Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
a THRILLING EPISODE.

a THRILLING EPISODE.
a locomotive Engineers Instinct-How
he sa7sdsa Train aud How he Saved
h Himself ss%se
65sS On pnaM 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
tArewyaystrong reflection ina@advanee,
/ bnt the stormSwas 50 binding il was az
most impossible to distinguish anything
even lat q short~dissance. Under such
CIRCUMSTANCES instinct necessarily takes
the place of sight. All seemed to
be going well, when, in an
instant, the engineer reYersed his en-
gins. applied theair brakes, and came to
full stop. Why he did SO he could not
tell Anymore than any 81 US count
for the dread Of coming disaster and
death, and TO the wondering inquiry Of
Ehis fireman be simply said II feel ia At
something's wrong" Selling a ysgntern
he swung himself down, from the cab and
went forward toinves tiigate. Every thing
appeared to be right, and he was about
to return to his engine when his eye
, caught sight Of a peculiar appearance
at. the i joint of the railg4nextxto him:
Brushing the accumulated snow
"a away, Ie looked a moment, and
| then l,A, uttered an exclamation of horror.
! The rails on both sides had been 4ln-
spiked and would have turned over the
| instant the engine touched them. What
inspired this attempt at train wrecking
lis uRknown, but ill., Was presumed the
co1Mafesfaerates Of some@ prisoners who
Werepn the train hoped, in the confu-
sion5of an aooident,sxssto deliver their
iafrien1s. @**5Sa .,sa. .a& H. ..
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:
+ u can't tell why. I only know I felt
lssomething Was. WRONG. "a q o,4 ~ -
"Do you have these feelings often
when upon the road?" continued the
writer. /.
4 NO, very seldom, although for the
past Swenty years ( have been in a con-
dition to feel apprehension at almost
anything" -, -,
:. "ITow is that?''
why, I have, been a victim of one
Of Che worst cases OF dyspepsia ever
known [ have not been confined tony
! oed, as like thousands Of others, ! am
compelled to work whether able or not.
Indeed, whenit first began ! had only a
loss of appetite, q faint feeling that
: would slot:go away and a bad taste in
nay mouth and finally got those terrible
craving and knawing feelings that make
slifea sos1lnb eanable and are knoWn as gem
erssl Debility"
What did you do?
"I tried physicians until became dis
couraged I gave eight different ones fan
f'tests, but none Of them benefited me.
I then tried proprietary medicines, but
they failed, likewise It looked pretty
dark for me so far as any, peace OF en-
joyment in this world were. concerned
and5I became terribly discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that way
now" ~4
"Oh, no, indeed, am perfect health
now" was the reply "and'I propose tc
continue So MY nervousness is entirely
gone; Lean, sleep nights; the aching
Inumbness las disappeared; the pale,
i sickly .appearence has given place to the
Ilcolprof health, and have readily put
on flesh. This is what has been accom-
4 plished5by means Of Warmers Tippeca-
noe f T can be cured after q chronic
] Illness Of neallya quarter of q century
believe all suffering in similar manner
can be restored by using the samegreat
remedy"
Such is the testimony Of man WAC
could detect and remove unseen danger
on the road bat could not remove Tho
danger from within his own system I'M
til Brought face to face with the 'grea
preparation above named which did 81
much for him and eau do so much TO?
all those who require it. as..