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The walls of Jericho. Illustration shows supporters of a Square Tariff Deal, carried in an ark by Folk, Clark, Gore, Harmon, and Beveridge, march on Jericho

The return of Rip Van Winkle

Not. Illustration shows a large elderly man labeled Life Insurance holding a cornupocia filled with documents labeled For the Beneficiaries, next to him sits a large dog with collar labeled Supt

Puck Easter 1905. Illustration shows a fashionably dressed young woman being escorted by a rabbit and a young child dressed in a red suit; the woman looks back over her shoulder at three unhappy

Bearers of evil tidings

The cock that crowed too soon. Illustration shows Admiral George Dewey as a rooster crowing I want to be president with Uncle Sam, in his bed clothes, leaning out a window to throw a boot at him

The Democratic Moses and his selfmade commandments. Illustration shows William Jennings Bryan as Moses, beaming rays of Radicalism and Conservatism

The Bryan-made crown; - it won t hold water

Pan-American Puck. Illustration shows Columbia welcoming a woman labeled South America to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Date 1901 May 8. Pan-American Puck

Partners in the bogie business. Illustration showing two men, Prof. Scarem presenting his latest findings on microbes to a crowd of frightened onlookers, and Dr

Crazy. Illustration shows the effect of the recent craze for playing ping pong, business partners neglect their work, ladies clubs turn away from their normal leisure pursuits

The politician and his dupes. Illustration shows a politician agreeing with a woman labeled WCTU and a man holding a bible, who are standing on the right

St. Louiss object lesson to anti-expansionists. Illustration shows a statue of Thomas Jefferson labeled Thomas Jefferson The Father of Expansion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis

The ark of the Dingley covenant. Illustration shows Joseph Cannon leading Nelson W. Aldrich, Joseph B. Foraker, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Leslie M

Are our teachings, then, in vain?. Illustration shows Confucius and Jesus Christ standing together on a cloud atop a mountain looking down at the confrontation between the Boxers

They take him for a come-on. Illustration shows Theodore Roosevelt as a hayseed from Oyster Bay being greeted by Edward H. Harriman as J. Pierpont Morgan and James J

Caged. Illustration shows a sickly looking dove in a birdcage fashioned from rifles and swords, with Powder kegs at the ends of its perch which is labeled Peace Conference

A false alarm on the fourth. Illustration shows Uncle Sam, holding a firecracker, trying to reassure a concerned-looking female figure with wings labeled Peace that all the noise she hears is for

Trying to drag him from his altar and his idol. Illustration shows an old man labeled Progressive Republican trying to pull an aged and battered elephant labeled GOP

The siren song of partisanship. Illustration shows a galley labeled Government Of, By, and For the People sailing past rocks labeled Bossism where other ships have wrecked

The sword of standpatocles. Illustration shows a sword labeled Removal of Duties on Meat suspended by a chain labeled Republican Congress above a bull labeled Meat Trust feeding from a dish filled

At the turn of the year. Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing on steps, holding a large folder labeled Roots Portfolio containing papers labeled Army War College, Insular Policy

Future occupations for Roosevelt. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with Theodore Roosevelt, at center, as a rugged Guide for City Sportsmen

Bigger than - his party

Spurring him on

A timely warning. Illustration shows the Republican elephant wearing a hat labeled GOP. and High Protective Tariff and a swimsuit labeled Tariff-Protected Trusts

Our foreign missions; - an embarrassment of riches for the heathen. Illustration showing missionaries from various religions appealing to an African man sitting on a throne. Date 1900 May 23

The sacred elephant. Illustration shows a procession led by vice-presidential candidate Charles W. Fairbanks followed by President Theodore Roosevelt

The jingo at his old tricks again

When Teddy comes marching home

Give the town a good flushing out. It needs it. Illustration shows Father Knickerbocker, symbolic figure of New York City

The close of the peace congress

His object. Illustration shows two men talking in the yard of a rural home; there are chickens in the yard, scratching the soil and pulling up the plants. Date 1902 August 6

The almightier. Illustration shows the interior of a cathedral, filled to capacity, with an enormous $ illuminated in the place of a rose window. Date 1907 May 15. The almightier

His first bath. Illustration shows Mayor George B. McClellan and Police Commissioner William McAdoo washing the Tammany Tiger labeled Corruption and Graft; in the background

If they ll only be good. Illustration shows Uncle Sam standing at center, gesturing to the left toward American soldiers boarding ships to return to America after defeating the Spanish in

The first to reach the mark. Illustration shows Puck riding in a small automobile labeled 1877-1902, as he passes a reviewing stand Uncle Sam

He took the bull by the horns; but -. Illustration shows John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, grasping an angry bull labeled Coal Operators Combine by the horns

No wonder he gets full. Illustration shows by the light of a full moon many couples in romantic embraces scattered around the globe; instances, perhaps, of summer love. Date 1911 August 9

Bill, ye d better go up to the barn an git some more fodder. Illustration shows Theodore Shonts milking a cow labeled Canal Commission that is feeding on a mixture of hay

The municipal big stick. Illustration shows Father Knickerbocker, a symbolic figure for New York City, holding a large stick labeled Municipal Ownership at his side

When Taft is president. Illustration shows William H. Taft globe-trotting from the Washington White House to the Guam White House, the Philippine White House, the Hawaiin sic White House

Uncle John. Illustration shows John D. Rockefeller, full-length, dressed up as Uncle Sam, admiring himself in a mirror. Uncle Sam is sitting on the left in his underclothes with the an eagle perched

Americans abroad. Illustration shows a man labeled American Food Products and laden with agricultural produce welcoming a man labeled American Manufactures laden with industrial products to Europe

Pinchots inferno. Illustration shows a dark, bleak mountainous landscape with a tunnel labeled Private Monopoly and carved into the mountainside is All Hope Abandon Conservationists Who Enter Here;

A Christmas reminder. Illustration shows Puck addressing Andrew Carnegie who is pouring over the Plan for the Carnegie Library; Puck gestures toward an elderly couple standing at the door in the cold

As the tariff-war must end. Illustration shows Uncle Sam in a tree, chased there by the Russian Bear which is standing at the base of the tree; Uncle Sam has dropped his rifle labeled US Duty

The law-mills again at work

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