The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-22
ATHRILLING EPISODE.
A Locomotive Engineers Inst,nct--How
ho Saved u Train. ana how
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A Locomotive Engineers Instlnct--How
| no Saved u Train. and how
| he Saved Himself.
| Ol ono OF the darkes; aud st0rmieii
nights OF the recent unususl Sintar, Inc e1'
press on oae OF the leading New York rsil-
roads was moving westward from Albany.
The engines headlight threw strong re-
| Election In advance, but the storm was so
binding II wss almost imposs Bile TO dis
tineulsh anything even ut shois distance.
Under such clrcumstsnt IS instinct nt:ee-
s,rily iikss the place OF sight. All SCENE
70 DO soirg well, When, IN On instant; we
engiueer reversed his engine, applied the
air bales, and cauo - full stop. Why
he did 30 he could OF tell any more then
any Of us en- account for the dread oil
coning disaster aud dea h, sHd to tho won
dering inquiry Of his fireman he simply
said: II Jeei hat something's wrong"
Ss'glnga l,ntern he swung himself down
from the cab and went forward 10 'nyessi.
cats. Everything appeared TO be right. and
| no wa, abont to ietuen TO his engine, when
| BIS eye caught sight OF a peculiir nppeer-
ance at tbs Joint Of [ 'e rail nexs to him.
| 3fushing the accumulated snow away, no
| leaked q moment, mud then uttered sn ex.
| Q smation of horror. The rails on both
aldes had been unspiked and woull have
.urY ed over the instant tbs engine touched
shsm. VIVA. Inspired this attempt ct train.
wreckipg Is unkJ OVID, but It was presumed
the ooniedera.ee of come 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. we9 due the saliva.
ton of The train, when asked by the writer
wpy he stopped his engine, said:
Il can't tell why. ! only know / felt
s3me.hing wGs wrong"
"Do you have these feelings often when
upon the road?" Continued the writer.
mo, very seldom, although for the past
twenty years have been in condition TO
feel apprehension ct almost anything
bow 10 thai?"
one " OF Of the worst c,,os OF dyspepsia
ever known. / have not bsen' con-
fned 10 my bed ~, ike thousands
Of others, l sm Compeied TO work whether
able or not. Indeed, when II first began
had only loss Of appetite, a faint feeling
| that would not 60 away, and bad fasts IN
the mouth, but finely got those terrible
life go unbearable, aud ere knoSn
as general debility"
"Whst did you do?'
| Il tried physicians until BECAME dis
c1uraged. l gave eight different ones talI
tests, but mono of tnem benefited me:
Then tried proprietary medicines, but they
failed, likewise. 1t looked pretty dark for
| Ilb bU IET do dLy kuOiO pSuSo Va SclcJ AASAs
in this world were concerned, and became
terribly discouraged"
You certainly do not look that way
now"
ooh, no, indeed, SIN in perfect health,
now" wa, the reply "Gud propose TO con-
| tinue So My nervousnesI 10 entirely gone;
1 can sleep nights; the aching numbaess
has disappeared; the pa'e, sickly appearance
nas given plnce to the C Dior Of health, aud
have readily put on flesh. This 10 what has
been accomplished by means OF Worner's
! Tippecanoe. If l can be cured aier q
chronic illness of nearly q quarter OF CEN
| tury, l believe Ell suffering IN u similar
manner can be restored by using the same
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Such is toe testimony of man who
could detect end remove unseen dangers on
| the rond but could not remove The dangers
from within his own syst,m until brought
face to face with tina great preparation
above named which did 30 much tor him,
an can do as much for all those who re-
uujre It,