Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-20
a THRILLING EPIS0nE

A locomotive EEeineer,s Instsncs-Hsvx he
Saved a TT In ana How he saved Himself.
On one OF the darkest and gtormiest nights
Of the recent unusual winter. the express az
one of the leading New York railroads was
moving westward from Albany. The engines
headlight threw strong reflection in advance,
but the storm was 50 binding it was almost
impossible to distinguish anything even at a
short distance. Under such circumstances in
stinct necessarily takes the place of sight An
seemed TO be going wen, when. in an
instant, the engineer reversed his engine, an
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 com
ing disaster and death, and to the wondering
inquiry Of his fireman. he simply said: 81
feel that 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 eve
caught sight Of a peculiar appearance at the
joint of the rail next to hun Brushing the
accumulated snow away, he looked moment,
and then uttered an exclamation of horror.
The rails on both sides had been unspiked and
would have turned over the instant the engine
touched them. What inspired this attempt
IL train-wrecking is unknown, but it was pre-
sumed the confederates of some prisoners who
we're ON the train hoped, in the confusion OF
an accident, to deliver their friends
Engineer John Donohoe, of ALBANY. to
NinfNC 0DAihtl ilSlluCb was uu6 the saliva
ton OF the train, when asked by the writer
why he stopped his engine, said
! - can't tell why. only know felt some
thing was wrong
do you have these feelings often when
upon the road!' continued the writer
No, very seldom, although for the past
twenty years / have been in condition to
feel apprehension at almost anything
How is thatH'
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 compelled to work whether
able or not. Indeed, when it first began |
had only loss of appetite, a faint feeling
that would not 60 away and bad taste in the
mouth, but finally got those terrible craving
and gnawfng feelings that make life so un-
bearable and are known as general debility. y
what did you dor
II tried physicians until l became discour-
aged. / gave eight different ones fair tests.
but none of them benefited me. / then tried
proprietary medicines, but they failed. like
wise 1t looked pretty dark for me so far as
any more peace or enjoyment in this world
were concerned and became terribly discou1-
aged
''You certainly do not look that way now >
"Oh, no, indeed, am in perfect health now, ,
was the reply, land propose to continue so.
NY nervousness is entirely gone; / can sleep
nights; the aching numbness has disappeared
the pale, sickly appearance has given place 70
the color of health, and have readily put on
flesh. This is what has been accomplished by
means of Warmers Tippecanoe If L can be
cured after chronic illness of nearly quar-
ter of century believe all suffering in q
similar manner can be restored by using the
same great remedy
Such is the testimony of man who could
detect and remove unseen danger on the road
but could not remove the dangers from within
his own system until brought face to face with
the great preparation above-naIned which did
SO msIch for him and can do as much for AM
those who require it.