San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-20
SHORT SNAPPERS.

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Were there no fools the sharper
could not exist long.
The street department enjoys a
cinch on the city teat.
Honesty and politics don't seem
to ''jibe well" together.
Milan Square needs more water,
Mr.. Park Commissioner.
Section 246 of the city charter is
looked upon as stale joke.
The season of brandy, cocktails
and gin is now approaching.
There are no unbelievers in adj
vertising when it costs nothing.
Some people are best satisfied
when they are we'll humbugged.
An old topper can preach temper
ance better than he can practice.
A red nose is more often the re-
suit of cultivation than hereditary.
A man has lost his little grip
when he tries to exist on the past.
There is room in San Antonio
for few more live business houses.
1t is about time the Express re-
porter discovered another tourist
hotel.
II you find your good resolutions
won't hold water change your
drinks.
San Antonio has too many men
who are waiting for something to
turn up.
The republicans OF New York are
holding the hot end of the poker
this year.
Sheriff John Campbell thinks it
is too early to waste political am
munition.
Old man Kuefner is still waiting
for that tardy justice to which he
is entitled.
II one city official can be inter-
ested in trading with the city, why
not others?
If you try to fly too high you are
liable to drop some Of your feath.
ers and fall.
Our governor ia trying hard to
preach a new gospel OF political
righteousness.
When the teachers OF the public
schools get skipped pay day look
out for trouble.
The patent medicine men adver-
tise cure for everything except
the itch for office.
1t is a debatable question
whether it is preferable to be called
a fool or villain.
Some men are so afraid Of max
ing a mistake they waste whole
life doing nothing.
One of our local politicians in
forms the LIGHT that he is writing
a book on free silver.
1t is reported that Politician
Quincy is to take up his residence
in Washington, d. G.
Dan Stuart did Texas a great
service in knocking out free silver
talk for a short while.
San Antonio, has enough affiic-
ton in the Big Six, and can dis
pense with the A. p. A.
We have had the new man, the
new woman, and the next fad is to
be called the "new COON"
Under our advanced ideas of civ
ilization, telling the truth at all
times is becoming lost art.
The average San Antonio poll
tician will take almost everyth ing
straight in his-except politics.
An exchange says: The war
ship and whisky ship always fol-
low in the wake OF the missionary
Our county officials would make
money much faster il the legal fra
ternity would push their cases in
court.
Do the city marshals draw a
clothing ration from the city? Ii
they do, why don't they don the
uniform
The taX-paying voters Of Bexar
county, should arouse themselves
and take a hand in parceling out
the offices.
The next big excursion coming
to town, and probably the last
this season will be the circus, Oc-
tober Goth.
The prospect is that the city
government will be run on tick for
some time to come. What is to be
done about 1t?
EThe only thing to compare with
a coon and a watermelon, is q boy
with a new Barlow knife and a
stalk of sugar cane.
1t is now too late to even talk
about having a few horse races !;
the only thing in sight for San An
tonic is the big circus on the Goth.