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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 608, 12 May 1882, Page 4

*' Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of Time." ' § iHE above is read, with great interest JL by thousands of young men. It inspires. them with Hope, for in the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail. Alas ! say many, this is correct, —is true with regard to the youth who has 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 vigour, 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? What aspirations? What chance of leaving his footprints on the sands of time ? For him alas! there is 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, jHe 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 1 Sec 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 footprints on the sands of time ? Do parents, medical men, and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this subject ? Do 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 this branch of his wrofession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to the treatment of these cases ? Header, what is your answer ! Let each one answer foi himself. Parents see their progenj fading gradually before their sight, sec them become emaciated old-young men, broken down in health, Gufeebled,unfitted for the buttle of life ; yet one word, mighi 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 ofl the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, mid by appropriate treatment restore the enervated system to its natural vigour, and ensure a joyous and happy life. JDr JZ L. Pjiith, of Melbourne, has made tho diseases of youth and those arising therefrom his p-culiar study. His whole professional life has been especially devoted to the treatment of Nervous Ai'ftctions and the. Diseases incidental to Marrie.l Life. His skill is available to all—no matter how many hundreds or thousands of milos distant. Kis system of correspondence by letter is now so well organised and known, that comment would be superfluous (by this nicins many thousands of patients have been cured whom he has never seen and never known) ; and it is carried on witii such judicious supervision that though he has been practising this branch of his profession for twenty-six years in these Colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has eve yet happened. When mediciucs are required these are forwarded in the same careful mannner without a possibility of the contents of the parcels being discovered. Plain and clear directions accompany these latter, and a cure is affected without even the physician knowing who is his patient. To Men and Women with broken down Constitutions, the Nervous, 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. Address— DR. L. L. SMITH, 182 Collins street east, Melbourne. Late the residence of the Governor. Consultation Fee by Letter, £1. Col>l> & Co. EXCURSION FARES BY COJ3B & Co.'s COACHES, BETWEEN CtfRISTCHURCH AND AKARO A. ryX AND AFTER November 1, vJ 1880, and until further notice, the following REDUCED FARES will be charged by the above line of coaches :— £ s. d. Cliristohurch to Akaroa, single ... 15 0 Do do return ... 1 5 0 Christchurch to Little River, single 10 0 Do do return ... 18 0 Christchnrch to Wascoe's, single 8 0 Do do return ... 15 0 LUGGAGE AT OWNER'S RISK. 201bs allowed each passenger e Over 20I!)s will be charged for as excess :— 2d per lb. to Akaroa; and Id per Vβ to Little River. ALL FARES AND PARCELS MUSI BE PREPAID. SA:J LEE, Proprietor, liead of the Bay, Akaroa. —A G E N T SCobb's Office, Christchurcfl The Driver, Akaroa