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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 618, 16 June 1882, Page 4

IMtatltaaK " Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of Time." TH E 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 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 chanco of leaving his footprints oii 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. JHo must possess a sound, vigorous, healthy mind, in a healthy body—the power to conceive—the energy to execute! But iook 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 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 profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to the treatment of these cases ? Reader, what is your 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 fr.om a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, would, in most instances, succeed in warding oft the impending doom of a miserable aiid gloomy future, and by appropriate treat-, ment restore the enervated system to its natural vigour, and ensure a joyous and happy life. Dr L. L. Smith, of Melbourne, has made thu diseases of youth and those arising- therefrom his peculiar study. His whole professional life has been cinpeciftlly devoted to the .treatment of .Nervous Affections and the Diseases incidental to Marrie.! Life. His skill is available to all—no matter how many hundreds or thousands of miles distant. His system of correspondence by letter is now so well organised and known, that comment would be superfluous (by this means' many thousands of patients have been cured whom he has never seen and never known) ; and it is carried on with 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 medicines 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. ST.2'.IL. ifc M.A. ©omjiany IMPORTANT TO SHEEPj FARMERS. JiHE NEW ZEALAND LOAN 1 AND-MERCANTILE .VGI'JNCY COMPANY (LIMITED) MAKES LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON OHO WING CLIPS OF WOOL kc:x. ■ -other largo or small flocks, afv- ■; ::o [in clients the option of sale in •v[::ji .ho local or London markets. A.;,;.;iy to Chnstehurch Offices, Ja.i'ii'oui';J Bqu:ii\3 ;or to -- W. H. II ARGfiEAVES,. lUiu'v of New Zealand, Akaroa. - Vn :w ' QTATIONERY, O 0. i:-r;;v? of every description. paper and pens. >ay hooks and memo. books- \ ;-laying cards. £W<- i-XU'ES. ■ PENCILS. MUSIC, &0., &c. j mO BE HAD AT THE !_ .LAPF I C E,