Puck — September 18, 1878 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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PUCK. YOUNG MAN NEXT DOOR WITH THE VIOLIN. {AS WE FANCY HIM] I. Adagio appassionata. ADVERTISEMENTS. Editor Puck : By perfectly legitimate means I have become possessed of the following advertisements which were to have been inserted in the morning papers next week, In order to place them be- fore the widest range of readers, and render them most productive of good, I send them first to Puck. are brought about, send in your bill to Yours respectfully, Pri Futter, From THE “Star.” Wantrep—A candidate for Mayor of,the city of New York; must be rich, honest, wise, and influential, able to obtain support of daily press, yet willing to hold himself at the beck and call of the Tammany Boss when elected. No sore- heads or “kickers” need apply—to Joun KeELLy, N.B. Catholics preferred. Jersey City JURISPRUDENCE, Personat.—Will somebody with a grain of common sense inform the Jersey City police how they can convict or wash their hands of “Cove” Bennett and Mrs. Smith with credit to themselves and satisfaction to the public? Address, City Hall, Jersey City. When the objects they 2im at From tHe “HERALD.” | Losr—Between 1830 and the present time —a valuable piece of Knowledge, to wit: ‘The | method by which the streets of New York can be kept tidy and clean in the wards and neigh- borhoods inhabited by the wealthy as well as the districts populated by the poor. In view of | the danger of pestilence, a heavy sum will be | paid’ for the restoration of this knowledge. Address Police, New York. A Cry oF Despats. ‘1ep, Females—-An actress for the Ame- rican stage, one who dues not depend upon sick- ness, runaway norses, Parisian dresses, forcign | celebrity, or beauty before the footlights, but trusts to genius and study as the means of ob- taining popular approbation. Address a dis- gusted and almost hopeless Public. “One Hunprep! Wastep—The names of one hundred gen- uine philanthropists who have each contributed ten dollars, or more, towards re ieving the dis tress in the South, without enclosing it in a | public address, sending it over their signatures to the papers, the Mayor, or some Board or | Committee, or in some way receiving an adver- | tisement in return for the contribution. Ready! ‘Tremolo. Look in ink Pounp, . Waren — Information of one Denis Kearney 4 itator from Sand Lots, Cali- ed the rag-tag and bobtail y York during the present month, and then disappeared from public view. A reward will be paid for him, if alive. Address Ben Butler, widow, Massachusetts. REFRIGERANT, —Proposals from New York city capitalists who will furnish untold millions to. finish the East River Bridge — under which ordi- nary ship's masts cannot pass, over which cars cannot be propelled by steam, and which will be of immense advantage to Brooklyn, and equal damage to the interests of the Metropolis. Address Brive Rixc, Brooklyn, A CHANCE FOR THE CHINESE, Wantep—Three hundred drivers willing to work sixteen hours a day for $1.25, who will agree to “stake” starters and spotters, provide | themselves with overcoats and gloves, and sub- mit to possible reductions of pay without starv- ing to death in the cars for public effect, or striking in the vain hope of gaining public sym- pathy. Address, Pres'r 3d Ave. R.R.Co, N.Y. comicbooks.com