San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-12-20
SHORT SNAPS.

Few men get rich by advertising
more than they have to SELL"
Our grand juries should not be man
ipulated for electioneering purposes.
It's getting monotonous for outsid-
ers to work fakes on old San Antoine.
viii Doodle and court house COM
bines run the city or shall it be the
people?
Humanity in newspaper publish
ing is everything. Say nothing that is
not true"
A two days excursion gives the boys
a chance to take in the sights across
the creek"
Too much modesty may make some
men appear soft, but it's beautiful
virtue in woman.
Prize fighting is considered brutal;
but good Lord deliver us from such
brutality as football.
Red Rigsby writes the Gossiper that
he has met" another woman. "And
what did she do to him?'
Keep in the push by advertising
right. If your other schemes have
failed try the Daily Light.
Our silk-stocking gamblers around
the District court, are now required to
board at Hotel Campbell now.
George Walker is all right; his latest
advertising scheme is to get himself
locked up in a Mexican dungeon.
''The unfortunate feeder who gets
his hand caught in a jobber will never
question the power of the press"
The several anxious aspirants for
the mayors seat, are waiting to be
called. The people should keep them
waiting.
"a western editor claims to have
discovered ghost. If he can induce
the spook to advertise his fortune will
be made"
The rich chestnuts promise to be
scarce for the next innocent who is
to grab hold Of the hot end Of the ma
yorality poker.
It's not the 'canaraies" that our cit
hens so much object to; it's those COM
mon greaser indians, wearing red
blankets and rawhide shoes.
Don't send an anonymous COM
| munication to newspaper and eX-
pect TO see it in print, unless you have
undeniable proof that the sheet is
managed by idiots"
1T takes brains and energy to run
a country newspaper incidentally it
| may be limited that money also is re-
quired-a fact which some persons
are in danger Of forgetting"
The Gossiper falls upon the neck of
the Big Tamale and weeps; the suspi-
cion is that the Gossiper did not write
that item-rather drew his inspiration
from the legal adviser of Chatham
| street.
The less we say about the grand pa
| rents of some of our historic families
| the better for the present generation.
Some of those mentioned by the Cos
siper may have been members of Pr
rate Lafitte's band.
Burglars entered New York
country newspaper Office and stole
ten One-cent stamps They left pair
of list slippers worth 70 cents. The
grateful publisher refers to their visit
as donation party"
"An exchange aptly remarks that
| the man who devotes week to adj
vertising and then rails at the returns,
is like the boy who studied law two
days, and then said: The law amt
what it's cracked up to be, I'm sorry
learned it,"
"A California exchange rises to re-
mark that the manner in which the
San Franciscoans love one another has
| caused the Ten Commandments to be
| draped in mourning and turned
| against the wall. The saying that
| two of a trade can never agree is
too apt to be true the world over"
During the late campaign the pub
Usher of semi-weekly newspaper in
New York supported one candidate
for representative in his Wednesday
edition, and rival candidate in the
Saturday edition. Neither was elect,
ed. and both accuse the enterprising
publisher of having killed two birds
with one stone"