The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-10-09
LYSTRENGTH
Facts That Thrill and Words
Thai Burn.
A Vast Audience in NJ usic Hall
More Interested Gathering Never AS
sembled.
A Splendid Private Lecture and
Advice to Men.
Things All Men Should Know, But
Too Often Do Not.
Especial Despatch from Boston.)

LII. Jf6on6'S LECTURES al always 'a'5Ps1
ing. They proclaim a new gospel OF nope
to stuff ering humanity. And in this par
ticular his lecture last night in MUSIC
Hall, Boston, Mass, surpasses them all.
1t is q watch word of faith and PROMISE
and is of incalcnlable value and-beneut TO
thousands struggling in our land OF iast
living, tremendous activities ana rulhous
nervous tension.
One has but to look about in our daily
walks, with only the commonest opporlu,
mites for observation and an uneducated
eye, to detect the hapless victim OF this
high nervous pressure. :,
They comprise the young, with fields OF
promise before them rich in opportunities
They tire ere the race is run and are I'M
able to stand the strain. They lnolude
those in middle life who have reached
the golden mean Of active development,
and who ought to be at their best, but
who realize their strength and courage
are slowly giving out1Aifa5
They are found among those advanced
in years who should have, reached the
high goal toward which they had SO long
pressed, but who sigh, alas too late
for the strength loving nature gave,
but of which they robbed themselves.
What pitiable objects these, that thus
mar the landscape of our American life
Springtime without its bloom, summer
wanting flower and Fruit. autumn bleak
and bare before it's frosts.
Many causes are capable Of creating this
condition OF
Nervous and Physical Prostitution.
many easily understood and appreciated
but the most dangerous and destructive
are those insidious and concealed sources
which are so characteristic of modern
social life that they almost seem an in
cident of our civilization. From the over
tasked child at school to tine effete and
languid man of advanced leisure samples
multiply on every hand.
How does this terrible affiiction begins
Above beneath beyond all else -.neryous-
ness-nervous weakness-that state when
ono seeks solitude when we find oompan-
ionship irksome, when we wish to be
alone, when we lose retentive faculties
and it becomes impossible TO fix the
mind on any given object for any length
of time, when We experience general Ian
guor, weakness dullness OF sensations,
dizziness. a dimness OF sight. loss OF
| memory, gloomy and depressed condi-
ton of mind, headache and faintness. We
| blush at tho slightest cause, are tilnid,
| feel our nervous force give way, are sleep
| less, have no confidence, despair, want
ambition, suffer days Of aimless unrest
| and nights of unrefreshing wakefulness,
disagreeable taste that destroys the APP
| petite.
| Then comes restleSsneSs without activity
| trembulous voice inexcitement, irritability
at the least provocation, dull. cloudy
| lack of sensations, disagreeable feeling
we cannot explain, affecting the head and
| eyes, and confused condition OF mind
| we cannot control. AT times we realize
weakness in the back and palpitation OF
| the heart, attended with pain and discom-
| fort. We have no force, no energy. nc
ambition. EHope and strength flee away.
| Life is a burden and a sorrow. Suicide
| sometimes follows on the heels of despair.
| What it it's meaning?
Nothing less than that the unhappy
victim is suffering from nervous debility
| and that weakness will. unless checked,
eventuate in complete nervous prostration
in physical and mental wreck. The in
eyitable consequences of a continued con-
dition like this are most fearful. No Ian
| guage of tongue or pen can adequately
| describe them. All hope fades unless re-
covery is made possible. Unless the de-
structive forces can be met ana van
ouished, THE sun OF Austerlitz must go
down in the night of Waterloo.
| But what is the cure?
| What will bring health?
| No man, among all the learned and
slilful of the medical disooverers and in
ventors, has done SO much in this great
work for humanity in behalf of these stuff
erln0 DaUl6npS, HIS Ids LII. olOOAO IA III
Temple Place, Boston, Mass. Early in his
extensive practice ne realized the vast and
important need of more thorough
Knowledge in this branch OF medical
science. and some sure and reliable reno
dies for this class of patients, and while
others failed he found success; while
Others CROPPED blindly in old and beaten
paths, he blazed new way and cams to
the sunny opening. Through hidden re-
cesses, in out-of-the-way places, in Held
and laboratory, by search and invention,
with a patience that never tired and a
courage that did not falter, he worked
out the glorious results which have given
him his great fame and humanity cure
for this most fearful affection
His success has far exceeded his fondest
anticipations.
In the vegetable kingdom, wherein
Divinity has planted healing plants for
all the ills Of the flesh, he found the
things he needed, and SO skilfully has he
compounded them that wonderful and
complete cure has been supplied for this
terrible weakness. Thus is he able to re-
store to the afflicted this lost vitality, III
every case, however difficult, or long
standing.
So unusual has been his success in
chronic instances that the Doctor feels,
and has the right to feel, his wonderful
remedies are invlncible and equal to any
emergency. They never fail
Thousands, out Of whose lives an nope
hao well-nigh faded, now rejoice In a
restored health and in renewed happi-
ness--old energy revived, ambition re-
turned, strength renewed and new life
gained.
Let all weak and debilitated. men rouse
themselves and get we'll; for they can get
we'll They can be just as soIong and
vigorous as at the most powerful moment
of their lives. There is cure Tor this
disease, so sure and certain that 1T scarce
ly ever fails. 1t cures all
Those Dread symptoms
perfectly and permanently. 1t is that
wonderful method of treatment Which
DR.. Greene has devoted SO many years Of