner without a possibility of the contents of the parcels being discovered, Plain ami clear directions accompany these latft-r, and a cure is enacted without eyen the physician knowiug who is his patient. To Men and Women with Broken-down Constitutions, the Kervous, the Debilitated, and all suffering from any Disease whatever, Dr L, L. SMITH'S plan of treatment commends itself, avoiding, as it does, the inconvenience and expense of a personal visit, Addbess— DR. L> SMITH, 182, COLLItf-3 STREET EAST MELBOURNE. (Late the Keaiiencc oi the Governor.)