The Mineral argus., 1884-06-05
A THI uLrEG EPISODE.

A Locomotive Engineers Instinct-How
he Saved a Train and How he Saved
Himself.
On 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 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 az
instant, the engineer reversed his en-
gine, applied The 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 th at
something's wrong" Selling a 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 a peculiar appearance
at the joint of the rail next to him.
Brushing the accumulated snow
away, he looked a moment, and
then uttered an exclamation of horror.
The rails on both sides had been nm
spiked and would have turned over the
instant the engine touched them. What
inspired this attempt at train -wreckinq
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:
81 can't tell why. I only know fell
something was wrong"
"Do you have these feelings Otter
when upon the road" continued the
writer.
"No, very seldom, although for th'
past twenty years l have been in con
dition to feel apprehension at almos
anything"
GLOW is that?"
'FWhy, l have been a victim of on
of the worst cases of dyspepsia eve
known. have not been confined to m,
bed, as like thousands of others, an
compelled to work whether able or not
Indeed, when it first began had only
loss of appetite, a faint feeling tina
would not go away and a bad taste i
my mouth, and 1 finally got those terribl
craving and knawing feelings that max
life so unbearable and are known as gen
eral debility"
''What did you do?"
''I tried physicians until became dis
couraged gave eight different ones fai
tests, but none of them benefited me
l then tried proprietary medicines, bu
they failed, likewise Tt looked prett
| dark for me so far as any peace or ell
ioyment in this world were concerne
and became terribly discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that wa
now"
ooh, no, indeed, I am perfect healtl
now," was the reply "and l propose t
continue so. My nervousness is entirel
! gone; can sleep nights; the achin
numbness has disappeared; the pale
sicl1ly appearance has gwen place to tn
color of health, and have readily PIT
on flesh. This is what has been accom-
plished by means of Warmers Tippecs
noe. If [ can be cured after a chroni
illness of nearly quarter of a century
believe all suffering in a similar manne
can be restored by using the same grea
remedy"
Such is the testimony of a man VIII
could detect and remove unseen DANCE
on the road but could not remove th
! danger from within his own system Ill
! til brought face to face with the gres
| preparation above named which did S
much for him and can do so much fo
all those who require it.
piso's cure for consumptiOn is not only pleas