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# "The Wicked Boy, The Snuff and The Cayenne Pepper" - A Tale of Substitution This appears to be a slapstick comic sequence depicting a practical joke involving snuff and cayenne pepper substitution. The narrative panels (1-8) show what seems to be a domestic scene where someone switches snuff powder with hot cayenne pepper, leading to increasingly chaotic consequences as the victim sneezes violently. The accompanying text references Robert Pattison and Tom Reed in a political context, suggesting Democratic Party figures. However, the specific political allegory connecting the snuff/pepper substitution joke to these individuals is unclear from the provided excerpts. The satire likely comments on political deception or betrayal, using the prank as a metaphor for political "tricks."
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THE WICKED BOY, THE SNUFF AND THE CAYENNE PEPPER. A TALE OF SUBSTITUTION. AS MR. WEBSTER would say, “Massachusetts? There she stands! She speaks for herself, and once in seven years for the Democratic party.” eee HE MAN who struck Robert Patti- son splintered the arm that held the club, and has been feeling it ten- derly ever since to find out where the pain comes from. eee ERHAPS Mr. Reed's method of counting a quorum was alittle too far in advance of the present period, and on the whole we join our Democratic friends in the suggestion that it must not be regarded as a precedent. cee JOM REED is represented by the Evening Post boo-hooing and bawling vainly for recognition to a Democratic speaker. The spectacle is impossible. If the speaker doesn’t recognize the ferocious tyrant the lat- ter will swagger up to him and cut comicbooks.com