The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-24
ALMOST
Little Stuff Which Almost Escaped the Pub
lie Eye Through CareIessness.

lie Eye Through Carelessness.
Almost forgotten, that means not
quite.-We had almost forgotten that
Red Cloud is burdened by a lot OF vel.
ow.hammers. - Yellow.hammers are
divided into nine thousand classes and
we are not going to enumerate them all
at once.-One ella 8 Of yellow. hammers
have been observed 10 make their head.
quarters In the postofice.--In this case
what constitutes a yellow.hammer Is a
good growth Of hair, either long curl.
ing down below his collar, or a heavy
thick mass Of hair which reaches lust
to the top Of his collar and looks like a
feather bed or a sofa pillow .--Unually
this yellow.hammsr has between his
teeth a vile.smelling cigarette which he
has deity rolled from Dukes Mixture
which he "bums" or carries in his
pocket when perpaps he is devoid Of a
clean handkerchief This yellow. ham.
mer has as a general thing several
young ladies about him In the faces Of
whom he blows the smoke from his i'll.
smelling cigarette.-The word means
little cigar ana little tobacco.-The
girls enjoy it because they are stuck on
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES people
come to the postofice aud stand
around as il they thought they were
going to receive numerous pieces of
mail, but they don't expect a thing more
than to pair of with a lot Of yellow.
hammers and Judge Duffy or Judge
Beall may attend to their cases later
on.-Another n Of this class of yell
low hammers is the chronic lOafer.-
He seems to have nothing to do the
livelOng day but sit around the stove
In some store and puff a cigar, smoke n
corn cob pipe, and expectorate tobac.
co Juice on the floor, on the furniture
or on the stove.-He has got so used to
his routine daily loafing that he thinks
the store cannot do business without
him.-He sits around, talks politics or
the weather, tries to crack a joke with
no point to it AMI then laughs at his
own f~oolishness. - He never thinks
that the proprietor shivers every time
he sees him coming in the door.-He
never thinks thai his presence there
drives away trade.-Not his individ ual
presence but where there's one there's
! more.-Red Cloud is running to dam
age suits just now, they have been filed
in the district court to the number of
seven.-Damage suits, like divorces,
seem to come in crowds, and when one
is filed there is always more to follow.
Some people think that all there is TO
a damage suit is the filing of papers
calling for a large sum of money and
allegations set forth as to why damage
Is edemanded.-T larger number OF
damage suits are filed at the instance
of lawyers and would never come 70
the surface other wise.--The applicant
for damages sees things through q
rosy hued glass and see the riches oi
the defendant diverted to the plaintiff
In n glowing mass of gold or a pile OF
seen in the minds eye and peace, ant
comfort and perhaps q stylish turnout
with horse and fine harness.-But the
session Of court arrives.--The real mer
its Of the case are brought out.-What
the attorney for plaintiff had declared
were big grounds for damages have
been gradually torn to pieces by the
attorney on the other side and the jury
return a verdict for defendant.-On the
other side IL a verdict for damages Ii
given, the defendant carries IL To the
supreme court, and II the plaintiff Ia
successful the amount has air eady been
eaten up by court costs and attorneys
fees .-All that the plairtiff receives Ia
the satisfaction OF having raised a stink