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Inangahua Times, Volume II, 28 January 1881, Page 3

11 Lives of great men all remind us, We can make oar lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." THE above is read with great interest by thousands of young men. It inspires them with Hope, for in tbe bright lexicon of youth there is no such word us fail. Alas ! saj many, this is correct, — is true with 'Ugard to the youth who has never abused his strength — and to the man who has uot been ' passion's slave." But to that youth — to that man, who has wasted his vigor, who hns yielded himself up to the temporary sweet allurements of vice, who has given unbridled license to his pussious, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can be have ? Whn* aspirations ? What chance of leaving hit foot pi in ts on the sands of time? For'him, alas! therein nought but dark despair and self-reproach for a lost life. For a man to leave 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, in a healthy body — the power to conceive— the energy to execute! But look at our Australian youth ! See tbe emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, tbe nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that a man to leave his footprints on the sands of time. Do parents, medical men and educators O ( youth puy sufficient attention to this subject? Do they ever ascertain the cause of this decay ; and having done bo, do they (as v strict sense of duty demands) seek tbe skilled advice of the medical man, who has made tnis branch of his profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to ihe treatment of theso cases ? Keader, what is your answer ? Le: each one answer Jbr himself. Parents see their progeny fading gradually before their eight, ccc 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 ot)' the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment restore the enervated system to its nutural vigor, and ensure a jo;, ous and happy life. Dr L. L. SMITH, of Melbourne, has made the disease* of youth and those arising there* from his peculiar study. His whole pro es» I sional life has been especially devoted to the treatment of Nervous Affections and the Diseases incidentul to Married Life. Bis skill is available to all — no matter how rat iy hundreds or thousanda of miles distant. His system of correspondence by letter ia now so well organised and known, that comment would be superfluous — (by this • leaus many thousands ot patients have been cured, whom he has never seen and never known) ; and it it carried on with such judicious supervisou that though he has beeu practising this branch of his profession for twenty »six years in these colonies, no eiugle instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. When Medicines are required, thette are forwarded iv the suiuecarcJul manner without a possibility of the rontents of the parcels beiug discovered, Plain and clear directions accouipuny these latter, and a cure' is euVcted without even the pbyeiciuu knowing who is his pntieut. To Men and Women with Broken«Lt>wn Constitutions, the Iseryous, ih>? Debilitated, aud all Buffering from any Disease whatever, Dr L, L. SMITH'S pluc oi treatment com* mends itself, avoiding, as it does, the inconvenience aud expense oi a personal visit. Addbess— DR. L. SMITE, 182, COLLINS STREET EAST, MELBOURNE. (Late the Residence ji the Governor.)