mal state, has been spread broadcast by the patent-medicine fakirs, who live by robbing the public just as leeches feast on the vitality of other animals.
Think of the vast sums annually spent for their various remedies, which are supposed to bring to the wasted victims of these complaints that strength and virility which have been frittered away. The amount would almost pay the national debt. And do these remedies cure? Do they ever benefit? The manufacturers of these base impositions no doubt profit by them, but no one else. If the evil ended with the fleecing of the unwary, the consequence would not be serious, but thousands are buoyed with false hope after reading of the wonderful cures advertised by these frauds, whose proper home is in a penitentiary.
BLIND SEARCH FOR A CURE.
Because of the belief that these spurious remedies are the only available method of cure, the victims have no opportunity to become interested in natural means which would bring health and strength in every in-
