Show THE DEATH WATCH this name e has its its origin from dark and superstitious times Itis it is nothing more nor less than a diminutive beetle the little creature thit that perforates the round holes in in the worm eaten furniture and woodwork the ticking 3 says an eminent Datura naturalist list is is produced by striking its head against the wood in in the progress of ahe these pe perforations kao rations and yet how hov often has it struck t r u terror in in the minds of the attendants of the sick and from communicating muni cating the amento omen to the patient the skill of the physician has been completely baffled even yet in in isolated rural districts the belief that it it is is the harbinger of death remains remains unshaken iken |