San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-06
SUNDAY SHORT SNAPS.

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A flushed face and red nose are not
the signs of teetotaler.
This is an old chestnut, but we still
need that big market house.
Captain Mike O'Connor should give
his men a little morning exercise.
1.-THE cut that occasions most annoy
ance to a printer is cut in prices.
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A paper with no enemies doesn't car
ry much weight in the community.
These out-town excursions make
dull business for downtown saloons.
"A good advertising policy is the
best insurance against business loss"
The oily-tongued politician thinks
you a nice fellah so long as he can use
you.
Words are like sunbeams-the more
they are condensed, the deeper they
burn"
THE fewest words that will carr,
the advertisers idea are the right
ones"
A two dollar promise to pay on an
average will not pan out more than
so per cent cash.
The plaza music makes poor business
for those saloons not in close proximity
to the band stand.
Don't get discouraged. A man is
never thoroughly beaten until he ac-
knowledges defeat"
The Thirty-five committee struck a
snag when they demanded IS initiation
fee from a reporter.
A good advertisement says practical
ly the same thing to prospective pur-
chaser as the salesman in the street.
All San Antonio should be proud of
her big brewery that heads the list of
any in the south by thousand kegs.
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Ger newspaper benefit before he takes
his annual soubrette tour to New York.
The fee bill legislature at Austin
can't cut the price or reduce the quail
ty of the feed at hotel John Campbell.
The Broncho managers. O'Connor &
Weber, have managed successfully so
far to pay all obligations without cut
ting salaries.
The San Antonio Anarchist club get
their fingers scorched every time they
try to snuff the Light. Boycotts will
cut two ways, sometimes.
Prof. Beck's musicians have healthy
appetites as well as good wind and
you never see them boycott a keg of
xxx or a free lunch feast.
No appropriations for poker chips or
wine suppers should be made out of
the drill funds, and it would be well to
scan closely the hack bills.
The Light will continue to shine
brightly, in spite of the fact that a
Maccaroni flute player, blows boycott
tunes and makes poor music.
Custodian Cooley, of San Pedro
Springs says it will take about thirty
days to get the springs thoroughly
cleaned UP. H
"Wise men do not lay aside advertis-
ing when they once make a judicious
use of it. 1t becomes apart of their
business, built into it's very founda-
TONS
1.-THE happiest souls on earth are those
Who can smile and be contented."
If you are happy in your religious
belief it will pay you to investigate no
farther.
Charity begins and ends in the pock-
cts of many of the enterprising engin-
GERS of charity entertainments. The
newspapers are generally the largest
contributors.
A big market house on Paschal
square will do more to purify west side
corrals than a choir Of hundred
psalm singers aided by a dozen gos-
pei Founders.
The little rotten-heeled tramp who
tries to pose as an editor, no doubt
feels bad because the LiGht does not
notice his feeble, slanderous attempts
to say something.
The Gossipper of the Express is
lengthening out his paragraphs. A
few more doses like his last and he will
be entitled to class them in the Sun
day Sermon Column.
1.-The most noted and successful
manufacturers are those who advertise
largely. Their wares are the last to
feel the effect of dull times and the
first to show signs of activity after
depression"
"'All the world and his Wife as the
French say, comprise large family,