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2 some time past, and Mr. Norcross’ plan is evidently to save the expense of hauling by making the purchaser do it. That this kind of business can be conducted in the heart of the city is a horrible commentary on the efficiency of our local government. At present the street is littered with old buildiug material arranged in piles to tempt the eye of prospective custom ers. The thing has become not only a source of comment but a standing joke. To those who are not directly affected it is rather laughable that the heart of the city can be turned intoa junk shop. Not content with all this Mr. Nor- • cross has a petition now pending be fore council to be allowed to erect a sort of bridge over the pavement on Peach tree street on which to stack the bal ance of his plunder. The effect of this would be to convert the pavement into a tunnel and it is doubtful if there is anybody in Atlanta who would be fool hardy enough to pass through. A man who would be willing to take a ramble under a bridge built by Mr. Norcross is simply anxious to spare himself the exertion of committing sui cide. This is all very depressing and yet it seems scarcely worth while to enter a protest.* Judging from the past the Honorable Jonathan will continue to do just as he pleases and use the street just as long as he sees fit. Yesterday the street was partially cleared of the rubbish, but just why the public have had to submit to it for nearly a solid month is a conundrum difficult to answer. What kind of a pull has Mr. Norcross ? WILL WEAR TROUSERS. A Pretty Cycler Who is Not Afraid of the Public. The picture reproduced herewith is from an amatuer ‘‘Hawkeye” photo, taken last Saturday in this city. The subject is a young lady cyclist of Mari etta, and the pretty and unique costume she wears is of her own designing, and while she has not yet worn it in public, she proposes summer. Its especially original feature is, of course, the lower garment, which is on the “bloomer,”or Turkish t rouser order. It is made very wide at the bottom and moderately so at the waist, and is held at the knees with elastics. Black stock ings are worn, with or without leggings. AspwL The fair rider declares that this cos tume is “ever so much more comforta ble” than petticoats. “My only objec tion to it,” she said, “is the attention a thing like that attracts off the wheel. As long as one is riding it is not noticed particularly. I tried a divided skirt for a short time last year, and while it was unobserved as long as I was riding, I could not walk half a block in it with out exciting a lot of disagreeable com ment. Os course, the bloomers will be much worse.” AGAIN ON DECK. Jeff Foote, the pioneer trunk man, is at his old tricks again- selling trunks, valises, etc., at prices that makg com petitors lose sleep trying to duplicate. He has bought the immense stock of Abe Foote & Bro., at 45 cents on the dollar, and will hum things in this line at his new stand. 17 E. Alabama street. BAILEY & CARROLL, 2, 3 and 5 Year Old Corn WtysKey. 43 Peachtree St. THOSE SLOT MACHINES. Some Queer Facts about their Late Eviction. That form of slot machines that purports to give several nickles or several cigars for one has been evict ed. The Commercial called public attention to the fact that they were gambling devices, and some twenty merchants, tobacconists and saloon keepers were summoned before the city court on a charge of maintaining a lottery. The warrants were sworn out by a relative of one of the court officers, and the cases were called on payment of costs and a promise to take out the machinery’. A BITTER PILL FOR GROVER. (LA ’ My Abv ’WKlsft f < --X ■ 4 | t-' ; /« - \ ■ ; ALall V T? - < aXVflcWlft-W:. : /A ; 1 t . v-’- ■■ ■ ■ ; oS / . Sr ' A"" ■-■T . .1 ;■ V.!.-'': ' • - : I • ~ -—Asa ( 7 u!= A Pat Walsh’s Anti-Administration Record Makes Him Hard to Swalllow. It cost the victims about S2O apiece. The objectionable machines are of practically two forms. One is a small square box, in the top of which a nickle is dropped. It slides down over a plane, striking numerous obstruc tions that deflect it this way and that, and finally lands in one of several compartments. Some call for prizes and some are blanks. In this machine the odds are normally against the player, but bis chance of winning can be obviated altogether by simply in clining one of the obstructions in a certain direction. It is hardly neces sary to do this, however, as the cigars given as prizes are sold at a figure that leaves a margin of profit any way it goes. The Looking Glass. The other machine is more elabor ate. It is a cylinder open in front and mounted on a four foot standard. Inside is a wheel, on the periphery of which are miniature playing cards, five in a row. A nickel is dropped in the slot, a wheel revolves and a “hand” is shown at the opening. Different hands win certain prizes. As far as known there is no way that this ma chine can be controlled. Those who were mulct are naturally sore. Said one of them : “While the charge may have been technically made out, the prosecutions were none the less an outrage. When the ma chines were first put in they were sub mitted to some of the city officers and pronounced all right. Not long ago a new machine of a novel and attract- ive character was offered me. I went to police headquarters to have a con sultation in regard to putting it in. The solicitor was sent for and the de vise operated in his presence. He was a little doubtful of its legality, so of course I would not touch it. At the same time I took occasion to inquire whether we were in any dan in running the machines we already had. “ I do not recall the exact phrasing of his reply, but it left the very decid ed impression on my mind that we were safe in keeping them. Nobody had kicked, I think lie' said, and 4 probably nobody would. Now it ap pears that the man who swore out the warrants was the father of his bailiff, who was, of course, nothing but a dummy. Moreover, the Solicitor made the hardest kind of a fight for a fine all around, and I am not surprised, as they would have netted him in the neighborhood of SIO,OOO. “It was so evident on trial” contin ued the gentleman, “that the cases were brought purely and solely for fees that Sheriff Barnes returned his share.” This action on the part of the Sher iff has excited a great deal of favora ble comment. It was certainly a very generous and manly thing to do. Mr. Beerman was one of those who com promised the cases against him. There were two warrants and he paid some forty odd dollars cost. He re received a check from the sheriff for $19.50 and has not had it cashed. He purposes to get it framed and hang it up as a souvenir of one strictly honest official. It is said that a queer story lies be hind the compromise. It was effected after the case had gone to trial. In the midst of the proceedings, so the tale goes, the prosecution discovered that one of the jury was probably preju diced in favor of the defendants. The reason for so thinking is not necessary te be stated, but it was sufficiently strong to induce the city to accept the costs and a promise to throw out the machines. Eleven houses in the city had the devices in opera tion, but were not molested. They lost no time in getting them out. NOT A FOOTPAD. A lady living on AV ashington street was robbed of one dollar, not by a foot pad, but by some “ thug ” of a Grocer, who charged her Five dollars and fifty cents a barrel for flour, when the finest goods on the market can be bought from Tappan & Co., for Four dollars and fifty cents. You can save 15 per cent on your Groceries by going to 66 Peachtree St. GOING TO NEW YORK, PHILADEL PHIA, BOSTON OR THE EAST? Consider the pleasures of a trip via Central R. R. of Georgia to Savannah, thence on one of the magnificent steam ers of the Ocean Steamship Line. Tick ets include meals and stateroom while on board ship. S. B. Webb, Trav. Pass. Agt. Atlanta. GARDEN TOOLS. Big variety, low prices and prompt delivery, Lowry Hardware Co. 60 Peachtree. Are you broke? If so bring your portable property to The New York Loan Office, 146 Decatur street, and get staked. Cheap Wall Paper. Moncrief & Co. I, J KEILEY <£ DUNN .... SELL Best Red Ash, Jellico, Anthra cite. Bon Air and Alabama COAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Office, 45 Marietta St, Telephone 342.