San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-07
HISCELLANIES.

"Ho! Guardian of the'Heavenly Gate,
L fain would pass inside"
"Thy record 1 must scan, oh, Shade"
st. Peter quick replied.
IAN naughty editor was thou,
| Whose soul no mercy knew;
| Till Oft that rocking pen of thine
| Its coun tless victims Slew"
"E'en 80; yet while I own my crimes,
| One virtue do claim:
Prompt payment made for Ms. On
Acceptance of the same"
"Wen done, thou good and faithful
| one!
Thou hast atoned for sin."
And swinging wide the pearly gates,
| The scribe was ushered in!
F. Torrey Connor, in Life.
Why is an editor moral man? Be-
cause he always does wrfte.-Ex.
The Boston poet doesn't write "pot-
boiler,." He calls them "beanjar-
bsker."-Puck.
| Needed q Bracer Author:
| But don't you think my humor IL
delicate?
Old CritIc-Oh, very! Why don't
you take q tonic for il?-Puck.
"Paper, sir?" asked the news
"No, I never read" was the blunt
answer.
"Hi, boys, come here" called out
the gamin; there's man as is prac-
ticln' for the jury!"-Ex.
~ don't mind doing away with the
editorial swe," said Editor Cutting,
"but when q fellow comes into the
office with a club and tries to abolish
the editorial eye, 1t is very different
matter."-Ex.
| Wool-A friend of mine recently
| wrote q poem for a magazine with one
hand and thumped the piano with
the other, to amuse the baby.
Van Pelt-What was the poem
about?
WooI-Nothing; didn't 1 say 1t was
for magszine3-NewY York Sun.
Couldn't Get the Best of HINT
takes a Georgia editor to get the bet
| ter of soulless corporation. One of
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| town bOycotted q railroad which re-
fused TO give him pass. He shipped
| his hand press by another road, and
| walked the whole distance, seventy
| five miles.-Wall Street Daily News.
They may talk about the editors
Aud cay that they are poor,
| With very few good creditors
Aud little earthly store.
But there is one thing certain:
You cannot keep them down,
For when they can't support them.
| selves,
They still support the town.-Ex.
II sh'd think after your paying that
newspaper Teller ten dollars to write
speech for you again the corpora
lions, that you would - either de
livered it or got your money back"
Il did better'n that" answered the
| Hon. Hayes Seed. II traded it to
the president OF the P. d. @. & N. g.
Railroad for an annual pass. "-In-
dianapolis Journal.
Hicks-Mr. Bonn bonn, I understand,
Is one of the litersti of our city.
Wicks-Yes, he is employed on the
morning Squealer.
Hicks-Does he write those able
editorials that delight me 80 much
I wonder?
Wicks-Oh, no; he doesn't fritter
away his talents on editorial writing.
His literary work is directed ia an
entirely different channel. He gets
up the cane contests, sends up the
balloons, touches off the fireworks,
and concocts Static tics to boom the
papers circulation. Mr.. Bombom, in
short. is away up in the literary line.
Boston Transcript
Reward of Merit. Jacobs said the
managing editor of che great daily
paper, YEARLY, "whst is the name of
our man down at Squarev,lle?"
His name is Bohackus," answerod
the assistant.
"How much are we paying him?"
something liks $40 a month"
Raise his salary so per cent. said
the managing editor. That is all
Jacobs. You can gon
Mr.. Bohackus, of Squsreville, was
the only one of several hundred tele.
graphic correspondent who had not
begun his special telegram to the
Daily Thunderbolt the night before
in these worde: 1.-THE election here
passed off quietly."-Chicago Tri-
bune.
Ladies ioIuIiiage committee ask
all state and federal military posts TO
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