The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-29
QUITE EASY TO DIE
10 PHYSICIANS SAY WHO OUGHT
TO KNOW.

" Sick Person breads Death He ls
Not SO Sick, After All--lnteresting
Facts About the King Of Terrors
and the Terror OF Kings.
1t Is easy to die. the physicians say,
dead easy. and 1t does not hurt. Nor
- it II fearful thing for the man or the
woman doing it. ON the contrary, II is
the most natural of all things except
birth. OF the two episodes, birth and
death, birth has all the pain, as those
who are born declare by weeping.
Those who die never weep. So the
)'crsian proverb hath 1t: You wept
when you came into the world, while
those about you laughed; so live that
when you die you smile and those
nbout you weep" The Persinns were
n great people In the days of this prov
rrb, and, speaking generally, the world
has lived up TO the ancient injunction.
1t could not live in any other way.
Physicians, nurses in hospitals ana
rlcrgymen are by more often than h
or folk when persons die, and they
testify to the painlessness of drathi
ana even to Its rcstfulncsS. one ply
sician of experience says that, except.
Ing what newspapers call "casual.
ties" death comes easily and without
terror
III knew man In Il western town
he said, who was haunted with the
fear of death. He could not throw on
the feeling of dread, do what he
would. He became almost Il monOmn.
Mac ON the subject. and without Up-
parent reason for he was strong and
hearty, had good wife good ap-
petite and "A prosperous business. !
knew him for years and until eight.
cen months ago he was all right OK.
cept for this terror of death. Finally
and most Unexpectedly, he was taken
Ill and died When he was first down
he was in n fearful state of mind, but
as he grew worse the terror left, and
when he knew there was practically
no hope for him he was quiet enough.
didn't worry, but put his affairs in or
der. said goodbye and went to sleep
far more peacefully than he had done
when he was well.
"A man Is not exceedingly Ill so long
as he is afraid to die 1t is when he
comes to the don't care stage that the
end is near The slclier he Is the less
he cares. When his desire to live
NNAhtho Nutlt nOA lluNl lOl NilN'
physician to do unless he can stimu.
late him to mental effort. The dying
man Is tired and would rest; it is more
difficult to stimulate him mentally
than It is to keep sleepy child
awake. Sometimes the shock of sur.
prise will do 1t. | remember the case
of a widow who had left to her the
charge of a farm out in Michigan. She
was n good busiIscsS woman and did
wonders with the land until it was
one of the best pieces of property In
the country. Then. having worked
long and hard, she fell i'll and her ply.
sician, giving up hope of her recovery,
advised her to make her will. She
was low and could only whisper when
the lawyer came. He had great diff.
Guilty in catching her words, and had
to keep his ear close to her lips to un.
derstand what she was talking about.
She went over Il list Of trlnkets and
household belongings she wished rela.
tives and friends to have for keep.
Bakes, and then, after n long pause,
which made the lawyer and doctor
think the end had come, the articua-
ted whisper began again. The widow
was telling what she wished to have
| done with the farm. But you have on
! ly life interest in the farm, said the
lawyer 1T does not belong to you to
bequeath.'
'Whatv said the woman on the
edge of the grave, raising her head
from the pillow, DO you mean to say
this farm I've worked in for the last
ten years ana made the best one in
all the country, amt my own to do
just what | like withT
only yours to live on said the
lawyer
Then | amt going to die
"And she didn't She lived nearly
twenty years longer and made enough
money to buy two more farms, which
she took much satisfaction in declar.
ing were her own to will as she
would. If death is ever painful. 1t is
rarely am convinced of that
"Mr Myers, the London essayist,
tells of clergyman whom he knew
who died and came back to life again.
This death was rs real to the clergy
man as anything in his life had been
He was climbing the Alps with par.
ty of friends and guides. and feeling
tired he laid down for Il little rest. lie
fell asleep and soon was freezing. AS
he froze he felt himself leaving his
body, pulling out from the feet first
and gradually drawing up into the
head. Then he stepped out entirely, all
but thin thread. He could look down
ON his body and see distinctly tie
thread-like connection. He could also
see what would have been impossible,
had he stayed in the body that is his
friends and the guides going on up the
mountain. They were hidden from
view from the place where his body
lay. He liked being out, and he
watched his friends with interest He
chuckled to see his own guide stealing
some of the lunch. After n little he
saw the party turn round looking for
him. Then some of them came back
and found his body stiff They Were
alarmed. and began rubbing him and
giving to him stimulants. lie did not
like 1t, for he did not wish to go back
into his body. But there was no help
for it. His friends We're so persistent
in their efforts that he had to return.