 When his workload became too much, he made use of several talented artists including Frederick Burr Opper, James A. Wales, Bernhard Gillam, Eugene Zimmerman, C. J. Taylor, and others.In 1893, he took charge of a special "World's Fair" "Puck" published weekly for six months on the grounds of the World's Columbian Exposition.The stress and exhaustion of that experience damaged his health, and he died the next year in New York.