San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-10
SHORT SNAPPERS.

Inc clty pdy-car Will drrlVe
about July 10Th.
Some of our officials think it no
crime to lie to reporter.
You may lie to a reporter but
you do not always fool him.
Charity fakirs generally pull the
leg Of the newspaper man first.
at is not safe to measure a mans
religion by the length of his face"
The next election may take out
the kinks in few official swelled
heads.
What the Sunday morning Ex-
press lacks in quality, it makes up
in quantity.
Mr.. Vogler stands a good chan ce
OF being the next alderman from
Ward Five.
IfyOu have money you want to
burn place your advertising in a
fake scheme.
The people are suspicious that
most Of our public men work re.
form for revenue only.
To the prospective candidate /:
dts nearing election; keep down
the swelling in your head"
Several OF BeXar county's loudest
mouth-Pops draw all their inspi-
ration from the courthouse.
The next thing to being knocked
down and robbed, is to be held up
by an advertising fake scheme.
It's sure sign that an editor
needs rest when he pads his edito-
rial columns with baseball slang.
The majority OF San Antonio
politicians are like an old fiddle
play any tune where there is "pie"
in sight.
No one has been found to dispute
the fact that Hon. Jack Evans,
would make US a first.class district
attorney.
1t is a mystery why some people
persist in living, when they have
no aim in life, but just exist from
day to day.
The poorest friend Of news
paper is the fellow who is prolific in
praise, but never spends dollar
advertising.
A community that will not pat
ronize and sustain competition,
deserves to be humbugged and
robbed by monopoly.
The business man who is too
stingy to patronize a legitimate
newspaper, is the easiest sucker
to work on fake scheme.
The saloon men in San Antonio
need little prohibition shaking
up to make them appreciate the
friendship Of the newspapers.
Editor Bushick is doing good
work on the Express, but the 20
page Sunday paper is crowding
out all the brains in the Mergen-
thalers.
These set "pay days" is getting
to be an intollerable nuisance in
San Antonio, and seems to be on
ly an excuse to stand an honest
creditor of.
The money thrown away by our
business men on worthless adver-
Using lodges would sustain a first
class morning and afternoon news.
paper in San Antonio.
The old mossback who is always
kicking about the poor newspa-
pers, and never contributes a cent
to their support, is generally an
easy mark for the fakir.
The Epworth Leaguers have in
vited Rev. Sam Jones to come to
San Antonio and stir up the devil
and the wicked saloon keepers.
1t is said the street car company
will come down handsomely.
The county commissioners would
do we'll to see that the candidate
be required to pay his newspaper
retainer fee out of his own pocket,
and not with little soppy print
ing, which the people pay for.
The San Antonio business men
should give the LIGHT credit for
at least waking up the Old Lady,
the Express, making them get
out good paper. A live afternoon
paper always improves a sleepy,
morning publication.
There is a reliable firm in San
Antonio that keeps posted a re-
markable sign in its office. 1t
reads: sour payday is when you
present your bill; the sooner the
better" Nothing stimulates bust
ness more than prompt and reg
ular payday.