San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-05-02
SUNDAY SHORT SNAPS.

Brer. GOssiper broke loose again in
a fresh spot in last Mondays Express.
The fellow who Gains he has a griev-
ance against the newspaper ought to
step in and settle his unpaid bill.
The people are asking what kind of
mineral water does the Express feed
that reporter who saw the air ship.
"All that woman asks of man,
Is just an equal chance:
Except few, who ask also,
That they may wear the pants"
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A man who can but won't pay his
honest debts ought to be made to do
so by law.-Texas Sandwich
The home industry fever is a good
thing to catch.
It's very common error for men
and women to look elsewhere for hap
piness than in honest work.
"Some reporters tell all they know,
while others tell more than they know.
Both are equally dangerous"
The cOwardIy kicker is the fellow
who wants the newspaper to do all the
kicking for him.
The man with an axe to grind gem
orally wants some fellow to do the
grinding for him.-Texas Sandwich.
If General Weyler's private secretary
doesn't run out of stationery he may
tackle some United States prize fight
er. He seems to think that the pen
is mightier than the sword. Texas
Sandwich.
San Antonio covers territory of
Sc square miles: it is impossible for
the reporter to catch all The news ev-
cry day. You can help him by sending
in the item to the office.
The GOssippers new straw hat seems
to have affected his mental optics, be-
ing unable to distinguish a patent med
icine cut from a comic cartoon.
Some writer's can grind out wind by
the yard, after some one else has fur
nished the ideas.
A high tax rate tends 20 scare away
the prospective investor With his mon
! ey.
| A twenty minute car service on the
suburban street car lines will hardly
remunerate the COMPANY. A good
half hour service will satisfy a major
! ity Of the patrons.
The West End Town company should
speak for some of those fish offered
free by Congressman Slayden, to stock
up the lake.
The liberal merchant never growls
at his newspaper advertising bill.
The old mossback who does not be-
lieve in advertising in the newspapers
is the easiest sucker to bite at a fake
scheme.
Newspapers as a rule are (good or
bad) what their patrons make them.
If you want better newspapers you
can have them by increasing your pa
trOnage.
| Alderman Surkey is not far wrong
when he says: IF you squeeze the
corporations too hard win result in
squeezing the working men in their
employ also.
It's bad to have your machinery
standing idle; but it's worse to have
them running at loss.
Don't wait for business to find you
It's your business to find business-ev'
en- if you have to advertise for ii"
What to print and what not to print
is one of the difficult problems of the
newspaper office.
Newspapers like a setting hen. never
grow fat on public work.
"A western publisher mas started &
paper called the Moon. \ rival editol
is praying for a total eclipse"
Should a printer educate his pa,
irons? The question certainly is de
, batable. Sane people viii stand lit
tie education and will appreciate ones
I efforts in that direction. but few o.
them will appreciate such labor enough
to knowingly pay anything for it,
Press and Printer.