Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
A THRILLING EPISODE.
A Locomotive Engineers Ipstfnct-Hew
He Saved A Trsiu and How He
Saved Himself


On one of the darkest and stormiest
press on one of the lead ng New York rail.
roads was moving westward from Albany.
The engines headlight threw a strong refiec-
ton in advance, but the storm was so blind.
ing it was almost impossible to distinguish
anything even at a short distance. Under
such circumstances instinct necessarily
takes the place of sight. All seemed to be
going well, when, in an instant, the engi-
neer reversed his engine, -ap piled 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: II
feel that something's wrong.p Selling 3
lantern he swung himself down from the
cab and went forward TO investigates. Ev-
cry ,hing appeared to be right, and he was
about to retur n to his engine when his eye
caught sight of a peculiar appeal ance at
the joint OF the rail next to MIN. Brush.
ing the accumulated snow away, he looked
q moment, and then uttered an exclama-
ton OF horror. Tue rails on both sides had
been unspiked 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 confed-
crates of some prisoners who were on the
train hoped, in the confusion of an acct
dent, to deliver their friends.
Engineer John Donohoe, of Albany, to
whose wonderful Instinct was due the sal
walton of the train, when asked by the
writer why he stopped his engine, sasd:.
CAME tell way. ! only know felt
something was wrong"
"Do you have these feelings often when
upon the roadp' continued the writer.
"No, very seldom, al hough for the past
twenty years l have been in q condition to
feel apprehension at almost anything.""
"How Is that!o
"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
1t first besan had only a loss of appetite,
faint feeling that would not go away and
bad taste in the mouth, but finally got
those terrible craving and gnawing feel
ings that make life SO unbearable and are
known as general debility"
"What did you do"
81 tried physicians until l became dis
courased. gave eight different ones fair
tests, but noao of them benefi ed me.
then triel proprietary medicines but they
failed, likewise. 1t lookel pretty dark for
me so far as any more peace or enjoyment
in this world were concerned and became
terribly discouraged"
"You certainly do not look that way
now"
oh, no, indeed, am in perfect health
now" was the reply land propose to
continue so. My nervousness is entirely
gone; can sleep nights; the aching numb.
ness has disappear Ell; the pale, s.ckly APP
pearance has given place TO the 1lor of
health, and / have readily put on Ii.=h.
This is what has been accomplished by
means of Warmers Tippccanoe. If can
be cure alter a chronic illness of nearly
a quarter of a century believe all suffer.
ing in similar manner can be restored by
using the same great remedy"
Such is the testimony of a man who
could detect and remove unseen danger on
ths road but could not remove the dangers
from within his own system until brought
face to face with the great preparation
above-named which did so much Tor him an |
can do as much for all those WHO require it.