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The Case of the Stick
"The Case of the Stick" () is an 1891 short story by Brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, published first in the "Gazeta de Notícias" and republished in the book "Páginas Recolhidas". It is an ironic depiction of slavery in Brazil (abolished in 1888) and selfishness. The story's title is sometimes translated into English as "The Punishment Case", or "The Cane"; it appears under the latter in A Chapter of Hats and Other Stories
Der Groyser Kundes
Der Groyser Kundes (, "The Big Stick" or "The Big Prankster") was a New York City, Yiddish language satirical weekly which ran from 1909 until 1927. It was entitled "Der Kibitser" for its first year of production.
Founded by the humorist Yosef Tunkel (or Der tunkeler, his pen name, meaning 'The dark one'), the paper was taken on by Jacob Marinoff when Tunkel left to work for an established paper in Warsaw. It consciously set itself