Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1900-03-02
QUITE EASY TO DIE
GO PHYSICIANS SAY WHO OUGHT
TO KNOW.
II a Sick Person breads Death He Is
Not So Sick, After AlI-interesting
Facts About the King Of Terrors
and the Terror of Kings.

Facts About the King Of Terrors
and the Terror Of Kings.
II Is easy to die. the physicians say.
dead easy, and ii does not hurt. Nor
Is it fearful thing for the man or the
woman doing IL. ON the contrary, IL Is
the most natural Of all things except
birth OF the two episodes. biitn and
death, birth has all the pain. as those
vino are born declare by weeping.
Those who die never weep. SO the
Persian proverb hath IT,: 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 Pcrsians We're
a great people in the days OF this prov
erb, and. speaking generally. the world
las lived up TO the ancient injunction.
II could not live In any other way.
Physicians, nurses In hospitals ami
clergymen are by more often than L.
GER folk when persons die. and they
testify to 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. He became almost a monoma-
MAC on the subject, and without APP
parent reason for he was strong and
hearty. had a good wife good APP
petite and prosperous business.
knew him for years and until eight
cen months ago he was all right ex-
cept for this terror of death. Finally
and most unexpectedly, he was taken
Ill and died. When he WAS first down
he was In 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 III so long
ns he IN afraid to die. 1t is when he
comes to the don't care stage that the
end is 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 1t is to keep sleepy child
awake. Sometimes the shock of sur
prise will do II. | remember the case
of widow who had left to her the
charge of n 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 III 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. and had
10 keep his ear close To her lips TO I'M
,lerstand what she was talking about.
She went over list Of trinkets and
household belongings she wished rela
tives and friends TO have for keep
Eakes. and then. after long pause.
which made the lawyer and doctor
think the end had come. the articula-
ted Whisper began again The widow
was telling what she wished to have
done with the farm. But you have on
~ life interest In the farm. said the
lawyer. 1t does not belong In you To
hcqucath.
'Whatr said the woman on the
edge OF the grave, raising her head
y
this farm I've worked in for the last
ten years and made the best one in
all the country. amt my own To do
just what Ike within
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 IL is
rarely--I am convinced of that.
MIR. Myers. the London essayisi.
tells of clergyman whom he knew
who died and came back 10 life again.
This death was rs real To the clergy
man as anything in his life had been.
lie was climbing the Alps with 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
hut n thin thread. He could look down
on his body and see distinctly the
thread-lilxe 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 a 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 it, for he did not wish TO go back
into his body. But there was no help
for il. His friends We're so persistent
in their efforts that lie had TO return.
When he found himself back he
awoke and told what he had seen.
They were astonished. for he had seen
everything just as it happened He be-
lieved he had been dead for over an
hour. and says what he saw proves
this 10 himself."-New York Press