JACK ON THE CRISIS.

"Blow it, Bill! We can't be expected to fight a lot o' lubberly swabs like him. We'll kick 'em, if that'll do."

CHECK TO THE KING.

Bismarck (reads from 3,000 Citizens of Cologne). "In view of the miserable condition of the country, in view of a civil war, with its attendant sufferings and fearful calamities ... we couch a solemn protest against engaging in such a war...."

King of Prussia. "What is that? Dare my subjects object to be slaughtered! What next, I wonder?"

PEACE—AND NO PIECES!

Bismarck. "Pardon, mon ami; but we really can't allow you to pick up anything here."

Nap (the Chiffonnier). "Pray don't mention it, M'sieu! It's not of the slightest consequence."

"TO BE SOLD."

Emperor Napoleon: "I-a-have made an offer to my friend here, and...."

The Man in Possession: "No, have you, though? I rather think I was the party to apply to."

Emperor Napoleon: "Oh, Indeed! Ah! Then in that case I'll—but it's of no consequence."

GAUL TO THE NEW CÆSAR.

"Defiance, Emperor, while I have strength to hurl it!"

EXCESSIVE BAIL.

Justice (to Bismarck). "Your Client was assaulted, and you ask that the defendant 'shall be bound over to keep the peace for many years.' But I cannot sanction a demand for exorbitant securities."

ENTER BISMARCK.

"I speak of peace, while covert enmity,
Under the smile of safety, wounds the world;
And who but 'Bismarck,' who but only I,
Make fearful musters and prepared defence."
Henry the Fourth, Part II. (Induction.)

DROPPING THE PILOT.

NANA WOULD NOT GIVE ME A BOW-WOW

[The German Emperor is reported to have said, "It was impossible for me to anticipate the rejection of the Army Bills, so fully did I rely upon the patriotism of the Imperial Diet to accept them unreservedly. A patriotic minority has been unable to prevail against the majority ... I was compelled to resort to a dissolution, and I look forward to the acceptance of the Bills by the new Reichstag. Should this expectation be again disappointed, I am determined to use every means in my power to achieve my purpose."—The Times.]

GERMANIA ARMING KRUGER.

"The Vossische Zeitung chronicles with satisfaction the recent arrival at Lorenzo Marquez, on board the German East African liner Kaiser, of 1,650 cases of war material for the Transvaal, including a whole battery of heavy guns, and states its conviction that the Transvaal and the Orange Free State are 'determined to maintain their independence.'"—Globe, April 13.

A TALL ORDER.

German Eagle (to Dove of Peace). "Teach me how to coo!"

THE BLIND SIDE

German Officer: "Glad to hear you're going to fortify your sea front. Very dangerous people, these English."

Dutchman: "But it will cost much."

German Officer: "Ah, but see what you save on the Eastern Frontier, where there's nobody but us."

SOLID.

Germany. "Donnerwetter! it's rock. I thought it was going to be paper."

OUT OF THE SHADOW

The Kaiser. "What business have you here?"

German Socialist Party. "I too want 'a place in the sun.'"

BRAVO, BELGIUM

THE TRIUMPH OF "CULTURE

THE GREAT GOTH

Design for a stained-glass window in a Neo-Gothic Cathedral at Potsdam.