Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-30
WHOLE NO. lO,335.
| THRILLING EPISODE.
n Locomotive Engineers Instinct-How
He Saved n 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 Al
hany. The engines headlight threw
| strong reflection in advance, but the storm
was so binding it was almost impossible to
| distinguish anything at even n short dis
| tance. Under such circumstances instinct
necessarily takes the place of sight. All
| seemed 10 be going well, when, in an in
slant, the engineer reversed his engine, ap-
| piled the 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 sim
| ply said: " feel that something's wrong"
Selling lantern, he swung himself down
| FROM the cab, and went forward TO investi-
| gate. Everything appeared To be right,
and he was about To return 10 his engine
| when his eye caught sight of 4 peculiar
| appearance at the joint of the rail next To
| him. Brushing the accumulated snow
away, he looked moment, and then ut
| tered an exclamation of horror The rails
ON both sides had been unSpikcd, and
would have turned over the instant the en-
CINE touched them. What inspired this
! attempt at train-wrecldng is unknown. but
/ II was presumed the Conlederates of some
| prisoners who were ON the train hoped, in
the confusion of ,m accident 10 deliver
| their friends
Engineer John Donohoc, of Albany, to
| whose wonderful instinct was due the sal
walton OF the train, when asked by the
writer why he stopped his engine, said
/ can sell why. : only know I ttk
sOnetliiA Sa wrong
Do You have these feelings often when
upon the road continued the writer
No, very seldom, although for tine past
| twenty years / have hycn i'm a condition To
feel apprehension at almost anything"
How is that
"Whv have been victim of one of the
! worst eases of dyspepsia ever known /
| have not been confined To my bed as like
| thousands of others | am compelled 10
| work whether able or not Indeed, when
il first began | had only loss of appetite,
a faint feeling that would not 20 away and
a bad taste in the mouth but finally got
| those terrible craving and gnawing feelings
| that make life So unbcarablc, and are
| known as general debility
! What did You do2'
tried physicians until | became dis
couraged. | gave eight different ones fair
tests, but none of them benefited me
then tried proprietary medicines, but they
failed likewise. 1t looked pretty dark for
me SO far rs any more peace or enjoyment
in this world were concerned, and became
terribly discouraged
ct" You certainly do not look that way
now"
d" Oh, no, indeed, am in perfect health
now was the reply, and l propose to
continue 50. My nervousness is entirely
gone l can sleep nights the aching numb
ness has disappeared; the pale, siclly APP
pearance has given place to the color of
health, and | have readily put ON flesh.
This is what has been accomplished by
means of Warmers TiPpecanoe If | can
be cured after a chronic illness of nearly a
quarter of Il century | believe all suffering
, in q similar manner can he restored by
using the same great remedy
Such is the testimony of man who
could detect and remove unseen danger on
the road but could not remove the dangers
| from within his own system until brought
face to face with the great preparation
aboye-named which did so much for him
and can do as much for all those who re-
| Quire il.