The" Death W>toV' ASoasobidPcstvWolj aatoslfo- ■ 'pMffljrSjl&Oji'-'" Who has nor."heard the "death watch ?" Many a person who has happened to be awake in the stillness of the has listened to the tick, tick fur half'a doaen times or more in suecession nS regjjlar and aa natural as the tioking of a 1 olobkV 'lJiny have r§« warded the sound with superstitious awe and dread, because'everything 'about it is so myaterions. 'The namo death watch ie derived' in this way, as the' per* rnore apt, 10 hear such l sounds, 1 ' and' when they were'heard'at siibli times''it"was eonBidbted ao ill-ohien tu" the Sick uno. Some jntrepi'd person' dared to Brave thjs '''ttiewfte;' of {jeaili; andfpund, instead of i hVsifppoßed 'spifif, a guile)esS|tin,jd little insect. However, tlie flapifl is Bfil| retained, and no doubt many still wonder what makes that peculiar sound and why it is made, It ■ »-.f„i that {foe mere tick, tiok, Mwoncw..- -..hmild cause tick of this harmless lneeuu wwv such fear and dread in some people's miiid, whoar'egiSuerajJy ss apathetic in the niattor of the pious Bidns of 'approaching catastrophe, that spitting 'of phlegra'in the moping, (full achingfeeling i'n t|)e head, eyes, and baqki'languor, ralllejl of the incasing pfthe system,' Jteoqree>inus|i (je a genuine restorative which wjll built} up trio general strength, and reafeore the norma health as in the case of Miss 11, Wjg« nail, 46Fenwiok-St, North Carlton, Melbourne who writes :" During thelastseven years I have Buffered dreadfully from neuralgia, passing many sleepless nights of agony in consequence. So much had the pain interferred with my general health that I had wasted away to a shadow, many of my friends thinking I was constimptivV'Jtried'all.kinds of remedies without auccte&s until I used Clements fojjip, -of |hi((h fheirst'liottle gaye me instant relief, and f fee} thafc Qlements Tonic is thoroughly reinvigorating my whole systom, eiving me a good appetite and relish for food, and I have therefore much pleasure in endorsing the merits of Clements Tonio,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4085, 9 April 1892, Page 2
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326Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4085, 9 April 1892, Page 2
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