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West Coast Times, Issue 3891, 27 September 1881, Page 4

WHITE HART HO^U Ch*tst /-aoRCH THIS WELL-KNOWN HOSTRI,*Y the OLDBST-ESTABHSUijJD HOTEL in Chriatchurch, and baa long been recognised aa the principal commercia rendezvous in the City. Splxhdid Billiard Eoom SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATION. Shower Balhs and Every Possible Comfort and Convenience 1 J. ORAM SHEPPARD, Proprietor. PRINCE or WALES HOTEL, Grey Steeet, Wellington. EOBERT WALKER will be glad ftt all times to meet any of his o West Coast friends at the above hostelry, in the Empire City, BOROUGH HOTEL CSBISTOHUaCH. The Most Convenient and Central Position in the City. West Coast Friends will find every Comfort, and be made Heartily Welcome. JOHN^ARRETT, Proprietor. NOTICE. THE GROSVENOR HOTEL, Corner of Madras Street and South Town Belt, (Opposite Old Railway Terminus) Chbistchubch. D. BRYANT Proprietor: This Hotel is a New and Commodious Brick Building. The Proprietor has added all the latest improvements, so that Travellers and Boarders may find every comfort and convenience. One of Alcock's Best Billiard Tables Wines and Spirits of the Best Brands. CROWN HOTEL Oxford Street, Lyttelton. MRS MOINAHAN, (Formerly of the Waimea, West Coast,) Will Heartily Welcome any of her Old West Coast Friends who may favor her with a visit at the Poet op Ltttelton. TTIHE WEST COAST HOTEL Princes Street, D U N E D I N.

" Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leaves behind us Footprints on the sands of time," fTIHE above is read with great interest A by thousands of young men. It inspires them with Hope, for in the bright exicon 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 vigor, who has yielded himself up to the temporary sweet illurements 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 inspirations ? What chance of leaving his footprints on the sands o£ time? for Mm, alas ! there is noughfc 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 Australian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitatiDg 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 educator of youth pay sufficient attention to this subject? Do they ever ascertain the cause of this decay j 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's 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 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 tbe diseases of youth and those garisin 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 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 si\ch judicious supervision that though^ he has been practising this branch of his profession for twenty-six years in these colonies, no single instarce of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. When Medicines are required, these are forwarded in the same careful manner without [ a possibility of the contents of the parcels being discovered. Plain and dear directions accompany these latter, and a cure is effected 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, tbo 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 Lbtteh, £1.