San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-11
SHORT SNAPS.


looks like starvation 90 prices.
The baseball rooters are now giving
their threats and lungs little resting
SPELL
The man who borrows today nearly
always postpones to pay until tomor-
row.
Mr.. Mahncke will please have lit
tie more water poured on the plaza
parks
Mr.. Sutor is correct when he says it
would be much safer to muzzle the
dogs.
The dead-head paper costs the pub
Usher just as much as the one that is
paid for.
The number OF souvenir and fake ad-
vertising schemes for the drill continue
to multiply.
Judge Boerner has been rewarded By
being elected as registration officer.
Shake, Judge!
There is but one boss, and Bryan
knows how to prescribe for the boys
with the swelled head.
It's amusing to hear the two ticket
sellers accusing each other of knock
ing down on the bows.
AS the election is more than a year
and half off the officers can enforce
the law little more closely.
County Commissioner Bell is
pleasing entertainer, when it comes to
relating old time "reminiscences.
That great authority on baseball.
Scorer Nolan, gets very weary when
trying to watch an amateur game.
Too much "tangle foot" last Sunday
came near causing several dear friends
to sing: 1--WE never speak as we pass
by"
To pick out the prettiest girl, when
there are so many pretty ones, is both
pleasant and an unpleasant duty to
perform.
Let us all pray for the street car
companies that they will be able to
furnish good accommodations during
the drill.
When our enterprising district at
torney gets through with some of the
old cases on the docket he may do a
purifying job on Laredo and East
streets.
Custodian Cooley was most hand
somely decorated on July 5th, and did
his whole duty on the celebration COM
mittee.
The commission dealers say they
have failed to discover the real estate
boom talked about in the Daily Ex-
press.
The old saying, "The way to get
nearest to a mans heart is via the
stomach" is very successfully prac-
ticed by our genial sheriff. John
Campbell.
Mr.. Gossipper of the Express and
Snappers are lonesome since the Bron-
chos left.
A system of double checking on city
inspecting and license fees might dis
cover something.
Visiting companies competing for in
fof 70 al he
to do guard duty.
Some of the disappointed are daily
importuning why don't you pitch into
the Administrations" Why don't you
give the rope little jerk yourself
A live business man should not let
the public know his business is fall
ling off by cutting on his advertising.
Boycott the fakes, and advertise in
legitimate newspapers, and then note
the difference.
Water, lights, and interest consume
the larger portion of our money paid
for taxes.
The total market collections for June
show $779.09. A large frst-class mar
ket building would swell these receipts
to $500 or $1,000 a month.
The public scales for the city takes
in s5S.75 and pay out SIS for month of
June.
The city engineers department took
in only $11.50 for June.
An advertisement. to bring the larg-
est results, must have solid facts as
its foundation.
Advertising failures are often follow
ed by business failures.
The question is not whether the adj
vertisement pleases lin appearance, the
advertiser, but whether it pleases the
would-be customers.
The merchant must look at his
goods from the standpoint of the pub
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