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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
HOW TO PREPARE SPEECHES
John Braht Considered What II Was
That He Wished 20 Impress
Upon His Audience.

Don't speak unless you have
something TO say. Don't be tempted
TO go on after you have said 81" was
the advice Of John Bright, the great
orator His biographer Mr. X B.
O'Brien. says that he took great pains
In the preparation Of his speeches He
thought the subject over night and
day, and sometimes committed the
peroration and other important pas
sages TO memory, although in tho
main he trusted 20 the inspiration OF
the moment for the words in which
20 clothe his ideas Writing 10 n cor
respondent in 1888, Bright said:
AS TO modes OF preparation for
speaking, II seems 10 me that every
man would readily discover what
suits him best.
ITO speak without preparation, os-
pecially on great and solemn topics.
Is rashness, and cannot be recon.
mended When intend TO speak on
anything that seems 20 me important.
! consider what II is that ! wish TO
impress upon my audience.
81 do not write my facts or my ar.
guments, but make notes on two or
three slips Of note paper. giving the
line OF argument. and leaving the
words 10 come at call while ! am
speaking There are occasionally
short passages which for accuracy /
may write down az sometimes, almost
invariably, the concluding words or
sentences may be written"
Upon one occasion he gave Mr.. g.
w. r. Russell some hints about speech
making.
"Of course" writes Mr.. Russell, 81
cannot recall verbally what he said
but # was Ike this:
"'You cant prepare your subject
too thoroughly, but II is easy 10 over.
prepare your words. Divide your sub
jects into two or three, no more.
main sections. For each section pre-
pare an ISLAND BY this mean
carefully prepared sentence 10 clinch
your argument Make this the con.
OF the section and then trust
yourself TO swim 20 the next island.
Keep the best island FOR the perora.
ton Of the speech, and then al once
aft down"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
EX-QUEEN WHO MAY VISIT US

One OF the most deeply beloved Of
the royalties of Europe is ex-Queen
Margherita OF Italy, who. IL is said
will pay visit TO the United States
in the fall. II has long been her am
bition 10 see the country where so
many OF her race have found a home.
but even royal personages cannot
travel when they choose, and the vish
had 10 be postponed Il is probable
that official recognition will be taken
OF her coming.
The ex-queen is a daughter OF the
late Prince Ferdinando OF Savoy,
duke OF Genoa. When only is years
old she became the bride OF King
Humbert. second king OF United
Italy, which this year is celebrating
the hftieth anniversary OF its inde-
pendence. Eleven years ago she was
left a widow owing 10 the assassin
ton OF her husband by the Anarchist
Brescia. She is now 60 years old
and still retains much Of her beauty
Since her husbands death she has
devoted herself greatly to charity aud ,
was her opposition which prevented /
duke OF the Abruzzi. and her visit here
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
Just Bsbys Size.

In a car filled with ladies', 90
pound dude sat wedged IN tightly AZ
a street corner Fat woman. hand.
somely dressed and with a baby In
her arms. got IN. The little dude strug.
gled 20 bis feet and touched his hat
politely. remarking fscetiously:
Madam. will you take this seat?'
The fat lady looked a. the crevice
he had left and thanked him pleas.
antly.
You are very kind. SIR" she said
Il think II will Just a. the baby
And IL did-Sew York Evening
Mail
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
THREATEN SENATOR'S TOGA

1t is reported in Washington that
the election of Senator Stephenson OF
Wisconsin, the lumber king, is 10 be
investigated by the senate committee
on privileges and elections
Senator Isaac Stephenson is a ma
tive OF New Hampshire. where he was
born In 1929. After a brief residence
at Bangor, Me, he located in Wis
consin and for a time was a farm la
borer. Seeing the prospect OF max
ing money in the lake transportation
business, he purchased a schooner and
operated It successfully between Mil
waukee and Escanaba His savings
he invested in timber lands, which
then could be purchased cheaply. and
gradually became the owner Of vast
tracts of valuable standing timber.
Years ago he was multimillionaire,
and every day now adds to his i'm
mense hoard. He is also a banker
and is financially interested in vari.
Gus enterprises. Back in the compar-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
in >1nt] JIM Twilight
BLIGHTED BY THE THAW CASE

The recent conviction and senteno
ing 10 state prison OF Dan O'Reilly for
his participation in a theft committed
in New York serve 10 draw attention
10 the remarkable series OF misfor
tunes attending various persons con-
nected with the Thaw case. O'Reilly
was one Of the lawyers on the Thaw
side and has never had days luck
since he was mixed up in II. While
the crime for which he has been sen
fenced and which disbars him as
lawyer had nothing 10 do with the
case OF Thaw, many believe that II
was the nemesis OF the White tragedy
which worked his undoing. So far
the lives Of thirteen persons mixed up
one way or another in the case have
been blighted.
or the other lawyers besides O'Reil-
ly who figured in the case Clifford w.
Hartridge is facing dsbarment pro-
ceedings growing out of statements
made in connection with II. He had
TO sue Mrs. ThaW, mother OF Harry
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

Ihaw his bill demanded furnishing
he told
silence
the
Russell Peabody associated Thws defense
family Still Dolphin Michael Dmas
m. He
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
TnIs Mill INTnnnsr MoTnrns.

Mother GnyA Sweet Powders for Children "A
Couain relief for Tcvershness, Headache, had
stomach Tecthlng III sOrdefH, move and regulate the
Bowels and destroy WormA Thoy break up Colds N
20 hours. They $50 pleasant 81 tho taste Children
Ike them Thy nsrSr fdG Sold by all Druggists,
25o. sample mailed FREE. Address Allen B, Ohm.
stod Lo Roy. y, Y.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
The Modern Trend.

How is the water in the bath, Fih?"
Please, my lady. II turned the baby
fairly blue"
Then don't put Fldo in for an hour
or SO"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

for four or five days
at a time every
month. and SO weak
i could hardly walk,
| cramped and had
backache and head
ache, and was So
nervous and weak
that | dreaded to-
see anyone or have
anyone move In the
room. The doctors
gave me medicine To
ease me at those
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

Der building
Forthwith Washington
pour and hunted umbrellas goloshes
like the the in
tranquil afternoon followed by ideal
coupled
meorable-the
ideal Then blizzard
u
in he
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

know a woman who says she mar
der Just FOR fun. And yet some peo
pie claim a woman has no sense oil
humor!
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
MISSES HIS WEATHER GUESS

Professor Moore's rainstorm" has
been the topic Of much jocund com
ment In Washington. Before now the
weather bureau has played a potent
part in fixing the fame OF great men.
Noah, for example, might be compar
atively unknown save for a rainstorm
of unprecedented violence, and sub
sequent history abounds in similar in
stances, eliminating in Professor
Moore's rainstorm" Of the night of the
lawn fete which crowned the silver
wedding anniversary Of the president
and Mrs. Taft.
Twenty-four hours previous, when
Washington was bedecking itself and
1oyously entering upon the task of
making the silver wedding anniver-
sary a close second to the corona.
tion festivities of that other Anglo
Saxon ruler, George of Great Britain:
when Washington was donning it's
most spotless duck trousers and
"sheerest" gowns, Professor Moore.
sequestered in the innermost cham
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
Modern Ethlca.

DO not kick man when he In down.
Turn him over and feel In the other
pocket Galveston News
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14
SEVEN
YEARS OF
MISERY
All Relieved by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

Sikeston, Mo. For seven years T
suffered everything. / was In bed
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14


in
ending 1909
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

First Burglar-I see that Mr.. Bill
yuns entered his yacht In the July
races and got a 500 silver cup.
Second Burglar-l've got him beat n
block. ! entered a yacht las week an
got whole silver service.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-14

devoted
her opposition which prevented
the Abuzz her visit
additional
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant No. s.

Notice; Public notice is Re eby
given that the county eorrt of Alex
ander county, Illinois, has rendered a
iudgn emf for a special assessment
upon property benefited by t, o fol ow-
ing Improvement: For the constsuc-
ton Ct yitrified tile pipe sewe s, house
connections and inlets and brick man
holes in Douglas street, Fourteenth
street, Fifteenth street. Cellar street,
Locust street, Pine street, and Jerer-
son avenue, in the city of C,,iro, III :
nois, and for filling said streets end
avenue with earth. from lot line to lot
lire. ard to the &. AIDE Of said streets
and avenue, as, established by or1i-
nance, the sewer in said Douglas
street extending from manhole con-
structed in Washington avenue. thir-
ty-four (34l feet east of tie west line
of Washington avenue to point two
hundred and five (205) feet west Of
the west line Of Locust street, and the
filling on said Douglas street extend
ing from Walnut street to Jefferson
avenue; the sewer in said Fourteenth
street extending from the m .nhols in
the present Fourteenth st Get sewer
nine (9) feet west of the e1St line of
Poplar street to a point two hundred
and ten (210) feet west of the west
line of Locust street, and the filing
on said Fourteenth street extending
from Walnut street TO Jefferson ave-
nue.; the sewer in said Fifteenth
street extending from the terminus Ut
the present sewer In said Fifteenth
street at the center OF Locust street
to point three hundred and four
(304) feet west OF the west line CT
Locust street and tine filing on said
Fifteenth street extending from
point one hundred and forty.two Cd2)
feet west of Cedar street To Jefferson
avenue; the sewer in sail Cedar
street extending from a manhole co v
structed in said Cedar street, "a feet
north of the south line OF Twelfth
street to manhole constructed in
Fourteenth street, 30 feet north Of the
south line Of said Fourteenth street,
and the filling on said Cedar street
extending from Twelfth street to Fiji
teenth street; the sewer in said 10
Gust street extending from a manso e
in the Twelfth street
sewer, "a feet north of the south line
II Twelfth street, to "a manhole con- !,
structed in Seventeenth street, ~ feet
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
ssEclAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrants No. 4.

Notice: Public notice is hereby
/ given that the county court of Alex.
lander county, Illinois, has rendered
judgments for a special tax and
a supplemental special tax upon pros.
erty benefited by the following I'M
| provement: For the construction OF
a vittffed brick pavement and otncr
| improvements on Twenty.eighth
street from the west line Of CONNER
cial avenue to the east line OF Wash.
ington avenue, in the city OF Cairo
! Illinois, under Ordinances Nos. SO and
1O7 OF said city of Cairo, adopted
April 10th and approved April 18th,
1906, and adopted November 13tn and
approved November 18th, 1906, re-
spectively, as will m6re fully ap.
pear from the certified copies of the
Judgments on file in my office. tha5
the warrants for the collection of
such special tax are in the hands of
tne undersigned.
Said original special tax is levied
to be paid In ten annual instruments,
and the amount of the first install.
ment thereof is the sum of Twenty
Two Hundred Dollars and Seven
Cents, ($220007). AMI said INSTALL
ment became and was due and pay
able on the second day OF January, ;,
A. D 1907, and has been paid.
The second instalIment of said
original special tax is for the sum Of
Thirteen Hundred $4,000 Dollars, and
the said installment became and was
due and payable ON the second iay of
January, A. d. 1908, and has been
paid
The third lnstalIment OF said origi.
nal special tax Is for the sum Of Thfr
teen Hundred $4,000 Dollars, and the
said installment became and was due
and payable on the second day of
January, A, d, 1909, and mas beenI
peIa.
me fourth installment OF said orig
mai special tax Is for the sum OF Thir.
teen Hundred $4,000 Dollars, and the
said installment became and was due
and payable on the second day OF Jan
uary, A. D. 1910, and has been paid.
Inc fifth installment OF said origi. |
nal special tax Is for tine sum Of Thlr. |
teen Hundred $4,000 Dollars, and the
said installment became ana was due
ana payable on the second day Of
January A. VI 1911, and is now due
and unpaid.
The I'VE remaining instruments of
sa1d original special tax are for the
sum Of Thirteen Hundred $4,000 Dol
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrant No. 9.

Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court OF Alex
ander county, Illinois, mas rendered
judgment for a special assessment
upon property benefited by the follow
ing Improvement: For the consiruc-
ton Of vitrihed tile pipe sewers and
inlets and brick manholes In and up
on Sixteenth street and seventeenth
street, In the city Of Cairo, Illinois,
and for filling said streets with earth,
from lot line to lot line, and to the
grade of said streets, as established
by ordinance, the sewer in said Six
teentl street extending from a man.
hole located eighteen (18) feet west
of the west line Of Washington ave.
MIRO, to point fifteen (15) feet vest
Of the east line of Pine street, 1t ex-
tending from its said place of be gin.
ming to a point 80 feet west of the
west line of Locust street, and the
filing on said Sixteenth street ex-
tending from Washington avenue TO
Pine street. and the sewer in said
seventeenth street extending fopI
Washington avenue to Pine street, it
extending from the manhoIe in the
present Seventeenth street sewer, 20
| feet west Of the east line of Walnut
street to a manhole lab feet west OF
the west line Of Locust street, and
the filling on said Seventeenth stree.
extending from Walnut street to Fine
street, all In said city Of Cairo, IlN.
nois, Under Ordinance No. ITO of said
city of Cairo, adopted December 18th
and approved December 18th, 1906,
as will more fully appear from HE
certified copy Of the judgment on
file In my office; that the warrant for
the collection OF such special assess
ment is in the hands of the under.
signed
Said special assessment is levied to
be paid In ten annual installments.
and the amount OF the first Install
ment thereof Is the sum OF Twenty.
ty4Six Hundred and TwentyDolla~s
and Eighty-Nine Gents, (s2620.S9).
and the said installment became and
was due and payable on the second
day Of January, A. D. 1908, and has
been paid.
The second installmen. Of said
special assessment is for the sum OF
Two Thousand (2o0ol Dollars, ami
the said installment became and was
Cue ard payable On the second day Of
Concluded On Third Page.J
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE
Special Warrant No. 7.

Natice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court of Alex
ander county, Illinois, has rendered 4
Judgment for q special assessment
upon property benefited by the follow.
ing Improvement: For the construc
ton of vitrified tile pipe sewers,
house connections and inlets and
brick man holes in and upon Twelfth
street, Walnut street and Washington
avenue, in the city of Cairo, Illinois,
said .yitrified tile pipe sewer In said
Twelfth street extending from a
point nine 90 feet east of the west
line of Washington avenue to the
center line Of Locust street, said vitri.
fed tile pipe sewer In said Walnut
street extending from the north line or
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrants No. 8.

3
Notice. Public notice Is hereby
given that the county court of Alex
amber county Illinois, has rendered
judgments for a special tax and
a supplemental special tax upon prop
erty benefited BY the following I'm
provement; For the construction Of
a vitrified tile pipe sewer, with catch
basins and manholes, and OF a vitri-
fed brick pavement, with curbing and
gnttering, in and upon Ohio street
from lie north line Of Eighth street
to the north line OF Fourteenth street
in the city Of Cairo, Illinois, under
Ordinances Nos. 50 and LOG OF said
city OF Cairo, adopted March 18th and
approved March 18th, 1906, and
adopted November 18th and approved
November 18th, 1906, respectively, as
Will more fully appear from. the certi-
feel copies Of the judgments on file
In my Office; that the warrants for
the collection Of suca special tax are
In the hands of the undersigned.
Said original special tax is levied
to be paid in ten annual installments,
and the amount of the first install.
fnent thereof Is the sum OF Eight Hun
bred and Forty Dollars and Five
Gents, t$S40.05), and SAID ,nsta,iment
became and was due and payable on
the second day of January, A. D.
1907, and has been paid
The second installment OF said OFT
ginal sTecial tax is for the sum oil
Eleven Hundred (1100) Dollars, an
tha said installment became and was
due and payable on the second day
Of January, A. D. 1908, and has been
paid, ~ "a Avn
The third installment of said orig,
inal special tax is for the sum OF
Eleven Hundred t1100) Dollars, ami
the said installment became and was
due and payable on the second
day or January, A. .. 1909, and has
been paid.
The fourth installment of said orig
inal special tax is for the sum OF
Eleven Hundred (1t0O) Dollars, and
the said installment became and was
due and PAYABLE on the rec-nd lsv y.
January. "A. D. 1910, and has been
paid
The sifth installment OF said orig
inal special tax is for the sum OF
Eleven Hundred ti100 Dollars, an,
the sail installment became and was
due and payable On TIE Second al
of January, AL y. 1911. and Is now,
due aud unpaid.
The 1--WE remaining installments Of
said original special tax are for the
sum Of Eleven Hundred (f10o) Dollars
each ssand tfe same become Due and
payable On TIE second day Of January, ! !
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
Notice to the Owners and Holders Q
the Hereinafter Described unma
tured Improvement Bonds Issued
BY the CITY Of Cairo, Illinois, 70
Present the Same for Payment.

Public notice is hereby given Il
the owners and holders OF the herein
after described unmatured improve
ment Bonds issued by the City ,
Cairo, Illinois, that the City Treas
urer OF said city Of Cairo has ascer
tanned the amount OF the special
tax assessment which has been
collected under Assessment No
2s Of said City OF Cairo, which Is
applicable to the payment Of the un
matured Improvement Bonds issued
hy said CITY Of Cairo of each Of tle
Series hereinafter described, undcr
Ordinance No. ga OF said City OF
Cairo, adopted April 1fth, 1910, ami
approved April 18th, 1910, for the inn
proYement of Commercial avenue in
said City of Cairo, from the NORTH
line of Second street to the south line
of Thirty-fourth street, by the filing
with earth OF the. untitled portions OF
the said Commercial avenue, and by
the construction upon the said CON-
mercial avenue of a vitrified brick
pavement, with combination con
crete curb and gutter on both sides
at said brick pavement, from the said
north line OF Second street to the said
south line OF Thirty-fourth street, I'm.
der said Ordinance No. 224 OF said
City Of Cairo, and that said City
Treasurer OF said City or Cairo has
also selected by lot the particular
unmatured Improvement Bonds 81
each Series hereinafter described
which will be paid on the 10th day OF
February, 1911, out Of the amount Of
said special tax assessment which has
been collected; that the particular
unmatured Improvement Bonds which
have been SO selected by said City
Treasurer to be paid and the Series to
which they belong and the number
Of Improvement Bonds OF each Series
which will be so paid and the total
number or Improvement Bonds of all
Series which will be SO paid are as
follows. Fs f4fYi /
improvement Bonds numbered 4, q
ZIG and Z Of Series numbered !, being
FIVE in number; that the total mum
Der Of said Improvement Bonds OF all
Series which have been selected to
be paid and which WIN be paid Is
five; that all of the above described
Improvement Bonds will be paid III
the office Of the City Treasurer oil
said City Of Cairo, at the Alexander
County National Bank, No. S0l Con-.
nnereial avenue, in the City of Caif 4,
Illinois, on the 10th day of February,
A. d. 1911. on demand, and that I'll
Of said described Improvement Bonds,
and the interest coupons belonging
thereto, mast be presented for pay.
nent at the time and place last meii-
toned, and that all of said described
Improvement Bonds, and the interest
coupon belonging thereto, win cease
to draw interest from and after said
10th day Of February, A, ID. 1911.
Dated this 9th day OF January, A..
D, 1911
FRANK b. ARMSTRONG,
City Treasurer.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-17
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrants No. 6.

Notice: Public notice is hereby
given that the county court Of Alex
ander county, Illinois, has rendercl
judgments for a cpeeial assessment
and for supplemental special assess
ment upon property benefited by tho
following improvements: For the con
struction OF main concrete sewers on
Commercial avenue and Tenth street
In the City of Cairo, 1ll.nois: first, q
sewer on Coinercial avenue from n
point eleven III feet north OF the
south line of Thirty-Eghth street 10
point ten G0) feet south of Inc
center line of Tenth street; AMI sec
md oowo~ ~ rommarriai avenue
from the north line Of Second
street to point ten (10) feet south
or the center line OF Teth strser,
the two sewers converging into a
third concrete sewer constructed on
said Tenth street extending from the
intersection OF a line ten 10) feet
south OF the center line OF Tenth
street to the east line OF Commercial
avenue along a line parallel to but
ten Q0)) feet south OF the center line
of Tenth street to point in the Ohio
river one hundred and thiTty-eight
+(13S) feet east of the east line OF Ohio
street, In the said city of Cairo, with
necessary concrete manholes. etc,
ander Ordinances Nos. So and $50 oil
said city Of Cairo, adopted July 10th
and approved July nth, 1906, and
adopted October 18th and approved
October 18th, 1907, respectively as,
will more fully appear from the certi-