The Dickinson press., 1884-05-31
A THRILLING EPISODE,
A Locomotive Engineers Instinct-How
he Saved . Train and How he saved
Himself.

a 1nStinct-Aow
he Saved . Train and How he Saved
Himself.
On one of the darkest and stormiest
nights of the recent unusual winter,
the express on n 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 al
most impossible to distinguish anything
even at a short distance. Under such
circumstances instinct necessarily takes
the place of sight. All seemed to
be going we'll, when, in an
instant, the engineer reversed his en-
CINE, applicable 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 coming disaster and
death, and to the wondering inquiry OF
his fireman he simply said: IL feel thai
something's wrong" Selling a lantern
he swung himselfdown from the cab and
went forward to investigate. Everything
appeared to be right, and lie was about
to return to his engine when his eve
caught sight of a peculiar appearance
at the joint of tho rail next to him.
Brushing the accumulated snow
away, he looked a moment, and
then uttered an exclamation ofhorror.
The rails on both sides had been un-
spiked and would have turned over the
instant the engine touched them. What
inspired this attempt at tr~ain-wrecking
IS unknown, but it was presumed the
confederates of some prisoners who
were on the train hoped, in the confu-
sion 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:
II can't tell why. I 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 L have been in q con.
dition to feel apprehension ut almost
anything"
"How is that?"
"Why, 1 have been a victim of one
OF the worst eases of dyspepsia eve,
known. have not been confined to m,
bed, as like thousands of others, I an
compelled to work whether able OF not.
Indeed, when it first began 1 had only
loss Of appetite, a faint feeling that
would not go away and a bad taste il
my mouth, and 1 finally got those terrible
craving and knawing feelings that make
life so unbearable and are known as e
eral debility"
"What did you do"
Il tried physicians until 1 became dis
couraged l gave eight different ones fail
tests, but none of them benefited me
l then tried proprietary medicines, but
they failed, likewise. 1t looked pretty
dark for me so far as any peace or Ell
joyment i'll this world were concerned
and became terribly discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that wa,
now"
ooh, no, indeed, 1 am perfect health
now" was the reply" and L propose t.
continue so. righteousness is entirel,
gone; lean sleep nights; the aching
numbness has disappeared; the pale
sickly appearance has given place to TIN
color of health. and I have readily pu
on flesh. This is what has been accom-
plished by means of Warmers Tippeca
noe. If l can be cured after q chroni,
illness Of nearlya quarter of q century
believe all suffering in q similar name.
can be restored by using the same grea
remedy"
Such is the testimony of q mar VIII
could detect and remove unseen DANCE
On the road but could not remove tin
danger from within his own system I'LL
til brought face to face with the grea
preparation above-named which did s.
much for him and can do so much TO
all those who require it.