Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-05-18

golden fieeces of the rich lambs, because
they do not come so easily. out those of
the unwary lambkins born in country
fields who will come to any call. writes
Edwin Lefevre in HarperS Weekly.
BucketshCps abound everywhere. In New
YORK they are especially numerous in low
er New street. There are buildings which
extend from New TO Broadway, or, 10 the
east, from New 10 Broad street. The
halls OF some of them are used as thor
oughfareS by busy men. and by reason of
the obvious advantage of location bucket
shops flourish there by the dozen. Some
are companies" others are brokers and
bankers Some refnse orders for less
than five shares. on which the minimum
margin is one point. or So. Others ac-
cept as low as 81, buying or selling one
share. And the messenger boys have
been known to carry on the business with
dimes-lO cents per share. each point up
or down in the price OF stocks meaning
one dime. This Is akin to the hand
hooks that are found in saloons where
there are tickers which print racing news.
New light is shed on Col. Tom Ochil-
frees mission abroad. He is commits
stoned to place money Tor Americans on
the English races This explains the ac-
bly, been hired to carry the money. In
cidentally. il may be remarked that Coz.
Tom received Il message of protest from
his Texas constituents regarding the
aforesaid valet. 4 valet was described
as unTeXan and un-American. Coz.
Ochiltree said ON the pier that he would
die happy II he was permitted to witness
the Derby On June D. He is going &c
put up some money on Kecne's Olym-
plan. upon whom he also places great
hopes in the Newmarket races next week.
Then he goes to Paris for another con
vention of h0rSefiesh, returning to New
York with ms winnings in time to look
over the yacht races in August. The
presence Of Col. Tom on the st. Paul
means much for his fellow passengers.
Wait FOR the cable reports from South
ampten of heavy poker games in the
smoking room.
- The docket Of the May term of the
Rhode Island Supreme court shows the
largest number of divorce cases in the
history of Newport at one session of the
court There are fOrty-three such cases
and many viii furnish interesting testi-
mony. Among the well-known women
asking legal separation from their hus-
bands are Mrs. Sallie Hargous Elliott.
whose husband is serving in the army as
litutenant; Mrs. Augusta Floyd Bow
en-, whose husband Is minister to Persia.
and Mrs. Sophie $. VI. Hume. whose hus-
band is Philadelphia business men. All
three charge ground of deSertion There
will also be tried the petition of Gunner
Charles Morgan. L. 5. ~. who seeks sep
aration from mis- wife, who resides in
Erie, Pa.
Two smart clipper ships sailed on
Thursday on race half way around the
world. They are bound f.. Melbourne,
Australia. with steel plates. steel rails,
Wire fencing shOycls and other articles
badly needed in the land of the kangaroo.
They are of rival lines and as they start
ed but two hours apart it will he keen
race across the Atlantic. around Good
Hope and up the African coast and then
away TO the eastward. -Four months is
the average time from New York TO
Melbourne. The mate of the fairfield. a
Glasgow boat. and participant i'll the
120 days race, shivered in the warm sun
as he spoke of the voyage Nice and
hCt here" said he. with a Welsh burr"
but we'll strike the dead of winter off
Good Hope. Its dogs life on the sea.
Tell that to your friends if they talk
about deep-sea cruising Hope you
win the race. skipper" said a young ship
ping clerk to the captain of the Vincent.
rival of the clipper fairfield. Il hope
So my lad, replied the hronZed old sea
dog. Il dinna see that | can hailp it.
m talking a Bible and a keg of whus-
Ky. and | think the LORD is with US"
And he really meant it.
Carry the news TO Texas. Col. Tom
Ochiltree sailed for Europe with valet.
and a cherished idol is shattered. Col.
Tom. the typical Southwesterner. is go
ing abroad with a servant to crease his
trousers and tie his neckties But few
weeks ago, this same Col. Ochiltree was
sitting in the Waldorf Astoria lobby talk
ing with a Houston railway official. An
man" Ochiltree brought his cane down
with thud. Now, that makes me
tired. sir" he declared. IF | had that
Londoner in Texas I'd show him how to
wait ON himself" And vet the passen-
ger list of the steamship St. Louis says:
Col. Thomas Z. Ochiltree and valet of
New York"
Efforts to have Fifth avenue broadened
sixteen feet viii 90 for naught The
commissioner of public improvements de
clared that there was no reason why this
sweeping change should be made. Own
ers of trOtting horses are responsible for
the petition. which provides that the ave
nue. be hroadened from Washington
square TO Fifty-eighth street. To ac-
CompliSh this eight feet on either side of
the avenue was to be sacrificed A num-
her of wealthy property owners who
cared more about the appearance of the
thorOughfare than for the comfort of
horSemen. promptly vetoed any such
change. They declare Fifth avenue is
enough Of a speedway at present and a
reduction of the pavement area would
deprive il of one of its chief attractions.
Periodically a scheme of some sort for
the alteration of Fifth avenue bobs into
view. 1t is about time for a street rail
way to make another attempt to secure
right Of way along the avenue for its
tracks. Such plan will never succeed.
however. as long as Millionaires' Row
fronts On that particular stretch of as.
phalt
Lovers of the picturesque find South
street and the Australian wharves one of
the most delightful bits of old New York.
Any bright afternoon you can see half
a dozen artists sketching away amid
maze of ropes and tattered canvas and
forest Of tall masts. The queer. gaudilv-
painted fgureheads on the sailing ships.
the tarry smell, the queer mixture of
Scotch Presbyterian shippers, New Zea-
land sailors. Lascar cooks and negroes
with cockney accents and piles of strange
spicy boxes just unlolded from the Far