The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-06-05
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4 Locomotive Engineer,s Instinot -How
! he savsd 3 Train ana How he saved
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:is On one Of the darkest and stormiest
nights Of the recent unusual winter,
the express on one Of the lending New
York railroads was moving westward,
from Albany. The engines headlight
threw e strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was so blinding3it was al,
most n imp possible 70 disting uish any thing
even at a short distance. Under such
circumstances instinct necessarily takes
the place Of sight. All seemed Ito!
be going vel, when, in an
instant, the engineer reversed his en-.
CINE, applied the air brakes, and came tol
ayfull stop Why lie did !so:he could not
tell amy 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 q I feul that.
something's wrong y Selling % lantern
he swung himself down from the CAB and
went forward to investigate. Everything
appeared to be right, and he was about
to return to his, engine when his eye
caught sight Of d peculiar appearance
at the joint Of the rail next. to him.
Brushing the accumulat snow
3nway, he looked I moment, and
then uttered an exclamation of horror
The rails on 5botl sides had been I'M
spiked and would have turned over the
instant the engine touched them. What
inspired this attempt at train-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. *; Il. .,,,s5 55s
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 al * l;;ss !. /. :.
i can't tell why. 1 only know I felt
something was wrong" "a 81. 81
"Do You have these feelings often
when upon the road y. continued the
writer. B! y. At 4
S'a o, very seldom, although for the
past twenty yearsI hayeSbeen in a con
dtion to feel apprehension at almost
anything
"How is that e. by III
GssEWhy, I have been victim of one
Of Che worst cases Of dyspepsia ever
known. I have not been confined to my
bed, as, like thousands of: others, I am
compelled to@work-whether able or not
Indeed, when it first began I had only a
loss of appetite, faint feeling that
would not go away and q bad taste in
my mouth, and finally got those terrible
craving and knawing feelings that make
Life SO unbearable and are known as gem
eral debility" 81. sst{: l$ttsj Il Z
What did you do?"
to II tried physicians! until I became dis
couraged I gave eight different ones fair
tests, but none of them benefited me.
then tried proprietary medicines, but
they failed likewise. / II looked pretty
dark for me so far as any peace or en-.
ljoyment in this world were concerned
and became terribly discouraged" ST:
34 You certainly do not look that way
now. OIL 4. VI 3. B 3, s., :.
aOh, no, indeed, Lam perfect health
now, " was the reply and I propose tx
continue so. righteousness is entirel,
gone; I can sleep nights; the aching
numbness has disappeared; the pale
sickly appearance has gwen place to TIL
color Of health, and I have readily pu
on flesh. This iswhat has been accom-
a plished by means Of Warmers Tippeca
noe. # / can be cured after a chroni
illness Of nearly q quarter Of q century
believe all suffering IN q similar mamie
can be restored by using the same grea
remedy. Y. 3 49, q SIS
Such is the testimony Of q; man VIII
could detect and remove unseen DANCE
on the road but could not remove til
danger from within his own system un
til brought face to face with the 4grea
preparation aboye-named which did s,
much for him and cam do so much fo
all those who require it. lssssS Al