Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-08

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| 40uth-seCret and solitary practices more fatal
| to their victims than the song Of Syrens to the
| Mariners Of Ulysses, blghting their most bril-
| liant hopes or anticip&tions, rendering mar
| riage Sc, impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
| Especially, who have become the victims of
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweeDs to an ultimely
grave thousands of Young Men Of tho most
excellent talents and brilliant intellect who
might otherwise have cntranCed listening Sena-
tors with the thundGrs Of el0qucnce, or Waied
to estacy the living Tyre, may call with tuiL
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons, or Young Men comtempa-
ting marriage, being aware Of Physical " e.H-
ness Organic Debility, Dcformities speedily
cured.
BE who places himself under the care OF DR.
j. may rcligiougly conlde in his honor as 2
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill
as physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately cured and full Vigor restored.
This distressing affection, which renders life
miserable and marriage impossible, Is Lhe
penalty paid by tho victims Of lmpToprlcty.-
Young persons are too apt to commit OK
cesses from not being aware Of the dreadful
consequences that may enSue Now, who that
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power of prOcreatiOn is lost sooner by
those falling into improper habits than by tla
prudent? Besides being deprived Of the pleas
ure of healthy offspring, the most serious eng
arise The System becomes deranged, the
Physical and Mental Functions WGakcned,
Loss Of PrOcrcativo Power, Nervous lrrlt4 III
ty, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, Indl-
gestion, Constitutional Debility, and Wasting
Of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and De"lh.
DIR. JOHNSON,
Member Of the ROYAL College of Surgeons,
London, Graduate Of one Of the most eminent
COLLEGES in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose life has been spent in the hCSplt-
ais of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and else
where has effected some of the most astonlSh-
ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
| great nervousness, being alarmed ct sudden
sounds, bashtuIness, with frequent blushIng at
tended sometimes with der&ngement OF Ulnd,
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and soli-
tary habits, which ruin both body and mndr
uniting them for either business, study, s0cle-
ty or marriage. "
These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits OF youth! VIZ
Weakness Of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Head, Dimncss Of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow
er, Palpitaton Of the Heart, Dyspepsia, y er-
vous Irrtabi ity, Derangement Of the Digestive
Functions General Debility, Symptoms ct
Consumption, &c.
MENTALLY.-The fearful effects on the mind
sre much 10 be dreaded. Loss Of Memory,
Confusion Of Ideas Depression Of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings Ayerson to Society, Sell DistrusIl
Love Of Solitude, Iimidity, &c, arc some OF
the evils produced.
Thousands OF persons Of all ages can now
! Judge what is the cause oftheir declining health
| losing their vigor, becoming weak, pale, ner-
vous and cmacated, having a singular appear
ancc about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
''-17''--- i''')- YOUNG MEN.
Who have injured themselves by Il cor
tain practice, indulGed il, 3 habit I:e
queltly learned from evil comp&nIonS or al
school, the effects Of which are nightly tcit
even when asleep, and, If not cured, renders
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind
and body. should apply Immediately,
What pity that y young man, inc nope OF
his country, the pride Of his parents, should be
snatchcd from all prospects and cnjoyment3 OF
life by the consequence Of doYlatIDG from ire
psth Of nature, and indulging in p certain ST.
cret habit Such persons must, before contcnl-
plating r.,.
effect that sound mind and body arc tho llI,!s
necessary requisites TO promote connuD!&I nap
pincss Indeed, thOut these the Journey
through life becomes 4 weary pilgrimage; tie
prosp ct hourly dGrkcns to the Wow, the mimi
becomes shedowed with despair and filled VIA
the melancholy reflection that the h&ppmca, I 1
another becomes blighted with your own.
DISEASES OF I1IPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudcnt yot&ry
Of pleasure finds that he has imbbed the sccdi
Of this painful disease it too often happens thai
an ill-timcd sense Of shame or dread Of dlscoY-
cry dcters him from applying to those, VINO
from education and respectablty, can aion
befricnd him, delaying till the constitutional
SYMPTOMS Of this hOrrid disease make their @p-
pearance such a5 liberated soro throat disease /
nose. nocturnal pains II the head and JlnDs
dinncss OF sight, deafness, nodes on the sl!n-
bones ana arms, blOtches on the head face an .
extremitics, progressing with frght!ul rapldlt!
fiji Of last the palate Of the mouth or the Oonci
of the nose fall in, and the victim Of this awful
disease becomes j horrid object Of comnl!s5era
tion, till death puts period to his dreadful SUI
ferings, by sending him to that undiscovered
Country from whence no traveller returns.
Its 4 MELANCHOLI FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease owing
to the unsllilfuncss Of ignorant pretenders, W1or
bv the use Of that DEADLY POISON, MP r.
CURY, ruin the constitution and make tho
residue of liic miserable.
DIR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET.
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore street,
f,,r doorc from tha rOrrnr Fail not TO observe