What Hope can he have?^ What aspirations? 'What.' chance of leaving his footprints on the sands of time 1 For him, alas ! there is nought but dark despair and solf-reproach for a lost-life * For a man to leave his footprints on th« sands of time, he must be endowed with a strong brain and nervous power. He must possess a sound, vigourous, healthy mind, in. a health body— the power to conceive- -the energy to execute ! But look 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 demennour and conversation, and then say. Is that a man to cave his f ootpriuts 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 (us a strict sense of duty demands) seek the skilled advice of the medical man, who has mad* this branch of his profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to- the treatment of theso cases ? Reader, v hat is your answer ? Let each one answer for himself. Parents see their pro- peny fading gradually befere their sight* sco them become emaciated old youns; men, broken down in health, enfeebled, unfitted for the battle of life ; yet one word mitfht save them, one sound, and vigourous health-giving letter from a medical man, habituated to the treat- ment and continuous supervision of such cases, would, in most instances, succeed in warding 6ff the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment restorethe enervated system to its natural vigour, and er<mfe a joyous and happy life. Dr L. L. Smith, of Melbourne, has made the deseases 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 Disease!* incidental to Married Life. His is skill available to all— no matter how many hurdredß' or thousands Of miles distant. 