The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-16
THE MOMENT Of DEATH.
IT - NOT % TERRIFYING A. THE
POPULAR nELlEr LEADS e.
sans Who Have Nearly Catered
! the Dark Portals-Their Lives
Passed In Iateresting Review.

ESpITE the wise teachings and
I'll M noble example OF Socrates and
IL despite the positive assertions
III III OF the best medical authorities.
L. most people look with fear and
trembling toward the moment
which separates time and eternity for man.
kind--,he momen. OF death. Physicians
have since established the fact that death
itself II a relief. beautiful and by no
means painful transition. but they have
also laid stress upon the fact that this
dissolution must not be COMPOUNDED with
the symptoms OF disease which precede
death.
mankind during the approach Of death has
been the subject OF many studies and re-
searches. ana quite recently number Of
French scientists. among tham v. Egger.
DIR Settler. and DE- varixny. have collected
material that could he reached upon this
point and published II I'm a pamphlet Just
issued In Paris Naturally. the material
n BAT sean,. but II nevertheless furnishes
an interesting contribution 10 the great
isxne-the moment of death.
The French publication gives number
OF statements by intelligent ana Observing
persons who were rescued from death at
the last moment. These statements are
confined 10 accidents and do not refer %
exhaustion resulting from old age. but even
In the case az the latter the experts claim
20 Be Justified i'm the assertion that whore
the power of lifs gradually fades away
death n no more Ssinsni than In the case
az people who in the fuliness or vitality
confront the great destroyer.
A number 81 the Instances cited in the
puhlica;tou are connected with the expert
sness Of lion hunters IN Aigiers, who have
been actually within the grasp of the claws
and the terrible teeth Of the king Of ami
mails
Similar experiences atw related by per-
sons who were In tnninsn: danger q
drowning One ef them. 81 physician him
self. tells how bis boat capssxsd IN rush.
ting STREAM and how he. after kernsS but
frsIslsws efforts 20 save hsn~lf. reAouh less
by the knowledge that he Was sariilv car
yfaxs toward q roaring cataract. arifsed un-
fessstlsgiy In a sort % peaceful. semi-con-
scs,usness until rescue came. In all these
Instances. where accident brought people
az well balanced miaa s'fiasniy face 10
face WITH Death. there h ~. ons consensus
~ Thought thas before the minds eve 81
such iscorae all the Important events ~
their ssfe. asnsest their entire life. o. IN
say. passes IN mcmsns- This - in ac~
eorslsnee wtta life In n dream. where a
single Instant suffoes to comprise an AL
most endless chain Of events.
Life Crowded lat" = Moment.
Pref Heire. ~ the Zurich university. az
tss.tc.asigahte smoansstn-cltsnher had sss
experience - fall into a steep abyss Hs
was rescued ~ what seemed 10 ~ mir
aete. ana he immediately Sc, 10 wogk q
gather sAe experiences sf etasrx wso hat
been IN the same pssistaa. They al
agreed
What feis IN 10 fsw seeonsts q ms
fall sAss Pref Hesus. would take hcuTs
~ relate. All Thoughts and ~ na gscsurs.
were % marvellous aisftDetnsss ard clear,
r~ss A lugw train - means 20 break shs
tFenarssstasss st1ssa - the fst accurre8 - TT.
rrss ana nsNs there passed before eax fssns
an sse events 81 NY lifss rcAhstsc as ~
kisesn~eese,~
NNysuger, an fsaefssss Alrine sessy3-s Q
renssr. fe,i sssss a height 81 over Ss sees
~ waS r@TFeesis conscious es wat sav
rssea "a me" he states s-snt eassnse,
every tc;t ses sssesm sssssSrtsssng ellis aas
Ike \ sAisfnfagrs$si ratssnt I fsls n, pan
Eses repeated ssit- - course. sa< create
shan era presiding asss sr& I Sensrsl~sa
osslfs sesl has / calculated thKs !. tA@ mex
seit sseAA n1 ssttl ncFs severe. ths srs
w0sssd come, tsat tAe rsess wusssssysss sxsre
rs~@. xsz taAs - ssls trsEsE.saA xsAi