San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-13
SUNDAY SHORT SNAPS.


The outs say Elmendorf is bad;
but there are others.
Some people don't like Elmendorf;
but there are others who great
many people don't like.
If you love cruel, brutal sport take
in the chicken fights this afternoon;
| it is no worse than football.
1T pays better to tell the truth and
lose temporarily than to state false.
hood and lose permanently"
The man who can convince the peo-
pie that he knows all about the city
government is the man for mayor.
Judge Walling, from the rural dis.
tricts. is spending the holidays in the
city with his family and friends.
When you see your rival in business
cu4ailling his advertising then is the
time for you to double your space.
On our narrow sidewalks the man
who walks too fast Is as big a NUS
ance as the man who walks too slow.
The country doctors always have
good business, it is said, after their
patients return from the excursion
1t would take a barrel of Elmen-
DORIS roof paint to white wash a
county courthouse candidate for
mayor.
"The more you talk about business
being poor the worse you make it.
Take it as you find it. The less said
the better"
The Light has not 'blowed" much
about it's holiday paper, but the
Christmas number will be the finest
ever issued in San Antonio.
San Antonio has fine lot of old
timers who are waiting for something
to turn up, and put off until tomor-
row what they should do today.
The only thing that can be compar-
ed to good ad. in working ability
is a mortgage. They both work day
and night, rain or shine.-Printers'
Ink.
When certain politicians went into
office in San Antonio years ago they
were poor, truthful and honest. Those
that are truthful and honest, are poor
still.
The Indians in the parade "Storming
the Alamo" show our visitors what
kind of cattle vote in West Texas to
elect congressman, state, county and
city officers.
There are all sorts of hogs, but the
office hunting variety is the greed
lest. No sooner than you give him a
county crib to eat from than he wants
the city hall.
"An editor of a western paper re-
Gently printed this rather ambiguous
announcement: ON account of lack
of space a number of deaths have
been postponed"
The reason the several candidates
who want to be mayor do not an
nounce in the papers is, that they say,
they don't want to give the leg-pull-
ers too long a pull.
''There she lay" says the sensation
al writer, there, on the floor, breath
ing her life out in short pants" She
must have been a lady bicyclist in
up-to-date costume"
The West End street car line got
on a new move the past two days and
ran the Big Jumbo coach. There is
some talk of putting on the half hour
service again. The West Enders will
please pray!
If it takes slush fund of $15. ZOO
to run a county courthouse candidate
for mayor how much will it take to
run a city hall candidate? Are the
people for sale?
Under the heading, "Gayety Galore
the San Antonio Chat says: Gospel
services are in progress at the West
minister church, and a great deal of
interest is being manifested.
The only genuine capture made
during the Fall of the Alamo car.
nival was made by Mr.. Jim Van
Ripper; he captured one Of Gen. Santa
Annals men wanted for murder, and
landed him in Hotel Campbell.
FALL OF THE ALAMO THIS AFT
TIpNnnN