Heroes of Peace.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1870, 13 August 1886, Page 3

Heroes of Peace.

Addison happily enougfi—thus writes—- “ Troops of heroes undistinguished die,” It is certain that in the daily battle of life ; in that great conflict which, ev n under the ■ I gis of peace, is fought every hay, and which is so much more pathetic, fo much more terrible, than the moat stupendous struggle between the bests and armies of war, heroism, uusedn and unrecorded, is a very common matter. It needs not the surroundings of a bloody battle to develope the God-like qualities which makes the heroic. In the patient suffering, the cheerful resignation, the unselfishness, the honorable fidelity to duty, which, thank God, are so common as to command no surprise when they are discovered, we behold heroism as lofty, as worthy, as lovely and admirable as any exhibited by the soldier “ in the imminent deadly breach” or the forlorn hope.

We are here reminded, that among the fighters in the battles of Peace, the engine driver stands forth prominently as the embodiment of the heroic. The incidents recorded by the cool bravery and unselfish heroism of engine drivers are numberless. We read the other day of the driver of a wrecked train, mutilated and in great agony, iu dense darkness amid the warring of the elements, crawling along the slippery line with a lantern, to warn an approaching train against danger. We know how nobly the driver of the Geelong train, behaved in the disastrous collision at the Werribee; how he died comforted with the reflection that he had done hie duty, and holding, tightly gripped in bis band, the telegram which had caused the mischief. We have read of the driver who, seeing a little child playing upon the line, and knowing that it was impossible to stop the train in time to avoid crushing it, crawled along the engine and lifted the little one ont el danger, Such stories are common, and so grow, to the unreflecting, to become commonplace. But the thoughtful recognise the spirit of heroism which resides iu these narratives, and understand how terrible is the mental and physical strain which the engine driver has to bear. This tax npoa the nervous system of necessity contributes to disease and debility, and the wear and tear of energy and health. Every sympathiser with the braye men who thus softer in the cause of the public, will be glad to hear that medical science supplies a remedy at once prompt, effective and permanent in its action. Mr James J. Wright, who is now editor of the Brunswick Reformer, Victoria, testifies to this fact. He says that for eleven years, previous to the year 1883, he was employed in the locomotive department of the Victorian railways. About 1681 be experienced serious kidney troubles, coupled with rheumatism. He grew worse in spite of medical assistance. He became so bad that he bad to be carried to his engine—and here, surely, we perceive the heroic spirit of fidelity to duty. His agonies were intense, but he held on to his post, unfil at last, in May. 1883, he was forced to take to bis bed. The doctors did their best for him, but he grew worse, and began to u. ~ r.’r of recovery. Controlled by the conviction that bis case was hopeless, be resigned his post, a step supported by the statement of the Government medical officer, that Mr Wright was snfienug from chronic rheumatism caused by kidney disease, which had poisoned bis blood. This gentleman also pronounced the case to he hopeless. Mr Wright's resignation wns therefore accepted , and compensation granted. For eight months | he hobbled about on crutches scarcely able to pass from room to room, and wholly confined to his house. However his pluck carried him ' along. He obtained work on the Daily Telegraph newspaper, of Melbourne, and from this circumstance traces his cure. He was sent down by his editor to describe H. H. Warner’s safe cure establishment, then just opened in Little Lonsdale Street west. The manager, observing that Mr Wright was seriously unwell, presented him with a bottle of Warner’s safe cute, which was accepted with that courteous scepticism with which the invalid, who has gone through the " course ” of legitimate medical treatment, regards all proprietary specifics. However, doubt soon changed to faith. Mr Wright speedily found that there are more things than are dreamt of in the philosophy of the doctors. He kept on with the medicine with the happiest results. He says " I have completely recovered my health ; I have had no attack of rheumatism since last June, nor have I suffered from any kidney complaints, and this in the face of the fact that I have worked early and late, and necessarily, have been irregular with my meals.” Mr Wright adds—" Knowing as Ido the hardships engineers are exposed to, the great nervous strain, the cold, wet, heat, long standing, and tbe constant jolt of the engine, I feel I am only doing my duty in '.recommending to my fellow engineermen, Warner’s safe cure and safe pills ; believing that they are honest medicines and capable of great good in relieving pain and sustaining the system under the severe strains incident to the lives of those whose business is that of engine driving.” Testimony strongeo than this, could scarcely be given. It has been sent in by Mr Wright without solicitation. It is the outcome of the very natural gratitude of one who, despairing of cure, found it by accident, and who, lacking faith at first, has been forced to accord it at last. It is the honest tribute of one who, belonging to a class of men trained to suffer and endure, only yield to tbe force of illness when powerless to resist. It is the certificate of a man who carried his ailments as one of tbe great army of the heroes of peace, and who records bis cure with the simplicity of truth, and tbe candour of eon* viction.

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