The Butler weekly times., 1894-11-22
lS DEATH PAINFUL.
Here is Testimony That The Dy-
ing Look With UncOncern
on Dissolution.
ON Dissolution.

Many people, through fear of
death, are all their lives subject to
bondage. The questions: How
shall we diel When shall We die? and
where shall we die? are continually
worrying them. Indeed, there have
been several suicides caused by this
haunting terror Of death. The
thought of it made their lives insup
portable, and they killed themselves
III order to know the worst. And
yet 1T is quite possible that in re
spect to the physical sensation of
dying we resemble Don Quixote
when he hung by his wrist from the
stable window and imagined that a
terrible abyss yawned at his feet;
fate, III the character of Maritornes,
cuts the thong with lightsome laugh
ter and the gallant gentleman falls
-four inches.
When Louis XIV lay dying, why
weep you," he asked those who sur
rounded his deathbed "Did you
think should live forever Then,
after a pause: 81 thought dying had
been harder" DR. Hunter was AN
other who was agreeably surprised d
by his experience of dying. His last
words were: 'If l had strength to
hold pen I would write down how
easy and pleasant a thing it is to
lie" A charming actress who had
been twice almost drowned, told
friend that dying was the incest sen
sation that she know. The late arch
bishop OF Canterbury as his agony"
befell, quietly remarked, 1T is real
ly nothing much after all."
A man said to Socrates, The
Athenians Leye condemed you to
leath "And ,ature," he replied.
has condemned them By the an
cient Greeks. death was simply as a
destroyer To them it was the last
and most bitter of foes. Achilles in
hades says to Olysseus: Nay,
speak not comfortable to rse OF
leath. Rather would l live upon
the earth the hireling of another,
than bear away over all the dead
that are no more When death is
bitter 1t is SO, us general rule, fal
more by reason Of anxiety and re-
morse than from physical causes. A
man, for instance, can scarcely die
easily if he is leaving widow and
family, for whom provision has not
Been made The medical man wht
attended Oliver Goldsmith in biz
last hour asked him if there wal
anything on his mind, as he coulC
not account for his temperature be
ing so high. The poet admitted
that there was. Debt was upon hi
mind. To some it is riches and no
poverty that renders death painful
When Garrick showed to DR.. John
son his palatial residence, the latte
said: "Ah, David, these are tn
things that make death terrible
John Wesley was once asked by
lady. Suppose you knew that yo'
were to die at Il O'Clock to morrow
night. how would you spend the il
terveniug time" How madam, h
piled. Why just as l intend t
spend it now. L should preach thi
night at Gloucester and again at
tomorrow morning After that
should ride to Tewkesbury, preac
in the evening. l should then II
pair to friend Martins house, VIII
expects to entertain me, convers
and pray with his family as usua
retire to my bed at 10 o'clock, cor
mend myself to my heavenly Fathe
lie down to rest and wake up
glory"
This was the feeling which enat
ed the American, Gen. Stonews
Jackson, to die as he did. Wh,
told that he he had only about tv
hours to live be answered.: We
good; it is all right. Order A.
Hill to prepare for action. Pass
frantry to the front rapidly. II
Maj. Hawk" - Presently sm
Of ineffabie sweetness spread its'
over his pale face. and he said qui'