Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-03-02
QUITE EASY TO DIE
GO PHYSICIANS SAY WHO OUGHT
TO KNOW.

Not So Sick, After AIi--lnteresting
Facts About the King Of Terrors
and the Terror Of Kings.
Ii is easy to die. the physicians say.
dead easy, and it does not hurt Nor
Is IL fearful thing for the man or the
woman doing 1t. ON the contrary. ii is
the most natural of all things except
birth. or the two episodes. biitn and
death. birth has all the pain. as those
who are born declare by weeping.
Those who die never weep. So tl~
Persian proyerb hath IL: You wept
when you came into the world. while
those about you laughed; SO live that
when you die you smile and those
about you weep" The Persians We're
great people in the days OF this prov
rrb. and. speaking generally. the world
las lived up TO the ancient Injunction.
IL could not live in any other way.
Physicians. nurses In hospitals ana
clergymen are by more often than u
er folk when persons die. and they
testify 10 the painiessness OF DEATH
and even to its restfulness. One ply.
stefan OF experience says that except
ing what newspapers call casual
ties" death comes easily and without
terror.
II knew a man In a 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 lie became almost a monoma-
Mae on the subject, and without APP
parent reason for he WAS strong and
hearty. had good wife good ap-
petite and prosperous business. |
l. IA Inn FOR N nd al f.
cen months ago he was all right ex-
ccpt 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
ns 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 10 sleep
far more peacefully than he had done
when he was well.
"a man Is not exceedingly Ill so long
rs he is afraid to die. 1t Is when he
comes TO the don't care stage that the
end il near. The sicker he Is the less
he cares. When his desire To live
weakens there is not much for the
physician to do unless he can stimu-
late him to mental effort. The dying
man is tired and would rest; 1t is more
difficult TO stimulate him mentally
than II IL to keep a sleepy child
awake. Sometimes the shock of sur
prise Will do II. | remember the case
III widow who had left to her the
charge OF farm out In Michigan. She
was n good business woman and did
wonders with the land until IL was
one of the best pieces OF property In
the country. Then. having worked
long and hard. she fell Ill and her ply
stefan. giving up hope of her recovery.
advised her TO make her will. She
was low and could only whisper when
the lawyer came. lie had great diff
Guilty In catching her words. ana had
10 keep his ear close to her lips to I'M
,lerstand what she was talking about.
She went over "A list of trlnkets and
household belongings she wished reia.
tivcs aud friends To- have for keep
Eakes. and then. after a long pause.
which made the lawyer and doctor
think the end had come the articula-
ted Whisper began lgaln. The widow
was telling what sle wished to have
done with the farla Iiug you have on
~ life Interest Ia the farm. said the
lawyer. IL does nsf belong 20 you TO
hcpucath'
I" 'Whatr said ne woman ON the
edge 81 the fraNe raising her heat
from the pillow. Iiu sou mean Ia say
this farm I've worked Ia for the last
ten years ana taa,ie the best one in
all the country. Amt my own To do
just what ! No withT
4" only youfH g. live on said the
lawyer.
Then I aisif e.siag o. die
"And she dtlnL She lived nearly
twenty Year, kiurer aud made enough
money o. hos I've merr farms. which
she took Hsufh satisfaction Ia declar-
ing wcrc hsr aWn a. will as she
would M sealli u ever painful. IL Is
rarely ana sisnsincs.d Of that.
'Mr. Mycrs. she London essayist.
tells OF a clergyman whom he knew
who died and came hack TO life again
This death was as real To the clergy
man rs anything Ia his life had been.
He was climbing the Alps with a par
~ OF friends and guides. and feeling
tired he laid down for little rest He
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 n thin thread. He could look down
ON his body and see distinctly the
thread-like connection. lie 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 little he
saw the party turn round looking for
him Then some of them came back
and found his body stiff. They We're
alarmed. and began rubbing him and
giving to him stimulants. He did not
like il, 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 10 return.
When he found himself hack he
awoke and told what he had seen.
They were astonished. for he had seen
everything Just as 1t happened. He be-
lieved he had been dead for over an
hour. and says what he saw proves
this to himself''-New York Press.