Delta chief., 1884-06-04
A THRILLING EPISODE.

A Locomotive EnKineer's Instince---How
He Saved Train and How He
Saved Himself
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 Albany. The engines headlight
threw a strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was so binding it was al
most impossible to distinguish any
thing even at short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the place of sight. All seemed
to be going well, when, in an instant,
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 simply said: II feel
that something's wrong" Seizing q
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 TO his en-
gine when his eye caught sight of q
rail next to him. Brushing the accu-
mulated snow away, he looked a mo-
ment, and then uttered an exclama-
ton of horror. The rails on both
sides had been unspiked and would
have turned over the instant the engine
touched them. What inspired this at
tempt at train-wrecking is unknown.
but it was presumed the confederates Of
n ha -
hoped, in the confusion of the 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 en-
gine, said:
II can't tell why. only know l felt
something was 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 q con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
anything"
How is thate"
why. have been a victim of one OF
the worst cases Of dyspepsia ever known.
have not been confined to my bed, as
like thousands of others, am COM
PEELED to work whether able or not.
Indeed, when it first began had only
a loss of appetite, faint feeling that
would not go away and bad taste in
the mouth, but finally got those terri
BILE craving and kuawing feelings tha,
make life SO unbearable and are known
Is general debility"
what did you do. ?"
Il tried physicians until l became
discouraged. gave eight differen,
ones fair tests, but none Of them bene.
fitted me. l then tried proprietary
medicines, but they failed, likewise. Il
looked pretty dark for me SO far as any
more peace or enjoyment in this world
vas concerned and l became terribly
discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that way
now"
"Oh. no, indeed. l am in perfec,
health now," was the reply. land
propose to continue SO. My nervous.
ness is entirely gone; l can sleep nights
the aching numbness has disappeared
the pale, sickly appearance has given
place to the color Of health, and have
readily put on flesh. This is what has
been accomplished by means of War.
ner's Tippccanoe. II can be cured
after a chronic illness of nearly quar-.
ter of century believe all suffering
in similar manner can be restored by
using the same remedy"
Such is the testimony of man who
could detect and remove unseen dan
ger on the road but could not remove
the dangers from within his own sys-
TEN until brought face to face with the
great preparation above-namcd which
did so much for him and can do as
much for all those who require it.