Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1900-07-12
QUITE EASY TO DIE
so PHYSICIANS SAY WHO OUGHT
TO ssNOW.
II Sick Person breads Death He Is
Not SO Sick, After AIl-Interesting
Facts About the King of Terrors
and the Terror of Kings.

Not So Sick, After AlI-lnteresting
Facts About the King of Terrors
and the Terror of Kings.
1t is easy to die. the physicians say.
dead easy, and it does not hurt. Nor
is it Il fearful thing for the man or the
woman doing it. On the contrary, it is
the most natural of all things except
birth. OF the two episodes, BIZ tn and
DEATH birth has all the pain, as those
who are born declare by weeping.
Those who die never weep SO the
Persian proverb hath it: You wcpt
when you came into the world, while
those about you laughed; 50 live that
when you die you smile and those
about you weep" The PerSians We're
CRIB, and, speaking generally, the world
has lived up to the ancient injunction.
1t could not live in any other way.
Physicians, nurses in hospitals AMI
.ciergymen are by more often than o, h.
er folk when persons die. and they
testify to the painlessncss of death,
and even to its resttulneSs. One rhy.
stefan of experience says that, except.
ing what newspapers call casual
ties" death comes easily and without
terror.
IL knew a man in n western town."
he said, who was haunted with the
fear of death. He could not throw off
the feeling of dread. do what he
would. He became almost Il monOma-
Mac on the subject, and without APP
parent reason for he was strong and
hearty, had good wife n good ap-
petite and "A prosperous business. |
knew him for years and until eight
cen months ago he was all right rN-
ccpt for this terror of death. Finally
and most Unexpectedly, he was taken
i'll and died. When he was first down
he was in fearful state of mind, but
rs 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 sickcr 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; it is more
difficult to stimulate him mentally
than 1t is to keep a sleepy Child
awake. Sometimes the shock of sur
prise will do it, | remember the case
OF widow who had left to her the
charge of farm out in Michigan. She
was Il good business woman and did
wonders with the land until ii was
one of the best pieces of property in
the country. Then, having worked
long and hard. she fell i'll aud 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. He had great diiii-
Guilty in catching her words. and had
to keep his ear close to her lips to I'M
derstand what she was talking about
She went over a list of trinketS and
household belongings she wished rcla.
tiveS and friends to have for keep
sakes, and then, after a 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.
ly life interest in the farm, said the
lawyer 1T does not belong to You to
bequcath.
What" 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 and made the best one in
all the country. amt my own to do
just what like withY
only yours to live on said the
lawyer.
Then I 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. it is
rarely--l am convinced of that.
MIR. Myers, the London cSSayiSt,
tells of clergyman whom lie knew
who died and came back TO life again.
This death was as real to the clergy.
man as anything in his life had been.
He was climbing the Alps with Il par.
ty of friends and guides, and feeling
tired he laid down for n 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, i'll
but thin thread. He could look down
on his body and see distinctly tie
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 lody
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 Il 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 it, for he did not wish to 20 back
into his body. But there was no help
for it. His friends were so persistent
in their efforts that he had to return.
When he found himself back he
awoke and told what he had seen.
They were aatonished, for he had seen
just as it happened. He be-
lieved he had been dead for over an
hour, and says what he saw proves
this to himself.'-New York Press.