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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 February 1881, Page 3

11 Lives of great men all remind ue, We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave bebind 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 the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word t\a fail, .lias! an} many, this is correct,— is true with t'ogard to the youth who hajs never abused his strength— 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 up to the temporary sweet allurements of vice, who has. given unbridled license to his passions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can he have ? Whns aspirations ? What chance of leaving hit footprints on the sands of time ? For*him, alas ! there w nought but dark despair and Belf«»eproac"n for a lost life. For a man to leave his footprints on the eands 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 conceiTe — the energy to execute! But look at our Australian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that a man to leave his iootprints on the sands of time. Do parents, medical men and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this subjoct ? Jio they ever ascertain the cause of this decay ; and having done so, do they (as a strict sense of duty demands) seek the skilled advice of the medical man, who has made tnis branch of his profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to the treatment of these cases ? Eeader, what is yvur answer ? Let 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 I off the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate* treatment restore the enervated system to its uatural vigor, and ensure a joyous and happy life. Dr L. L. SMITH, of Mcl bourne, "has made the diseases of youth and those arising there* from bin peculiar study. Bis whole proves* sional life has been especially elevated to the treatment of Nervous Affections and the Diseases incidental to Married Life. His skill is available to all — no matter how mtiy hundreds or thoueanda of miles distant. His I system of correspondence by letter is now so well orgauised and known, th.it comment would be superfluous— (by this eaus many thousands of patients have been cured, whom he haa never seen and never known) ; and it ie carried on with such judicious snpervi>on that though he has been practising this branch of his profession lor tweiity»sis years in these colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. When Medicines are required, these are forwarded in the same careiul manner without a possibility of the tontcuts cf the parcels being discovered, Plain and clear dtreoi iom accompany these latfer, and a cure is elected without eyeu the pbyeiciau knowing who is his patient. To Men and Women wiih Broken-town Constitutions, the fterv.ouu, the Debilitated, and all suffering from any Disease whatever, Dr L, L. SMITH'S plan o! treatment commends itself, avoiding, as it does, ihe mconveuience and expense oi a personal visit, Addeess— DR. L. SMITH, 182. COLLINS TBKET EAST, MELBOURNE. (Late the ReaUencp ii tue Governor.)