Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-06-06
A THRILLING EPISODE.
Locomotive Engineers Instinct
How he Saved A Train and
How he Saved Himself.

On one of the darkest and stormiest
ME hts of the recent unusual winter, the
express on one of the leading New York
railroads was mosing westward from
Albany. The engines headlight threw 4
strong reflection in advance. but the
storm was Sc binding it was almost inn
possible to distinguish anything even at
short distance. Under such circua-
stances instinct necessarily takes the
place of sight. All seemed so be going
well, when. in an instant, the engineer
reversed his engine, applied the air
brakes, and came te a 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: Il feel that something's
wrong" SEEKING a lantern he swung
himself down from the cab and went
forward To investigate. Everything APP
peared to be right, and he was about to
return to his engine when his eve csught
sight of peculiar appearance at the
joint of the rail next to him. Brushing
the accumulated snow away, he looked
a moment, and then uttered an eXCiaIna-
ton of horror. The rails on both Sloes
had been unspiked and would have
turned over the instant the engine
touched them. What Inspired this at
tempt at train-wrec&ing is unknown,
but it was presumed the cenfe9erateS 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 instinct was due
the salvation of the train, when asked
by the writer why he stopped his engine,
said:
L can't tell why. l only know 1 felt
something was wrong"
do you have these feelings often
when upon the road" continued the
writer.
No, very seldom, although for the
past twenty years | have been in a con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
anything"
How Is that
"Why. have been 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 COM
PEELED to work whether able or not. In
deed, when l first began bad only a
loss of appetite, faint feeling that
would hot go away and bad taste in
the mouth, hut ] finally got these ter
rible craving and knawing feelings that
make life SO unbearable and arc known
as general debility"
wv hat did you do?'
Il tried physicians until l becaHe
discoura led. gave eight different
ones fair tests, but none of them bene-
| fitted me. l then tried proprietary
medicines, but they failed, likewise. II
looked pretty dark for me SO far as any
more pace or enjoymen in this world
were concerned and became terribly
discouraged"
''You certainly do not look that way
now"
'Oh, no, indeed, l am in perfect
health now" was the reply, ''and | pro-
pose to continue 80. My nervousness is
entirely gone; can sleep nights; the
aching numb es! has disappeared; the
pale, sickly appearance has given place
to the color of health, and l have readl-
ly 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 a
century | believe all suffering III a
similar manner can be restored by using
the same great remedy"
Such is the testimony of a man who
could defeat and remove unseen danger
on the read but could not remove the
danger from within his own system
until brought face to face with the
great preparat on above named which
did SO much for him and caa do as
much for all those who require it.