Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-29
A THRILLING EPISODE.
A Locomotive Engineers Instinct How
He Saved Train and How He Saved
Himself.

On one OF the darkest and stormiest
nights of the recent unusual winter,
the express on one of the leading New
York railroads was moving westward
from Albany. The engines headlight
threw q strong reflection in advance,
but The storm was SO binding it was
almost impossible TO distinguish any
thing, even at short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the place Of sight. All seemed
to be going well, when, in an instant,
the engineer reversed his engine, ap-
piled tho air brakes, and came to full
stop. Why he did so he could not tell
any more than any of us can account
for the dread of coming disaster and
death, and to the wondering inquiry of
his fireman he simply said: feel that
something's wrong,' Selling lantern
he swung himself down from the cab
and went forward to investigate. Every
thing appeared to be right, and he was
about to return TO his engine when his
eye caught sight of a peculiar appear
ance at the joint of the rail next to him.
Brushing the accumulated snow away,
he looked moment, and then uttered
an exclamation of horror. The rails on
both sides had been unspiked and would
have turned over tho instant the en-
gine touched them. What inspired
this ATTEMPT at train-wreckiDg is un-
known, but IL was presumed the con-
federates of some prisoners who were
on the train hoped, in the confusion of
an accident, to deliver their friends.
Engineer John Donohoe, of Albany,
to whose wonderful instinc. was due
the salvation of the train, when asked
by the writer why he stopped his en-
glne, said:
al can't tell Why. only know l
felt something was wrong"
'Do you have these feelings often
when upon the road?" continued the
writer.
mo, very seldom, although for the
past twenty years l have been in con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
anything"
"How is that?"
"Why, have been u victim of one
of the worst cases of dyspepsia ever
known. / have not been confined to
my bed, as like thousands of others. l
am compelled TO work whether able or
not. Indeed when it first began / had
only loss of appetite, . faint feeling
that would not go away and bad taste
in my mouth, but finally got those
terrible craving and gnawing feelings
that make life so unbearable and are
known as general debility"
"What did you do?"
II tried physicians until | became
discouraged. gave eight different
ones fair tests but none of them benefit
ted me. then tried proprietary medi-
cines, but they failed, likewise. 1t
looked pretty dark for me 80 far as
any more peace or ENJOYMENT in this
world were concerned, and became
terribly discouraged.
"You certainly do not look that way
now"
.'Oh, no, Indeed. | am in perfect
health now, was the reply, land pro-
pose to continue so, My nervousness
is entirely gone; l can sleep nights;
the aching numbness has disappeared;
the pale, sickly appearance has given
place 10 the color of health, and have
readily put on flesh. This is what has
been accomplished by means OF Warn
er's Tippecanoe. If can be cured aft
er chronic illness of nearly quarter
of century, believe all suffering in a
similar manner can be- restored by us
ing the same remedy"
Such is the Testimony Of man who
could detect and remove unseen dam
ger on the road but could not remove
the dangers from within his own sys-
tenn until brought face to face witE the
great preparation above-name6, which
did so much for him and can do as
much for all those who reguireit.