The Wasp — 1888 — page 436: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains primarily **literary content and advertisements** rather than political cartoons. The main pieces are: 1. **"The Deserted Village"** and **"The Land Beyond the Tied"** — appear to be reprinted poems or literary works, likely classic pieces given their formal verse structure. 2. **A large decorative advertisement** for "The King of Consumption" — a patent medicine promising to cure asthma, coughs, bronchitis, and lung diseases, sold in Oroville, California. This exemplifies the era's unregulated medical advertising. 3. **Various commercial ads** for banking services, wallpapers, and other goods. The page reflects *The Wasp*'s satirical nature through its juxtaposition of serious literature with absurd patent-medicine claims—itself a form of social commentary on medical fraud prevalent in the period.