By order of the Supreme Court of Springfield, Mass., the following notice of divorce proceedings appeared in the Springfield News, November 3,1902, at Springfield, Mass.:
TO THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE SUPEBIOB COURT, holden at Springfield, within and for the County of Hampden.
Humbly shows ANNIE W. H—–, of Springfield, aforesaid, that she was lawfully married to John D. H—–, now of New Haven, in the state of Connecticut, at Bradford, Orange County, State of Vermont, on the twenty-first day of August, A. D. 1901, that they have since lived together as husband and wife in Springfield, County of Hampden, in Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and she has ever conducted towards him as a faithful, chaste and affectionate wife, yet the said JOHN D., regardless of his marriage vows and obligations, has been guilty of cruel and abusive conduct and treatment towards your libellant and at the time of the celebration of said alleged marriage, on the twenty-first day of August, A. D. 1901, the said JOHN D. was impotent, in that the physical ejaculation of copulation occurred against the will of said JOHN D., before any entry of the vagina could be made, and in that said John D. was then and there stricken and sick of a disease called varicocele, and that said impotency and incapacity is incurable and has continued to the filing here. By reason of which incapacity the said John D. has been, and now is, unable to consummate said marriage although the plaintiff is apt and willing so to do.
WHEREFORE she prays that the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between her and the said JOHN D. H—— may be dissolved, and that she be given permission to resume her former name of ANNIE W. W—–, and for such further orders and decrees in the premises as to law and justice may appertain.
Dated the seventeenth day of March, 1902.
The individual who has been so indiscreet must not be deceived or flatter himself that he can conceal or cover up his vile actions from his wife, neighbors or fellow men. The effects of this crime, and his self-defilement are stamped in his face. His eyes, which are the mirror and windows of his soul, show only too well its foul condition. The young man or woman who practices these unnatural vices, or the sensualists, may have normal appetite and apparently not suffer from the effects of their acts, but from time to time, as the urine is passed, or while they attend stool, they waste the semen. This makes them incapable of enjoying normal health. They also at night, while asleep, dream and really think that they are performing the act of coition. They are easily fatigued and discouraged, complaining of weakness and nervousness in the morning, for sleep has not brought them any rest or refreshment, and unless the man is so foolish as not to seek some good and sufficient remedy he will continue to become more weak and nervous and incapable of procreation. There is nothing in the world more dreadful, nor is there any picture more horrible, than that of the dejected soul and wretched individual who suffers the evils of self-pollution. These victims, who have been so deprived of their nerve force and strength that they become weakened and emasculate, are rendered effeminate and feeble. Greatly enervated by their folly and lust, they become pitiful objects, having the appearance of being older than they really are. Their muscles no longer tense and strong; their disordered organs display the emaciation of which they are suffering. No soul or mind can stand up under this terrible nervous strain; for of all the important and life-giving elements in the body the vital fluid is the most essential, and when it is dissipated and wasted, it leaves the system open to disease and the nerves become shattered. These diseases are the most dreaded, the most subtle and the most terrible in their effects, and the more the individual wastes, dissipates or loses his seed, he loses his vitality and strength. Unlawful indulgence breaks his spirit and unfits him for business and social engagements; subduing by its horrible fascination the will power and energy of the man who, although conscious of the terrible wreck that is approaching, has lost his power of control or of resisting this subtle habit which has dragged him from his true position in life. Many fail to discontinue the practice because they have never received the proper advice and remedy. They are conscious of the deplorable conditions that they are bringing onto themselves and are very desirous of leaving off the habit. They have at times associated with the woman of the world only to discover that their force has left them; this makes them more despondent than ever and does not encourage them to further participation, for they know that it will only result in their shame and humiliation. If it is possible for them to have any connection whatever with one of the opposite sex, it is destitute of that satisfaction which only the healthy and well sexed know of. When this condition is present many are tempted to continue in the vice rather than seek the association of pure women, and the curse only deepens, for while the victim becomes excited by lewd thoughts of immoral women they go deeper and deeper into despair. These human souls, who are victims and slaves of their passions and licentiousness, are surrounded by evil influences which quickly fan into action their unnatural desires, and many times the organs, which have been abused and dissipated, refuse to obey their depraved desires. The mind and soul are goaded during the darkness and stillness of night, the rest is broken by immoral delusions and dreams, the days become dreary and gloomy, made miserable by passionate and lustful desires that can never be gratified. They are also barred from those pleasures and enjoyments which are accorded only to the virtuous man and woman, who are too wise to overstep the bounds of moderation. Their passions consume them, for they are not unmitigating and defy every effort to attempt to curb them. The vampire and vulture of remorse and humiliation are preying upon and destroying their vitals and peace of mind, and right here we see fulfilled the following prophecy which is made in the “Scriptures,” to wit: “That there is nothing done in secret that shall not he revealed, iNeither Hid,9 even from the recognition of mortals, that they shall not ultimately he made, even to them, evident as the noonday .” Can you imagine a more terrible illustration, or picture to yourself results more horrifying than the effects of self-pollution, for it is a well-known fact that the man or woman who suffers these diseases fears “ The all-seeing eye of the Almighty God.” They know and realize that they are doing wrong and that the eye of God is upon them, but “They have not the will to stop it.” These depraved creatures, if caught committing this act by their fellow- men, would bow their heads and shrink in shame. Who is able to tell or prophesy their humiliation and sorrow when after they have passed from this life and are forced to stand in the presence of God from whom nothing is hidden ? The man or woman who is thus guilty of this dreadful depravity are secretly and deliberately depriving themselves of their rightful enjoyments and there is no hope of their escape from the condemnation of their fellow-men or their God. Those who hear the voice of warning which is “Like unto the writing on the wall,” and avail themselves of any opportunity or remedy whereby they may be cured will never regret it. If, as stated in this work, he who has committed this folly and is suffering the evil effects of his vicious thoughts, were to enter an Insane Asylum or an Institution where Masturbators are held in bond he would be stricken with terror and would quickly abandon this baneful habit which is destroying his peace of mind and physical as well as sexual capabilities.
Every man has a horror of Solitary Confinement, consequently, no matter how obstinately the Sensualist may set themselves against the idea and fact that their acts will not affect their mind and health, there are none who defile themselves who do not anxiously wonder what will be their fate, or whaf is going to become of them, for the thought of becoming an inmate of an Insane Asylum, or filling a premature or suicide’s grace, is appalling to the stoutest heart.
For who, indeed, could contemplate, or look with indifference, on a life spent in the Mad House, which is an eternal separation from the world, and from all that he has loved, or the prospect of filling a suicide’s grave? Who, without terror, could behold, yawning beneath him, the bottomless abyss of his depraved passions in which all his faculties and aspirations are to be swallowed up forever? Who could calmly say to himself: ‘Because I have let my passions control me there is nothing in life for me but misery, despair, and dismal failure; all my bright prospects and hopes are ended. Even the good, that my father and mother have taught me, I have destroyed by my vile and baneful acts. And there is nothing to compensate them for the loss of my manhood. No other prospect beyond a broken and shattered mind and body. No future hope beyond this ruin.’
Is there not something horrible in such a picture, something that sends an icy chill through the heart? The Sensualist has only a melancholy conclusion. His life becomes devoid of aim. All social ties have become ruptured and broken, and the holiest affections of the soul and mind will, in time, become destroyed forever if this polluting habit is not discontinued, for most terrible indeed is the inevitable fate of the Sensualist.
Again, there is no question whatsoever that hundreds and thousands of men perish by going to a premature grave as the direct result of this dreadful disease, or are numbered among the suicides. Again there is no question whatever that their numbers are greately augmented by improper medical treatment and the effects of those remedies and medicines which they have taken and has failed to effect a cure. So great is the quantity of vital fluid lost that it cannot help but produce direful results. Again, this act shatters the entire nervous system. It has become a custom in this country for young men to congregate and indulge in immoral conversation, little realizing that there is nothing so degrading to their soul. Their minds become polluted and their pure thoughts are driven out and in their place come filthy ones and talk of this nature is wanton, foul and vile, and, so complete is their subversion of that which is good and pure that young men or women who participate in it or even countenance it cannot claim any spark of virtue. Life at best on the earth for man or woman is not long. Consequently, their time is too important to squander in the atmosphere and society of those who are immoral, so they should take heed, and companions and conversations of this kind should be shunned, for no good or benefit can ever be received by mingling with those who are profane, or polluted, neither should any one give themselves up entirely to licentiousness. These habits detract from man and woman their peace of mind and destroy their health. Consequently, this book has been written and published at a great expense to warn these souls to abandon the habit before it is too late, and if they have not the power to do so let them read and re-read this work and endeavor to make of themselves true men and women again so that they can live and enjoy those powers and forces which their Creator has given them, and if they do not heed this warning they will grow old before their time and suffer the dreadful effects of their past follies and evil actions. Every man and woman owes to themselves the duty of reading pure books and publications and the sensualist who in order to feed his sensual taste reads licentious publications, hoping thereby to stimulate their passions will, by his voluptuousness, live to see the day that he will bitterly regret it.
Sexual weakness and Spermatorrhoea is a very subtle and intractable disease and often conceals itself from the eyes of the family physician, who in nine cases out of ten will diagnose the trouble as some other disease. After treating this trouble, providing he has made a proper diagnosis, the regular practitioner, or family physician, soon wearies of it, for he will try many remedies, but unless he has the proper remedy and advice he will give up in despair, believing that he has done his best. This is a very common occurrence and one that you need not marvel at, for when you realize that a proper diagnosis is difficult to make unless one has made a special study of this disease, as we most certainly have, and that the family physician is not, as a rule, consulted in these cases, you will be inclined to believe that this is true.
Sexual weakness, strictly speaking, is a wasting or dissipating of the vital fluid, as stated before. In’ many cases it is present long before it becomes known, consequently the patient does not seek treatment until it has undermined the system and vitality. The proper remedy, and the only one that can give permanent relief, is one that will give strength and vitality to the organs and also cause an absolute discontinuation of the wasting and draining of the system of its vital force. The organs must become so strengthened that involuntary or premature losses are inhibited so as to entirely remove these abnormal and diseased states which have been brought on, and correct and repair the harm that has been done to the patient’s health. The patient must also be assisted and strengthened, both mentally and morally, so that he will cultivate and entertain a condition of mind that is pure and virtuous or, in other words, his disordered mind and lewd imagination must also be treated by reading some such work as this. Divers remedies and different methods of treatment have in the time past been advocated by many as being the only remedy that can cure these cases, and while the writer does not wish to be understood as saying anything against them, he cannot truthfully and honestly say anything particularly good of them. However, it is a fact well known to the practitioners of this country, that there are many remedies in use and on sale today that have no virtue whatsoever and that much injury has resulted from them. The patient must relinquish or abandon his filthy practice. This is the first essential, and right here is to be found the reason why so many doctors and remedies have failed to benefit or effect a sure. The writer of this work is known as authority on the Science of the Human Mind and Soul, and it has been his sole object in writing this Book, to have placed in the hands of the young and middle-aged men and women of this country a work that will show them the terrible result and horrible effects of the sin of sensuality and self- defilement.
Further, it is his wish and desire to place in the hands of every sufferer and victim of these diseases, a remedy that, when used in conjunction with the advice and warnings contained in this work, will be found to contain great virtue, and if this remedy, the preparation known as Tanjore, is faithfully used, it most certainly will be found very beneficial by the patient for the treatment of the herein mentioned troubles.
The writer well knows that many men, who have brought about a diminution of their vital force, either through sensuality or self-abuse, grow very morbid, and despondent and attract evil influences unto themselves. However, there is no need of being discouraged, for the Almighty Creator, who is both just and wise, has provided a way that those poor human souls who have erred may be rescued and saved from the mirage and misery of their terrible sins.
As stated above, it is the wish and great desire of the writer that both the advice, knowledge and terrible warnings contained in this Book, as well as the remedy known as “ TANJORE” may prove a blessing to all mankind. The writer sincerely believes that all will be benefited, who heed ‘‘The Writing on the Wall,” and that we can look with confident hope for the diminution in time to come, of the terrible sufferings, both mental and physical, which are the common heritage of sensualism and self-defilement.
Regarding the properties of “ TANJORE,” they have been known and used for years, and every preparation in this remedy is a standard one.
The warning and words of advice contained in this book is only for those who wish to free themselves from the terrible chain and bonds of their unholy passions as shown in the engraving contained in the beginning of this book.
Remember, young man, or young woman, there are two ways set plainly beforex you; choose which you will. Choose the path of Virtue, and you will receive “ Your Reward.” Choose the path that leads to Self- Defilement and Sensualism and you will reap and realize their curse and misery. For the evil promptings and desire that lead you to commit this terrible sin, will in time break you down, and disease and remorse will attack your soul and body in a thousand places at the same time, and you will be unable to protect yourself unless you abandon the practice and restore your lost sex forces.
Therefore, heed the advice and warnings contained in this Book. Seek for and desire only that which is good. Avoid attracting evil, either in thought, desire, word, or act; pray daily to your Creator to help you, ask him to deliver you from your evil passions and you will reap the reward of the soul which desires only that which is Pure and Holy.
Remember that you have but a few short years to live on this earth. Seek to retain your youth and strength so that the corroding pangs of self-torment cannot invade your mind and soul. If you do this you will know happiness and contentment, and be respected, alike by your friends, because you possess perfect manhood. If you desire to accomplish things and succeed in life, drive from you all idle Levity, Sloth, Intemperance and Lust, so that you may become quite pure, and clean in your soul and thereby free from every perturbation and distraction of mind, and worthily use your life strength. Every man who reads this Book and heed its warnings and follows the advice contained therein will be able to abstain from indulging his passions and sensual appetite, which, in themselves, are only bestial passions.
Seek and strive to live a life that is pure, temperate and free from those acts which degenerate a man to a brute. Those who do this will enjoy life by being possessed of confidence and serenity of mind which no man can ever rob you of. Lastly, study this Book, read and re-read it; you will be rewarded for your time and labor. Study it as a true Christian studies his Bible. It will be a helpmate and companion to you. The author feels assured that every man who is at present, or has been in the past, a slave and victim of his evil desires will find knowledge and warnings herein that will cause him to meditate and ponder over his baneful acts, until there shall awaken some responsive chord in his soul, which will lead him to again seek for the path that leads to virtue and purity, so that he may thereby be saved from the inevitable fate of the sensualist.