, But does rheumatism "strike into the: system as a bullet or a knife might strike into it ? No, Rheumatism is a thief who steals away our comfort and strength; but it is a thief, as I said, who is born on the premises. In other words, it is one-and only one-of the direct consequences of indigestion and dyspesia. And this is the why and wherefore: Indigestion creates a poison called uric acid; this acid com bines with the chloride of sodium to form a salt; this salt is urate of sodium, which is deposited in the form ot sharp crystals in the muscles and joints. Then comes inflammation and agony, otherwise rheumatism. Thus you perceive that it doesn't come from the outside, but from the inside-from the stomaoh. Our friend's cold, caught in the mine, didn t produce his rheumatism, it dogged his skin, and so kept all the poison in his body; instead of lotting part of it out. "Lateron," says Mr Heakin, "rheumatism struck into my system and I had pains all over mo. I was confined to my bed for three months with it and could not dress myself. In this general condition I continued for five years. One after another I was treated by fourteen dootors in that time, but their medicines did me little or no good. At one timo I went to the Infirmary at Shrewsbury, where they treated me for heart disease; but I got worse, and, feeling anxious, returned home.". How he was finally ourod we will mention in a minute. First, however, about his rheumatism. Every intelligent person knows that rheumatism and gout (its twin brother) is virtually a uni versal ailment. It does its oruel and body racking work in every country and climate. No other malady causes so vast an aggregate of suffering and disability. Whatever will cure it is worth more money in England than a gold mine in every country. , , ,. Mr Heakin adds: " I was cured at last by Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and without it I belieVe I should have been dead long at[o. Very likely, very likely ; for this thief, although he may wait long fgr his opportunity, isn't always satisfied to run away with our comfort and our money—he often takes life too. J • ACCOUNTANTS, Etc. GLIMPSES OF NEW ZEALAND. NOW BEING PUBLISHED. 