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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
IS ANCIENT CUSTOM
No One Knows Who Originated
the HRound Robin"
Long in Use on Shipboard for Deter
mining Each Sailors Watch-often
Employed in the Form
of Petition

That watch kept on board ship at
night, while lying at anchor, is called
the anchor watch. Generally speaking
it consists of one officer and one sea-
man, whose duties are to watch out for
the safety of the ship, see that the
anchor light is kept burning brightly,
and take care that the vessel does not
drag her anchor. If there are eight
hours of darkness to be covered and
eight men constitute the crew, these
men are required to watch one hour
each. If there be more or less men
the question arises who is to go on
watch first or last, or, perhaps, who
is to clay over" until the next day.
It thus becomes necessary to ascer-
tain who is to go on duty at a GER
tain hour and each man must know
when his turn comes. Arrangement
for this is made by forming a round
robin" or putting it in another way,
by "chalking for Watches" which is ac-
complished in such way that each
sailor has the time for keeping his
watch determined by lot, one not be-
ing favored more than another. The
thing is decided in this way:
One man draws a large circle on
the lid of a chest, or, if that is not con-
venient, the deck. The circle is sub
divided into as many divisions as there
are men; and each man makes his
mark in one of the spaces. This may
| be a cross, a circle, a triangle. or any
other sign that will suffice to identify
him.
During the time the sailors are
placing their marks within the division
of the circle one of their number is de-
tanned outside on deck and kept in
| ignorance of the identity of any au-
| thor of any mark When all have
! made their marks the round robin is
/ complete. The man who was on deck
| is now called, someone else having
| made mark for him. This man now
| proceeds to erase the marks, one by
! one. The owners of the marks are
numbered from number one up, in sue
ceSsion, as he eraSes them, and thais
numbers are chalked up on the sides
of the berths; those above number ter
lying over until the next night. AS The
man who erases the marks does moi
know who made this or that, he can
not show any partiality.
The round robin is sometimes put tt
other use when the crew of a vesse
i at sea wish to present a grievance il
the form of a petition to the captain
Their complaint is made out in writ
ing, and the signature put in the form
of a round robin, which prevents th'
writer of the document from bein;
singled out and treated, as ringlead
er, with undue severity. A famous cas-
in example of similar use of the roun'
robin in the army within recent time
was the Roosevelt Round Robin" dun
ing the Spanish war.
Where the custom originated no on
knows
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
MNordics. y

"Nordic'' is the name recently given
to the race which used to be called
"Aryan" The Nordics are found in
their greatest purity in the Scandi-
navian peninsula. They form Il ma
jority Of the population of the British
isles. In the different countries of Eu-
rope there are said to be about 100000
900 pure Nordics in a total population
Of about 420,0O0,000. According to one
authority, the settlement of North
America was due to Nordics and the
early conquistaGores Of the new world
represented the old Nordic element of
Spain.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported Haar-
lem Oil your eat-grandmother used, and
are perfectly harmless. The healing, sooth-
ing oil soaks into the cells and lining of
the kidneys and through the bladder, driv-
ing out the poisonous germs. New life,
fresh strength and health will come as you
continue the treatment. When complete
ly restored to your usual vigor, continue
taking a capsule or two each day; they will
keep you in condition and prevent re-
turn of the disease
Do not delay minute. Delays are es-
pecially dangerous in kidney and bladder
trouble All druggists sell GOLD MEDAL.
| HARLEM Oil Capsules, They win refund
the money if not as represented. GOLD
| MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are inn
ported direct from the laboratories in Hol-
land. They are prepared in correct guam
| tity and d>convenient form, are easy to taks
and are positively guaranteed to give
prompt relief. In three sizes, sealed pack:
ages Ask for the original imported
GOLD MEDAL. Accept no substitutess--
| Adv
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
WOMEN FARMING IN
WESTERN CANADA
Success Has Followed All Their
Efforts.

On the train from Edmonton to Win
nipeg the writer took q seat beside
soldier who had returned from the
front. On his breast he wore the
beautiful distinguished service medal
his left cheek he bore a scar that he
would carry to his grave. He had
! served his country faithfully and well.
At the first call for soldiers in August,
1914, he hastened to the recruiting
office, leaving his 320-acre farm, with
its crop ready for harvest, a full
equipment of farm implements, plenty
of horses, and wife. The wife should
not be last on the list for she proved
the master of the situation, and 10y
ally took hold of the question of pro-
| duction, while her husband was on his
way to fight the Hun. And she sue
ceeded. In 1915 she succeeded, and
again in 1916, and when her husband
returned in 1917 she was able to show
| some contemplated farm buildings
| completed, the Indebtedness of the farm
paid off, a considerable addition to the
stock, and the land ready for a 1917
crop. This was the story told by the
| soldier, and wasn't he a proud man
He was now ready to do what he could
to keep up the period of prosperity
and provide food for the allies. The
women of Canada have done nobly
during the struggle.
Among the most successful farmers
of the Oak Lake district, Manitoba,
are the Misses Clara and Beatrice For
ward, who, for the past fourteen years
have farmed their own land, doing all
the regular work on the farm, such as
plowing, seeding, summer fallowine
and reaping. They have been espe.
cially successful with stock, and have
a splendid herd of shorthorns, botf
purebred and grade. At the recent
Brandon sale they purchased a new
purebred stock bull for $700. Thefl
herd was last year increased by 2s
calves.
Miss R. NJ Hillman of Keller, Sas
katchewan, is another successful
woman farmer. She has gone in ex
tensively for grain growing. and farm
/ I,1ZU acres. Cll0 d1SO OAuS SOIuO u
the finest Percheron horses in Sas
katchewan.
The prairie now boasts of man,
women who have had more or less sue
cess, though few are farming on tn
same large scale as Miss Hillman an
the Misses Forward. These womel
have demonstrated, and are still den
onstrating, that a versatile woma
may be just as good end successful
farmer as her brother.
There are other women, too, on tn
Canadian prairies who, though the
have not had thrown upon them the re
sponsibilities of "run2ing a farm,
have been decided factors in maxim
the farm a success. They assist thei
husbands by keeping the farm a.
counts. reducing the groeer's bills b
!. their management of the poultry an
butter, taking care of the house, ant
v&ry often, proving good advisers
Tie economic management of the me
, and general conduct of the farm worl
The man who moves to Canada ca
) ries with him a wonderful asset in
good managing Observation-Disclosures
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

The fashion for black evening and
dinner gowns, now that dancing is los
ing some of its popularity, has led to
corresponding changes in other details
of dress. Many women wishing to be
properly gowned for various occasions,
without much effort on their part have
adopted rather elaborate dark dresses.
Dark accessories are the natural Sc
quence to this almost universal epi-
demic of somber frocks. Iridescent
beads, spangles and sequins are used
to relieve the monotony and a flash of
light is the effect of a waving fan of
iridescent spangles. A frock recently
displayed was of black taffeta, dull
enough by itself, but iridescent beads,
applied in fan-shaped motif on the
aprSlN transformed it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
New Generator Finds Eavor.

An acetylene generator supplying
device of a Norwegian captain and is
reported to be in great demand, al
though the average cost is 81 cents
per horse power hour. The gas given
off as water is dropped upon calcium
carbide, is led to the carburetor. where
it is purified and fed to the motor
Though this apparatus is adapted only
for the ordinary gasoline motor a mod
ification is being worked out that is
expected to serve for engines designed
to burn kerosene
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
w. N. u, FORT WAYNE, NO. 2e--1o1a.
LIGHTLY Valued.

Representative Rainey was con-
demning neutral nation that had sub
mitted to odious oppression on the
part of Germany.
"This neutral nation" he said,
''values it's honor no more highly than
Gobsa Golde values his domestic hap
piness.
"As Gobsa in his picture gallery
slipped his after-dinner liquor and
puffed on his great black Edvana, the
butler rushed in. spluttering:
"'Oh, Mr.. Golde, poor Mr.. Golde,
I'm so sorry! Your lovely girl-wife
has eloped with the chauffeur
'sGobsa blew a fragrant cloud to-
ward the frescoed ceiling.
'''Oh, well,' he said, he vast much
of a chauffeur +"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

New York.-The American govern
ment is interested in the exploitation
of sealskin. That is a sentence preg-
nant with significance. 1t means one
thing: to Hooverize on the other furs
and use the kind which the Pacific
coast produces, writes leading fash
ion correspondent.
1t is said that the dyes and the pre-
paration of fur for costume usage are
exceptionally good. The story goes
that quite a degree of sharp irritation
has been caused among certain groups
of individuals concerning the dyeing
knowledge that st. Louis has made her
own. Whatever the outcome of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Whv He Liked the ECLIPSE.

Eugene Kelley, former deputy city
clerk of Muncie, was highly interested
in the justly celebrated eclipse of the
sun recently. After gazing at it a con-
siderable time through friends
smoked glass and returning the glass,
he asked to gaze again on the phe-
nomenon.
.'You seem greatly interested in the
eclipse" the friend suggested.
''Sure I am" was the reply. Its
the first thing I've seen since the war
began that hasn't cost me anything. .
Indianapolis News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Cold Drinks Bad
for Your Stomach
How to Avoid the Digestive Miseries
That Hot Weather Brings

Cold drinks in hot weather are bad
enough for any stomach but doublyso,
in fact, angerous-when the stomach
is out of fix and you suffer from indi-
gestion, acidity, food-repeating, heart
burn, sour stomach, and that awful
puffed-up, bloated condition after eat
ing. In fact, all stomach and bowel
miseriea are greatly aggravated in hot
weather. You can't be too careful.
Sunstroke can be traced in many cases
to poor digestion. Everyone should
watch their stomach in hot weather.
Keep it sweet and cool. Here is an
easy and pleasant way to correct stom-
ach ills. A compound has been dis
covered which surely takes up the
harmful juices and gases from the stom-
mach, leaving it sweet, clean, cool and
comfortable. . You won't know you
Lave q stomach if you take one or two
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

Mark Twain. so the story goes, was
walking on Hannibal street when he
met n colored woman with her youth
ful family.
$50 this Is the little girl. eh?" Mark
said to her as she displayed her chill
dren. "And this sturdy little urchin in
the bib belongs, suppose, to the con.
trary sex?'
"Yassah.r the woman replied; "yas-
sab, dat's a girl, too"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

EATONIC tablets after your meal, so
light and pain-free you will feel. n
There is not a harmful thing in
EATONIC tablets. They taste finel
Just like eating candy. Druggists viii
tell you that EATONIC users saythey
never dreamed anything could give
such quick and wonderful results: YOU
can insure yourself good, cool. sweet
stomach, you can eat what you like,
and always have the appetite to eat it.
EAT0N1C is absolutely guaranteed.
Get box from your druggist today.
Use it to get rid of and prevent the
stomach and bowel troubles that are
bound to come in hot weather. If
EATON1C fails, return to your drug
g1st and get your fifty cents back. If
you cannot obtain EATONIC where
you live drop card to Eatonic Remedy
Co., Chicago, I'll. They viii mail you
a box at once
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
tracking Down Edges of Fight"

Tracking Down Edges of Fight"
Things were stirring along the front.
heavies laundering and drumming and
once in lull we detected the ham
mering staccato of a machine gun
tacking down the loose edges of
fight that will never be recorded in
history, with the earnestness and
briskness of a man laying q carpet
in hurry.-Irvin S. Cobb in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Brotherhood,

Brotherhood should be as high as
our, love to God, deep as our love for
ourselves, and as broad as the human
family.
brotherhood is not a hobby, but
kinship, privilege and responsibility.
Men today are eager and hungry fol
the great redeeming truths expound-
I'd in a warm human and brotherly
way.
Brotherhood is not a vagrant eddy,
out a tidal force moving with the
trade winds" of the spirit
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Knowing God.

If the soul is to know God it must
forget itself and lose itself, for as long
as 1t contemplates self it cannot con-
template God. When it has lost itself
and everything in God, it finds itself
again in God when it attains to the
knowledge of him, and it finds also
everything which it had abandoned
complete in God.-Meister Eckhart.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Comfort Baby's Skin

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
Cuticura Ointment. This means sleep
for baby and rest for mother. For
free samples address, "Cuticura, Dept.
x, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment % and 50.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Much Lumber Wasted,

1t is estimated that American lum-
bermen, accustomed to wealth of
material, waste two-thirds of it; and
that by utilizing all parts of the tree
the long-leaf pine industry would yield
daily 40 tons of paper, 5000 tons of
rosin; 100000 gallons of turpentine
and great quantities of ethyl products.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Threatened Drouo1t.

How has prohibition worked out in
your town?"
ITS getting too thorough. We used
to take water on the side. Now there
seems to be some doubt as to whether
we can even have the water. Wash
ington Star.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Digital 0exter rity.

This machine gun can fire co., shots
minute" said the officer.
You don't say?" marveled the fair
visitor. Il don't see how any one can
pull the trigger so fast."-Judge.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

When underclothes set out to be diff
ferent these days they take to chiffon
and all sorts and conditions of bright
and outer shades. Judged from a
standard of some years past, they look
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

A Sunday school teacher had been
recounting to her class the story of
tho Good Samaritan. When she asked
them what the story meant, one boy
said:
ut means that when I am in trouble
my neighbors must help me-"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

This frock is in medieval effect and
is built of green cloth and black satin,
which is embroidered with white An
CORA wool. There is band of white
fox on the skirt, and a collar of this
fox at the back of the blouse.
ready advancing the idea in sport and
country costumes for bad days.
Paris wore these coats all during
the spring because of the constant rain
and the fact that she was in the open
more than ever before. They are of
seal and light brown, of dark blue and
black, and they are fastened with
1eather-covered bottoms. Usually there
are pockets and a loose girdle cut
from a strip of leather. This is not
fastened by a buckle, but in the
medieval manner of one end of the
thong slipped over and over the other.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Svndicate1
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Euphemistic,

She with newspaper)I see that
the commander of a negro regiment at
the front writes that african golf has
been introduced over here and the
French soldiers like it, What's Afri-
can golf?
He-Craps, Boston Transcript.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Getting Action.

Necessity of action takes away the
ton the favorite of fortune.-Quarles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

It Is estimated that 20 per cent of
the residents Of the United States
use electricity In some form every
day.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Eduinu for Wells.

Paris favors ribbon Of a contrasting
hue as an edging on even the most deli
cate tulle wells.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

When a man does good by stealth it
may require a smart detective to dis
cover the motive.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

Mexicos wheat acreage is larger
this year than for a number of years
past
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but a
few cents at any drug store, but is suf-
flcient to remove every hard corn. soft
corn. or corn between the toes, and the
calluses, without soreness or irritation.
Freezone is the sensational discov-
cry Of a Cincinnati genius. 1t is won
derful.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
Soft Pile Eahrics.

Very decorative silk or wool embroid-
cry appears on coats Of soft pile IA
brics.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
ln1portanf to mofhera
Enough to Go Around.

Don't imagine that you're getting
all the hard luck or all the good luck,
because that never happened to any
body and never will.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26

It is difficult to judge a woman by
the things she doesn't say.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
DOCTOR URGED
AN OPERATION
Instead | took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and Was Cured.

Baltimore, Md" Nearly four years
I suffered from organic troubles, ner-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-24
BEAT A BIC ARMY
General Allenby Faced 100000
Turks in Palestine.
German General Escaped by
Only Six Hours.

London, Sept. 24.-Generai Allen
by's remarkable success in Palestine
was achieved against a total enemy
strength of 100000 Turks. according
to unofficial dispatches reaching Lon
don. Figures as to the number of men
in the Turkish army in the Holy Land
have hitherto referred merely to rifle
strength.
The Turkish forces held positions of
exceptional strength with three lines
of well dug trenches and abundant ar
tillery and machine gun protection.
The Turks were completely sur
priSed, according to Reuters CORE
spondent in Palestine. The mobility
of the allied forces and the boldness of
General Allenby's plan of hitting at
the s. lGest point in the Turkish de-
fenses added to the success. The rush
of the British cavalry completed the
enemy's discontinue.
The Turks reserves consisted of
troops which recently arrived from
the Caucasus. Field Marshal Liman
Won Sanders. commander of the Turk
ish forces, and his staff, escaped cap
ture by only six hours.
Not the least remarkable of Cen
eral Allenby's success lies in the re
organization he effected in his forces
since the German offensive on the
western front last March necessitated
the withdrawal to France of a part of
his army.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-24
PAPER IS ANXlOUSlCAN'T FOOL "LO"
Cologne Gazette Sees Perma
nent Allied Superiority.
Fears Consequence of Offensive
From All Sides.

London, Sept 24.-The entente al
lied successes in France, Macedonia
and Palestine have led the Cologne
Gazette to anxious con liberation re-
garding the future military develop
ments.
I'VE must do Foch the justice to say
he is apparently beginning to obtain
on a big scale that strategical unity he
has already obtained on French sol" !"
says this leading German newspaper,
and after reviewing the situation in
the various theaters of war it con-
cedes that the prosecution from all
sides of an Offensive against the all
lance of the central powers would be
a master stroke. Having mentioned
the unity Of command and the super
iority of the allies in men and mater
ial as conditions favoring them. it
continues:
I'VE have already pointed out the
enviable secrecy observed in the man
ufacture of armored tanf and the
training of their crews which now
number not thousands but tens of
thousands. To these must be added
the increase in the number of guns,
miRe throwers, flame projectors. ma
chine guns. gas and fog ammunition
and airplanes of ali kinds. Especiafiy
as regards the arnnored tanks there is
no doubt that the numerical superfor-
ity is on the side of the enemy and
that he is bound to utilize it to the ut
most -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-09-24
CLOSE IN ON ALL
SIDES ABOUT The
TEUTONIC ALLIES
Offensive Going Good in France
Palestine I'D Macedonia.
Marshal Haig Pushes Still
Closer to st. Quentin.
6O-MILE GAIN IN PALESTINE
Allenby Has Pushed From
Jaffa North to Acre.
Enemy Communication Lines
Broken in Macedonia.
RETREAT ON A 100-MILE FRONT
Bulgarian Armies Are in Dan
ger of Disaster.
Line In Front of British and
Greeks Gives Way, Too.
Allenby Has Pushed From
Jaffa North to Acre.
Enemy Communication Lines
Broken in Macedonia.
RETREAT ON A 100 mile FRONT
Bulgarian Armies Are in Dan
ger of Disaster.
Line In Front of British and
Greeks Gives Way, Too.
tBy the Associated Press.1


In Palestine, Macedonia and France
the entente allied offensives progress
successfully. General Allenby's forces
in Palestine have followed up their
rout of the Turkish forces with addi-
tional gains. In Central Macedonia
the allies are pressing vigorously the
advante res won and the difficulties of
the Germans and Bulgarians are in
creasing Field Marshal Haig has
taken a new step in his investment
of St. Quentin and is fighting toward
the northern outskirts of that German
strong l oint from east of Fermand.
British Reach Haifa and Acre.
On the Mediterranean coast of Pal
estine, British cavalry has occupied
the ports of Haifa and Acre. marking
an advance from just north of Jaffa
of more than sixty miles since the
present operations began Acre has
been famous in history for the steges
l. has under gone. Napoleon met with
a serious repulse there in 1893.