The Wasp — 1879 — page 84: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains mixed content: a serialized story ("To be Continued") about crime and morality in San Francisco, followed by various short news items and advertisements. The main illustrated content shows a **pilot-boat scene** and a figure labeled "Human Trash and their Deserts" — apparently critiquing urban poverty and vagrancy. The text discusses how San Francisco's police vigilance committee dealt with "breech-loaders and grinning bravoes," suggesting commentary on crime prevention and urban disorder. The remaining content includes brief satirical items about local figures (Richard Realf, Miss Clara Hook) and advertisements for gas service, motor cars, opera glasses, and brewery products. This appears to be a typical late-1870s satirical magazine page mixing serialized fiction, local gossip, and commercial notices rather than sustained political cartooning.