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A Tale of 1852The male population of the village spend their time on military expeditions and in the cordon—or 'at their posts', as the Cossacks say. Towards evening, that same Lukashka the Snatcher, about whom the old women had been talking, was standing on a watch-tower of the Nizhni-Prototsk post situated on the very banks of the Terek. Leaning on the railing of the tower and screwing up his eyes, he looked now far into the distance beyond the Terek, now down at his fellow Cossacks, and occasionally he addressed the latter. The sun was already approaching the snowy range that gleamed white above the fleecy clouds. The clouds undulating at the base of the mountains grew darker and darker. The clearness of evening was noticeable in the air. A sense of freshness came from the woods, though round the post it was still hot. The voices of the talking Cossacks vibrated more sonorously than before. The moving mass of the Terek's rapid brown waters contrasted more vividly with its motionless ba...


Most Irishmen, in and out of Ireland, seem unanimous in condemning the brutality of the British government toward the leaders of the unsuccessful revolt. There is no need to recite here the atrocious measures of repression practiced by England toward her subject races. The arrogant and irresponsible tyranny of the British government in this relation is a matter of history. The point of interest just now is, what did the Irish people, or at least the Sinn Feiners, expect England to do in the given circumstances? I am not interested in the weak-kneed editors of Irish-American papers who bemoan, with all due decorum, Great Britain's "lack of generosity" in dealing with the captured Sinn Feiners, or who hide their cowardice by arguments about t... (From : Spunk.org.)


ALLIES: The fairies of Democracy. BARBARIANS: The other fellows. CONGRESS: The valet of Woodrow the First. CENSORSHIP: The rape of Free Speech. CONSCRIPTION: Free men fighting against their will. CIVILIZATION: In God We Trust. DEMOCRACY: The voice of the Gallery Gods. FREE SPEECH: Say what you please, but keep your mouth shut. HUNS: Loyal patriots from Central Europe. HUMANITY: Treason to government. JUSTICE: Successful target shooting. KAISER: A President's ambition. LIBERTY BOND: A bone from a bonehead. LIBERTY LOAN: The bread line of the Unborn. LOYAL CITIZEN: Deaf, dumb, and blind. MILITARISM: Christianity in action. PATRIOTISM: Hating your neighbor. REGISTRATION: Funeral march of Liber... (From : Anarchy Archives.)

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