The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-19
A THRILLING EPISODE.

a Tocomotive Z, sMee p Inteinst11Hew he
Saved A 1r in GnI HoSy he Saved Himself.
On one of the darkest and stormie nights
of the recent unusual winter, the express of
one of the leading New York railroads was
moving westward from Albany. The engines
headlight threw a strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was so binding it was almost
impossible to distinguish anything even at o
short distance. Under such circumstances in
stinct necessarily takes the place of sight. All
seemed to be going well, when, in an
instant, the engineer reversed his engine, ap-
piled the air brakes, and came to a full stop.
Why he did so he could not tell any more than
any of us can account for the dread of COM
ing disaster and death, and to the wondering
inquiry of his fireman, he simply said: Il
feel that something's wrong Selling a
lantern he swung himself down from the
cab and went forward to investigate.
Everything appeared to be right, and he was
about to return to his engine when his eye
caught sight of a peculiar appearance at the
joint of the rail next to him. Brushing the
accumulated snow away, he looked a moment,
and then uttered an exclamation of horror.
The rails on both sides had been unspiked and
would nave turned over the instant the engine
touched them. What inspired this attempt
It train-wrecking is unknown, but it was pre-
sumed the colfederarcs of some prisoners who
were on the train hoped, in the confusion of
IN accident, to deliver theis friends.
Engineer JOIN Donohoe, of Albany, to
whose wonderful instinct was due the saliva
ton of the train, when asked by the writer
why be stopped his engine, said:
"Icant tell why. l only know I felt some
thing was wrong
"Do you nave these feelings often when
upon the roadW continued the writer.
ono, very seldom, although for the past
twenty years | have been in a condition to
feel apprehension at almost anything"
"How is thatn
"Why, I have been a victim of one Of the
worst cases of dyspepsia ever known. | have
not been confined to my bed, as like thousands
of others, I am compelled to work whether
able or not. Indeed, when it first began ]
had only a loss Of appetite, a faint feeling
that would not go away and a bad taste in the
mouth, but l finally got those terrible craving
and gnawing feelings that make life 80 un.
bearable and are known as general debility
"What did you do?n
81 tried physicians until | became discour
aged. | gave eight different ones fair tests
but none of them benefited me-. I then triet
proprietary medicines, but they failed, like
wise. 1t looked pretty dark for me SO far al
were concerned and I became terribly discour
aged"
ooh, no, indeed, | am in perfect health now,
was the reply, land | propose to continue so
My nervousness is entirely gone; I can sleel
nights; the aching numbness has disappeared
the pale, sickly appearance has given place t.
the color of health, and l nave readily put OF
flesh. This is what has been accomplished by
means of Warmers Tippecanoe. If l can b
cured after a chronic illness of nearly a quar-
ter of a century l believe all suffering in
similar manner can be restored by using tn
same great remedy"
Such is the testimony of a man who .coul
} detect and remove unseen danger on the road
!, but could not remove the dangers from within
his own system until brought face to face wit
the great preparation above-named which di
SO n>lch for him and can do as much for al
e those who require it.