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Evening Star, Issue 5762, 27 August 1881, Page 4

A newspaper, in excusing a certa'n misstatement, gratified its printers by explaining that “it was a typographical error in the manuscript,”

“ Lives of great men all remind ua We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints eu the sands of time." THE above Is read with great Interest by thousands of young men. It inspires them with HOPS, 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 Lis 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 arc but as a reproach, What HOPE can ho have ? What aspirations ? What chance of leaving his footprints on the sands of time 1 For him, alas ! there is naught 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 rdralian youth! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanor 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—whoso life lias been devoted to tiro treatment of these rases? Header, 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 from a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, would in most instances succeed in warding off 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 therefrom his peculiar study. His whole professional 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 bow 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 cuu-d whom he has never seen and never known); and it is carried on with such judicious supervision that, though ho has been practising this branch of his profession for twenty-six years in those colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. cines are required these are forwarded in the same careful manner, without a possibility of the contents of the parcels being discovered. Plain and clear directions accompany these latter, and a cure is effected without even tiro 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 docs, the inconvenience and expense of a personal visit. Address — Dll L. L. SMITH, 182, Collins street East, Melbourne (l)kt0 the residence of the Governor). Consultation Fee by Letter, LI,