THE HEATHOOTE MIRACLE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 21, 29 September 1898, Page 10

THE HEATHOOTE MIRACLE.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Heathcote (Victoria), Monday. Further particulars of the miracle lately performed in this township have been made public. The greatest enthusiasm prevails over the matter, and Mrs. T. J. Thomas— the central figure— has been heartily congratulated by all who know her. On account of the tremendous interest taken in the lady by the public, our representative called upon her.

'Good afternoon,' said Mrs. Thomas in a pleasant voice to us as we entered. Mrs. Thomas subsequently very kindly placed the whole of the facts in our possession. 1 Until a short time ago,' said the lady, ' I had not known for 40 years what permanent relief from pain was.' How greatly Mrs Thomas suffered from rheumatism, repeated attacks of influenza, enlargement of the liver, and inflammation of the kidneys is vividly shown by her remarks. <I am over 74 years of age,' she continued. It was, as near as I can remember, in '57 that I had my first attack ot rheumatism, and these have followed me up, on and off, for 40 years. About nine years ago my troubles were added to by enlargement of the hver, and this in itself, more than sufficient to kill most people of my age, was aggravated by inflammation of the kidneys 1 was in a very critical condition for a long time, and when just about to pull together again, another severe attack of rheumatism brought me down. This brings me to about five years back, when I caught influenza the first time. I had further attacks of rheumatism and influenza again the following year, and though the influenza missed me for the next two years, rheumatism did not. Then for a year and nine months I was laid up with a third attack of influenza. I never seemed to be able to throw this off as I had the others, and it made me feel terribly low spirited. I had four or five doctors, but their advice and physic was not the least bit of good, and I felt I could not last much longer. I could not lie down, and the only position in which partial reli«f was to be found was sitting, bearing to one side. I could not bear anything to touch my back. I don't like to think of the torture through which I have passed ; it was terrible. I lost all

the fibst time.' power in my legs. My attention was then attracted to some of the published cures, which had been effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, of cases which had been pronounced by doctors and hospitals as hopeless, and I determined to make a trial of them. This was in the early part of April, and I was feeling about as bad as I had ever felt. By the time the third box was taken a marked improvement was noticeable, and this happy alteration continued until I was, at the twelfth box, quite enabled to discontinue them. My friends and acquaintances were astonished at my recovery, and quite a number are taking the pills, and others have expressed their determination to do so should they ever feel the need of treatment.' »

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Amsterdam is a most delightful place for anybody who likes to create a disturbance. There are two distinct bodies of police, the Municipal and the Government, and such mutual jealousy exists between the two that an offender over and over again escapes the clutches of the law. If a Municipal policeman is in difficulty with an unruly citizen he will get no assistance whatever from a Government constable, even if the latter be passing at the time ; and vice versa. Rescues are of daily occurrence. The police are loathed by the populace, who are otherwise very law-abiding, and they have the greatest difficulty in arresting an offender. If a policeman happens tjbe taking a man to the lock-up, not only the rag-tag and bob-tail but most respectable people occupying good positions will join together and effect a res-cue, to the consternation of the constable, who in many cases is a mere raw boy, whose only authority is a baby face and a sword dangling at his side. In an ordinary way it takes a policeman at least half an hour to arrest a drunken man, but in many cases the constable is so busily engaged in warding off the attacks of small boys that the inebriate finds an opportunity to escape altogether,