San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-07-21
SHORT SNAPPERS.

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Sumptusry laws are the fruits OF
fanaticism.
Too much credit will encourage
extravaganza.
Sour milk will not even make
oleomargarine.
Keep cool if you can, and il can't,
keep cool as you can.
Alderman Mackey has not offer
ed his resignation yet.
East End wants fire protection,
and so does West End.
A good plumber inspector can be
secured for 500 a month.
Sheriff Campbell is getting to be
a good fish story teller.
1t becomes our painful duty to
sometimes chastise our friends.
There is no fool like an old fool
when he gets stuck on woman.
A good man sometimes becom es
a misfit when you put him into
office.
AS land boomers our county
commissioners are doing good
work.
Ii you want to get a real bargain
tackle the City Council for fran.
chise.
Our county commissioners are
booming property in raising as.
sessments.
For faithful service there Is no
inducement equal to the prompt
paymaster.
With the thermometer SO in the
shade it's hardly necessary to tell
man to go to HI.
The Express dishes out it's sdito-
rial opinions in very cautious,
conservative manner.
Personal interests keeps too
many Of our citizens from doing
their duty to the public.
Better learn your boys to pull
weeds and cultivate flowers tnan
send them to dancing school.
1t takes man with a stiff pack
bone to make an efficient member
Of the Good Government club.
The introduction of type. setting
machines is fast sending the old
time printers to the country towns.
A few Of our local political
statesmen are throwing little sops
Of tally at. our Good Government
club.
Tomatoes are selling at ten cents
a peck, and the thrifty housewives
are putting up their winter pre-.
serves.
Major Harris has discovered a
new name for our City Council; he
calls 1t the "Rump Cabinet of the
Mayor"
No man who wants an office,
appointive or elective, should apply
for membership in Good Govern
ment club.
The law doctors will now pro-
coed to administer physic on the
Burns garbage contract. Will the
city be worked again?
The district attorney would
make a reputation prosecuting
boodlers, but can make more money
prosecuting the sports.
Why Is the Hotel Campbell like
a bridegroom in jail? Because it
Is jumping from the frying pan in
to the nre. Ring the bell.
If the waverworks is paying 8 to
10 per cent on two million OF dol
lars, they should pay taxes on at
least one million valuation.
AS our state constitution makes
no provision for debt limit, it's a
wonder that we can sell our city
bonds at almost any figure.
A great many people would like
to build homes and locate at West
End, IL the owners of lots would
come down on their high prices.
The clubbing and manning Of
prisoners while under arrest must
be stopped, and the people will
thank Judge Green to look into 1t.
An exchange says when a maiden
displays unusual interestin church
associations it's pretty good sign
she is passing into the old maids
class.
"Some colored families in the
city, though poor, can always keep
the wolf from the door, For this
purpose they feed from three to five
dogs."-[The Owl.
Religion should be matter of
conviction and personal inclina-
ton, as experience proves it i'm
possible to make men and women
Christians by process of law.
The postal clerks are evidently
fond of reading the LIGHT, as it is
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