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' .Meiiical. " Lives pf great men all remind r u^ We can make our lives iublime, And departing; leave behind us . Footprints on the sands of time. V THE above is read with grfcat lntewitt bjp: thousands of yoftng men. It insjjdjrefc them with Hope, for in the bright lexicon at youth there is no such worid as faiL. Alas 1 say many, this is (»nec"fc,*— Mtrue-mthTC^ to the youth who hat never abused 'Ms strength, and to the man who* has not been "passions" slave. . ... But to that r yputh— to that^man who baa wasted his vigor, who -has yielded himJwtt unto the temporary sweet allurements pt. vice., who has given unbridled licensetb his passion, to him tne above lines- aro a* a reprwaoh. What Hope ean ie havef. What aspiiac . tions ? What chance of leaving his f .ot^rinbr on the sands of time? For him, al^ th#re is nought but dark despair and self re^«oad« for a lost life. /' ' . / :- . 7 For a man to leave his footprints on Id_o sands of time, he must be endowed with a strqnjg brain and nervous. power. Hemnat possess a sound, vigorduti, ; healthy __lnd,ih a healthy body —^the power to conceivie, "the energy to execute! But look at our Australian youth l See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, the nervous distrust,'-^^the' j seriseless}. almost idiotic, expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that^a-'mai-to ; leave his footprints oii the ' sands of- time 1/ '" Dp parents, medical men, and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this r subject 7 Do: they ever ascertain the cau_e (: df this* decay; and having done so do they- '(as a * strict sense of duty demand-) seek the skilled ad vice* - of : tKe _decl_-a_- maT-|-^T_io has made this braam_fr ?of his; profe_-ion r hii pattipular special^ whose life nas ; beea-'devoteii to the treatment 'ot'theS- -cases?: R-ftderi-what ie your 'answer ? Let each ene answer f*&r himself, j Parents see their progeny f aiding , gradually before" their sight, see them become emacfiatod old young men, broken down in health, enfeebled, unfitted for the battle of life;! yet one word might save them, one .spund and health giving letter from a medioal ■ man,; habituated to the treatment and con- '■ tinucius supervision of such cases, would; in ■ most' instances,^ succeed in warding ofE the . impending doom ..of a miserable' and gloomy f uture, ,and by, 'appropriate treatmerit restore.. !. the* enervated jijatem to its nataral J Vi^of, a__d ensure a. jb^OUs, and* happy life^ r '-.'.'..'.'.!' Da L. L. SmitS, of Melbourne, 'hais $&&& a the diseasea of .'youth and those, wising therefrom: his 'peculiar Jitudy. ' Hisr' whole professional life has. been, especially devoted to the treatpien-' of Nervous' Affections and; Diseasof Incident^r fo " Married Life. HS skill^s available to all-. 10 mattei; how many ' hundxeds pr thousands e£ miles' distant *■ Hffl* system of correspondence hy letter is now M ' well ; organised, and. known that comment wouljibe -upei-fluous— (by, thja; means inany ' thousands.of patieuts have' been cured, who_«. he has never seentand never known) ;*ond it it carriedW'wi^'suthjudicioussu^TO^eat-iiat thoulh he, has been practising " this .branch Of * h_s pioiEes-ion for* i tfwWy v -slx* |^' r i4 j tlie^ * dblOrdea^no single in^t_-_c^ot«coid^tift?i_i_-dovbi&'haieyfe^yet- happSif^f, J i_ieg^ • oiheaare these •__« f 6rwarde'djbi ; the! samel <&refiU T ma_t_ter, without* a^ja&Sxffii& 1 ' ipf the cdntfcht^ef the^aroelsbeinf diflCover«ii Plaii_; akd^cle^* 'directions aeco»paixy these latter, .and" jrcure tg-eSected . ~ tha physician feo-^^wl^'Ui fiig- psiS»_tt-.7: * > \ To; Men and Wproen with ;^4%i-ao^ai^ "> I CoHstltUttons, tEe NorfeH-rihs"* B^Ut-#ed r ' : " ' a*u- -Ui.suj"^ ■''*!•*;. * ; ' : ' fTr *- ?*» Jii^«''whJ^BVe-*,-» '■ At "./''.j Ss*- *"-. ;?"•}• \7iV. v? ""***?i="'sAoj;'t:-^2?v -" J .' (La^e ft the Governor). 4£jr JDoni-ultation Fee by letter JBI. w^^,^,M ?M p»MM M^»__-w_-_rt«Aaa' ; ; : ! " Dentists. ; . 7- : ' '[A CABD.] .-. M* QQOPBR, gUBGrE6i*t^,;J)ENTIST, ' Esk"' Street, (Opposite Athenmum)/ --nrysßO-jtaiLL. im mr HORAcSoBiSSDis; • ; - SURGEON DENTIST,- r ; .)•■)■ ■ *■ ■" ■' !*..', •.•!.. ". !-*-•'■. i- --'" Addkess r Corner-of Moray Place and Grebrge Street,*' DUNEDlN (over Johnson's Drapery "Establishment. • MR HOK&.OE KOBINSO^IS long;ex. i periencetin the ,Pro_es__oni' .together 7with all the improvements in the mechanical depaiitment, will ensure to, the patients every satisfaction, and comfort.* . , . NO OHARGE FOB ADVIOB. Scalbi op Chabgeb : Extractions' .... •'.'.*. ' AO^.2-' 6- : Stoppiug Teeth ;.. 07' 0' Artificial Teeth ... 0 15 9 Single Sets ... ... 10 0 0 Double Sets 15 0 0 C9 _■—— mm-— iimi 1 iimU .mmmwmmtmmmrmmm**mmamtmmtß Educational* MUSIC. " MR S. BOUT receives PUPILS for instruction on the pianoforte at her . residence, Gordon. TERMa—Monthly, 14s ; an allowance on train fare to pupils from a distance. Gordon, Oct. 9th, 1883. d568 "SCHOOL NOTICE. EB. FOBD is now prepared to take • pupils for general instruction, fram 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ; also has a Night School from half-past five to half-past seven. Musical instruction for the Cornet and other Brass Band instruments given from half -past seven to nine o'clock on Mondays and Fridays. Violin Clarionet, Flute, and Co__« certina taught on Tuesdays aad Thursdays, commencing at half -past seven at night Private lessons in French, Latin, and Singing taught by the Tonic-Sol-Fa method, oa Wednesday and Saturday nights at half -past seven Bharp. Terms — 30s ~ per quartejr ; Music, French, Latin, and Sing_ng2s6doxtra per week each j to be paid monthly. Apply to . " „ : E.-B-FOBD, , , Gordon* P.S.—E. R. . Fobd guarantees to teadi, Pupils ot any age up, to fprty to -write. c9fiß : H, . R,.s:o^hega, : tj» in£oi» ; .the tabßo -.. tl-athe .can.supply them wi**^asi«_l^ittstw- : ments of every- dqscripti^, &m> tiffi-ljesfc ; ' roalceos tno world ,o^l .produce.!. Pobjlete, quiring their Piands t^uj^ct wiU "pleea* *& qwinthim; o? wiping to.wtoWe tm % . new one, • .. • , O JWf

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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 304, 9 November 1883, Page 1

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Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 304, 9 November 1883, Page 1

Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 304, 9 November 1883, Page 1

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