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Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The funeral of the late Albert Cobb
will be held from the Home chapel at
o'clock this afternoon. Rev. H. $.
Burrage officiating. Capt. Moore will
command the escort.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The ladies Of the Highland avenue
Methodist church are requested to
meet at the vestry Wednesday after
noon to make candy bags for the
Christmas tree.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

A. Il. Lawrence and family of Fair
field were the guests Saturday of Mr..
and Mrs Fayette Ames of Farming
dale.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Mrs H. f. Sawyer and daughter,
Mrs. Eta b. HuntOn. have gone to
Campton Village, n. H., for the win
ter
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The jury which is to try Beach HargiS
at Irvine. Ky. OIL the charge of murder
ing his father. Judge James Hareis. was
completed Monday All the jurors are
farmers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Lucius G. Fox late co. G.. 34th Mass.
Inf. has been re-admitted to this
Home. He came from Southwick.
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Returns from furlough are: Ben
iamn w. Mitchell from Orono: Thorn
as HartE from WiliamSville. Mas;
Horace w Moore from North SacO.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
GARDINER.

G. w. Heseiton was in Belgrade
Monday on legal business.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Thomas f. Moore of Pophdm Beach
Ne. late CO. \. lst Battalion Maine e.
a. (Spanish War; has been admitted
to the Home
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Mrs. Wilson f. Morse of kents Hill
passed Monday with Miss Mabel Cobb
ana will return to her home today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Parmenter have been sent to Worces-
ter. Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

Roy l.. Townsend the timellceper. is
enjoying weeks leave at his home
in treeport.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The w. c. T. L. will hold it's regular
weekly meeting in the G.. A. r. hall
tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

The last tri-monthly report shows
the membership to be 2340, Il net loss
of four
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22
NATIONAL HOME.

officer OF the day. Capt Merrill
Moore.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-22

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Scientific Camembert

I ARGE quantities of Camembert cheese are
imported into this country annually from
France: fact which led the Department OF
Agriculture sometime ago to consider the pos
sibility of manufacturing an equivalent prod
uct in the United States. For quite awhile
the experiments made in this direction were
failure but recently complete success has
been achieved. and it Is now announced that
the Storrs experiment station in Connecticut
will be prepared from this time on to give les
sons to individuals and to factories in the
making of such cheeses.
1t has been found that the production 0;
Camembert depends largely two species
of microscopic fungi, or molds which are
known to science as Pendulum Cdmembertr
and Ofdfnm ldctfs Both of these have been
artihcially propagated. and will be furnished
in little bottles by the experiment station
The process of manufacture starts with fresh
whole milk warmed to eighty-hve degrees
Fahrenheit, and the cheeses later on are in
oculated with cultures of these mods.
The cheeses are shaped In galvanized iron
hoops. and afterward treated by rubbing them
with salt on the outside. Next day they are
transferred to the first ripening room. the air
OF which must be nearly saturated with moist
ure and kept at sixty to S1Xty-two degrees.
From this time on they are turned daily, and in
the second week are wrapped in tinfoi or
parchment paper and put into small round
wooden boxes. after which they are transferred
to the second curing room, the temperature
OF which is slightly lower. Here the cheeses
have reached the best condition for con-
sumption.
The solution of the Camembert problem
represents only one feature of work recently
undertaken by the Department of Agriculture,
which has for its object the production of the
finest kinds of foreign cheeses on this side OF
the water. 1t is believed that practically all
of them, including the famous Roquefort
(Which is ripened in caves). can be made in the
United States. The most puzzling part of the
business in some instances is the isolation
and propagation by artificial means of the
special varieties of bacteria and molds to which
the CheeseS owe their distinctive fiavors.
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Where Heredity Comes In

I'HENE are few individuals who have in
her1ted a constitution incapable of ex-
periencing stage fright. just as there are some
who never become seasick. "A happy COM
bination of inherited qualities" is about all We
can say in explanation of such phenomena
The vast majority. however experience both
seaslckneSs and stage fright though in different
degrees of intensity. Those who suffer from
some nervous weakness, who are anemic or
awkward or have physical deformitv. the
modest and bashful, the poor and i'll man
nered, are likely to be subject to it in greater
degree than their more fortunate brothers and
sisters. Anything that naturally tends ID
lower ones self esteem and confidence makes
for timidity and stage fright. This truth is
demonstrated on the stage by the fact that the
intensity of the stage fright depends upon the
importance and nature of the role one plays
The inactive and humble roles favor it. while
those in which one constantly acts and COM
mands greatly diminish it. Again, the costume
one wears is an important factor Rich and
gorgeous costumes give more assurance than
poor and solled ones, and therefore initiate
against stage fright, whereas the latter tend
to increase it.
In mild form. stage fright has positive
probation that slight exaggeration of the
natural which IS necessary for the theater: it
lends feeling and warmth to the voice. and
vigor and vivacity to the gestures. For this
reason first nights are as rule the best.
When an actor ceases to experience it and is at
perfect ease, his acting becomes mechanical
and he no longer enjoys the pleasure of playing.
nor the satisfaction of receiving the applause
of the audience
Generally, however, it is a weakness which
we should strive to overcome. The task is by
no means an easy one, and the only suggestions
that can be offered are: Think not of yourself
nor of your success or failure nor of the atti-
tude Of the audience, but by an effort of the
will concentrate the mind upon the subject at
hand. Have the same regard for health that
the football player or prize fighter has: for
fatigue or physical weakness of any sort is the
most favorable condition for stage fright
Finally, cultivate the will and perseverance,
for frequent repetition begets familiarity with
all the conditions, and therefore state of in
difference toward them: and it also begets
habit, which, because it is stronger than
The story of Demosthenes is a case in point
Recall it frequently.
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Psychology of Stage Fright
II
Continued from page II

at ease before public with which he cares to
enter only into superficial rapport, but timid
in the presence of single individual from
whom he wishes complete sympathy
These things, dissatisfaction, self con-
sciousness. distracted attention. conscious
ness of being judged and the need of SYM
pathy.-are the Immediate causes of stage
fright; but back of them all lies that nvs-
ferrous force which We have named Hereditv
but of the exact nature of which We know al
most next to nothing
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necessary to appear before the public in the
capacity of speaker to experience stage fright.
or rather that complex emotional disturbance
to which the French who are more careful in
such matters, have given the name trde. A
tinid young man experiences it on walking
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or tydc, which has often been experienced by
actors, orators, and lecturers fifteen days in
advance of their appearance before the public.
When the Duke d Aumont offered to present
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and speak to me. In this situation, business of
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liarly necessary in answering. Would my
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of any stranger whatever, have been shaken
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would it have suffered me instantly to make
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merlted eulogium to convey some great and
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danger alarmed and terrified me. 1 trembled
to such degree that at all events was deter
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Man Is a Greearious Animal

to address them?
Man Is a Greearious Animal
THERE are several reasons for this. some of
which given in the confessions quoted
In the first place, the speaker stands alone,
separated from his kind, which naturally causes
him uneasiness; for man is gregarious ami
NAL Standing on a platform, he feels some
what as an antelope separated from the herd.
Again, isolation tends to make the speaker
conscious of himself. and this interferes with
the normal functioning of his mental powers.
Anyone can walk a six-inch board on the
ground: but suspend it hundred feet in the
air and very few can do it, because the situation
being new they are compelled to contemplate
themselves in this new situation and to proceed
cautiously and slowly: that is, to pay attention
to movements which they ordinarily perform
unconsciously. Ask a man to observe what
muscles he puts into play and exactly what
movements he makes IN walking, and you
will notice that his walking is seriously inter
are jerky, and he staggers from side to side:
A distinguished psychologist has expressed
this truth in humorous doggerel, thus:
THE centipede was happy quite,
Until toad for fun
Cried, Pray, which leg comes after which,
Which worked his mind to such pitch,
He lay distracted in ditch,
Considering how to run"
Compelled to be self conscious. the speaker
cannot pay undivided attention to his subject:
therefore, he loses the thread of his discourse.
and this frightens him all the more and in
creases his confusion and embarrassment.
He stops, trembling and shaking unable to
proceed, just as one who attempts to walk
board suspended in the air. Again, he feels
that he is being weighed in the balance. and,
however sure he may be in the result, the
ordeal itself is trying and terrifying. 1t may
be said safely that no student. however well
prepared, has ever stood an oral examination
without fear and trepidation. Moreover. the
greater the past successes, and the greater the
reputation, the more likely is the subject to
become frightened, because if he should fail
his downfall would be proportionally greater.
The consciousness of this fact is further dis
turbing element. For this reason old and
famous actors sometimes do worse than tyros
who have nothing to lose and therefore rush
in like fools where angels fear to tread, and
actually carry off the prize.
But most inn ortant of all is the instructive
need, which every man feels, of being in SYM
pathy with his fellow men, of having their
backing, so to speak; and of this the actor. or
orator or lecturer is not sure until he hears the
applause, after which he proceeds with greater
assurance. The unsatisfed need of this SYM
pathy or rapport, which is one of the strongest
bonds that unite society, is the cause of the
ence Of strangers. and sometimes in the pres
enCe of intimate acquaintance. Children are
timid before parents because they inStnCtively-
feel the gap that separates their thoughts and
feelings, and for the same reason one may be
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1t was when the trial began that the
difference between English and American
criminal administration was most appar-
ent. English law is supposed to be prac-
tically the same as that of most of the
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American states. In fact. the Amer ~ g
law is based on the law OF England. al Il
one OF the first principles that a law
student is taught in both countries is that
an examining counsel must not lead his
witness. that is. he must not frame his
questions so as to suggest the answer.
This principle is ignored at the Old Bal
ley. The prosecuting counsel was al
lowed TO recite the alleged circumstances
of the crime In framing his question and
only a feeble protest was made by the
prisoners lawyer. which was instan.y
overruled by the judge. On one occasion
when a particularly fragrant instance OF
unfairness to the prisoner called forth
stronger protest. the judge became very
angry. That is quite enough. Mr. Hall"
he said II do not want TO hear any more
from you. Sit down. sir"
Il beg your pardon. my lord replied
this leader a the bar. II would not
think OF differing from your lordship.
Similar treatment was melted out 10 tho
prosecuting counsel when he requested
the Judge 10 include certain features in
his charge TO the jury. II do not need
any advice from you. Sir Charles hs
said. when I want it I will ask for it,
IL beg your pardon. my lord" replied the
counsel for the prosecution.
One feature OF the English practice
initiates strongly against the prisoner.
In America the Judge when he enters fhc
court knows no more about the case than
the jurymen who art to hear tho evil
dence for the first time. and his only
duty is to hold the scales of justice fairly
between the prisoner and the state. In
England the judge has To read all the
evidence given I'm the police court when
the man was first charged and IL Is the
custom i'm England to thrcsh sucn mat
tiers out in tho police court far more fully
than in America. The judge. therefore.
can not help entering the case with
certain prejudice and the attitude OF the
Judges shows that IL is generally against
the prisoner.
The very arrangement Of the court seems
tn isolate the prisoner and make matters
harder for him than i'm the American
courts. Instead OF sitting at a table be-
side his counsel and in close touch with
him throughout the trial. he Is placed in
pen-like inclosure-called the dock-at
the back of the court. He cannot COM
municate directly with the man who is
actually defending him at all. but must
do So through his solicitor. who belongs
TO an inferior class Of lawyer. In fact.
the barrster who alone is allowed to plead
in the higher courts usually never has
seen his client until he sees him in the
dock for trial. All the preliminary work
has been done by the solicitor and all the
barrster knows about the case he has
learned at second hand.
English justice may he expeditions. but
both for genuine dignity and fairness l
prefer the American kind.
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in the service of state troops and not
in the national army
At the close of the war Williams was
sun a boy. who ought to have been at
school. but he could not be contented
away from army life. Accordingly. i'm
the latter part of October 1866. he en-
listed in the United States Marine Corns
Tor term of four years served his time
and re-enlisted February 10 at the Brook
lyn navy yard. joining the steam frigate
Colorado. the flagship of Admiral Joifn
Rogers Of the Asiatic squadron.
Inc squadron sailed for the far east
and while cruising off the Seoul river
Korea. was fired upon by the forts. An
expedition was at once landed to demand
apology or explanation. but, neither one
being forthcoming. Williams was ordered
TO sound the long roll and an attack was
begun.
The Koreans were soon driven inland
ana Williams was the first drummer To
of Korea 'e sun
rhe squadron crused in the orient for
some time and was then ordered home.
and the drummer boy was sent to thu
League Island navy yard. Here Williams
met with his second accident While Civ
ing the shutdown call on his drum Nav
D.. 1915. he suddenly fell to the ground and
was hurried to the hospital suffering from
a. severe attack of brain fever HIS con-
dltlon became worse. and September
!. ne was discharged on account of i'll
health, IA
Williams then settled down to civil life
IN Washington. but the love of adventure
had by no means been fully satisfied.
When the battle ship Maine was blown
up In Havana harbor he was well estab-
ilshed in business and had "A comfort BILE
nome with wife and two children. The
prospect of waE however. found him
again eager to enlist. and March Is.
1898. he was sworn into the United States
navy and enrolled as master-at-arms on
the cruiser Columbia. This was his sixth
enlistment. The Columbia had no chance
to display her fighting qualities She was
disabled in a collision with a tramp
steamer. and after short service. Will
liams who was then forty-seven years of
age, was honorably discharged
This completed a service in the defense
OF the flag of ten years, seventeen
months and five days.
Mr.. Williams is now in the insurance
business in Washington, but his advanc-
ing years find his martial ardor not one
whit abated. He is a past commander of
Lincoln Post. Department Of the Potomac.
G. A. r., and can point to a record that
none Of his present-day comrades can
equal.
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THEN

hands-brothers named Murphy-who
slept In the same room with him. They
were making plans to steal out in the
darkness and enlist. The boy. whom
they supposed to be asleep, waited until
they had gone. and then. quickly slipping
into his clothes. he stole down stairs and
turned his footsteps toward Beverly.
The first volunteer to present himself at
the Beverly recruiting Office on the morn
ing of September !. 1862. was this boy.
then eleven years. five months and sixteen
days old. He was laughed at, but he was
determined. and so earnestly did he plead
that he was finally enrolled as drum
mer boy In Company I. oath Regiment.
New Jersey Volunteers.
A fortnight later the regiment was mus
tered into service and sailed down the
Delaware on the old side-wheeler City of
Burlington, to the wharf at Washington
avenue, Philadelphia.
Here. for the first time. young Williams
beat his drum to time the footsteps of his
comrades. There was quick march to the
waiting train and the men were hurried
to Washington for service in the field
They camped in various places near the