JOHN REID, ' COMMISS ION AGENT AND SHIP BROKEB, Queen Street, Auckland,



Bat to that youth— to that man, who has wasted his vigor, who has yielded himself up to the temporary sweet illurcments of vice' who has given unbridled license to his pas- sions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What HorE can he have ? What inspirations ? 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. He must possess a sound, vigorous, healthy mind, iv a healthy body —the power to conceive — the energy to execute ! But look at our Aus- tralian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hosititing manner, the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, is that a mm to leave his footprints ou the sands of time. Do pareuts, medical men .and educator of youth pay sufficient attention to this sub- ject? 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 mm, who lias made this branch of his profession his par- ticular 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 fad- ing 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 frow a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, 1 would, in most instances, succeed ia warding i 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 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. 