San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-13
SHORT SNAPPERS.

Among the uncertainties now is
municipal payday.
It's only the vain egotist who
thinks he is perfect.
The deficiency in the state trea-
sury continues to grow.
Dan Stuart denies the story
that he will become an evange-
list.
AS the price of cotton goes up
down goes the chances of the
Populists.
An effort is to be made to sup
plant "home material" with Mon
terey brick.
A reformer alderman will tackle
almost anything except sinecure
office holder.
An exchange says the funda-
mental principle of the Populists,
is dissatisfaction.
The October number of the
National Liquor Dealer, is a very
interesting paper.
The physical culture fakirs
know how to work the newspapers
for free advertising.
There is good cotton picking left
yet, if the physical culture people
need little exercise.
Our liberal merchants are proud
of the Express, and are fast paying
for their new building.
A mans sins and virtues are
too often measured by the amount
of cash in his pocket book.
When man has a natural dis
position to grumble and complain
he never lacks for occasion.
If Bryan Callaghan will assert
his independence of Joe and Tadeo,
the people will sustain him.
Should the saloon men decide to
join the Sunday school in Atlanta,
Sunday will be dull day there.
Charley Culberson developed a
stiff back bone with his bout
with the physical culture artists.
The Boston Traveller says,
Grover Cleveland is a fine per-
former on the. push button.
Marshal Druse should get Col.
Corbett, while here to give some of
his force few lessons in physical
culture.
"True. charity is never ostenta-
tious, but the majority of church
folks love to advertise their
charity.
Alderman Beckmann's sold
bundle of rags" the city ordin-
ances, has a law against boxing
matches.
The Democratic victory in In
dianapolis, Ind, looks like black
eye for Benjamin Harrison's presi-
dental aspirations.
With a proper effort a large num-
Der of the race horses to be in
Texas this fall, might be induced
to winter in San Antonio.
The Democrats would like to
straddle on the silver question, but
the Republicans will demand that
they meet the issue--tariff.
The large influx of strangers and
visitors expected to come to San
Antonio with the physical culture
people have not arrived yet.
With the backing of San Anto-
MOS liberal business men the pa
pers can tell the Pops and free sill
yer Democrats to go to-.
If we can't get up a big state fair,
we might try our hands at a coun-
ty fair. We ought to at least do
as well as Center Point or Seguin.
The Express issued a fine adver-
Using edition last Sunday; people
who wanted to read the news had
to get copy of the Sunday LIGHT.
The Texas Sandwich says
"Gov. Culberson has done worse
than call out the militia; he has
called out the Twenty-fourth legis-
lature."
The "Katy" is ready to build in
to San Antonio at once if our prop
erty owners and business men will
extend them the right kind of in
vitation.
A large number of city officials
and a few newspaper men attended
the exhibitions of Fitzsimmons,
and Corbett, and took pointers on
physical culture.
A great many people are saying
they are tired Of personal politics in
Bexar county. Then let them
organize and call straight Repub-
lican and Democratic conventions.
When any one newspaper man
claims for his sheet more circula-
ton than all the papers in the
city combined can prove up, you
may bet he is not guilty of telling
the truth.
The street commissioner has a
good fashion of publishing an &C
count of his work; let us hear from