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Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05

spatfl zenskou postavu; eekaiic sed6la
ma kamenn6m balvanu, rovnez tax oble-
cena jake dive, en 10 zahalena V jakys
plasf, lakyz tamni krajin6 u zenskych
nizSich a prostfodnich tfid byl obyce j..
kdyz pfichazejiciEo Sy6telsk6ho zpozoro-
vala, vstaa sla mi ma krok vstfic, oslo
yiv5i no pfi tom takto: ,Nebyla bych tax
smtl& opovazliya, zadati vas "a rozmlu.
va, kdybych nem6la YAM sdelid jietou
nanejyys ddlezitou vec, kteraz zadnym
jinym spiisobem nemohla iiete a dplne
dostati Sc vam ma v6domost.
Bud 81 to cokoliv, odv6til Svetelsky,
,t6sim Sc pfedce, ze zavdalo to pficinu k
tomu, re vas mohu op6t spatfiti.'
Jindfiska utinivsi rukou odmitavy po-
hyb, pravila: ,Neb4zi zde mic nez 0
vas ziyot.'
neddvtfivym udiyenim di Sv6tel-
sky:
TO by oysem bylo pro mne veci tou
neldulezt6jsi; ia vsak nemohn vefiti, ze
by nekoho bylo, kdo by chtel 1klady stro-
jiti zivotu clov6ka tax nepatrneho a skro.
mn6ho, jake jsem ja.'
"A pfedce Jest takovy cloyek, sice
vas domaci pan Mark
Sv6telsky Sc zamyslil. Ten pfiserny
clov6k, jenz jako strasido dere Sc mi do
cestyP skuhral pro sebe. ,Ano, myslim
sam, ze mi od nGho mdze hroziti zlo,
ackehv ami daleka nemam tuseni, elm
bych 81 byl ma sebe pfitahi jeho nenavist.'
(PokraGovani.)
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05
Starry p0dl0udlik.
N0veIa.
(Pokracovani.)

Naladsni Svetelskeho a bernich 1fad.
nikd nezlepsilo SO vesti, ktera verohod-
nou bezpecnosti Sc sifila, ze totiz prave v
tfz Cas-, kdy yeskere muzstvo krajinu ko-
lem Plainly obsadilo, mill dale veil
ky dovoz zboz cetnou rotor podloudnik6
pies hranice byl pfepraven. Dozorci a
stfelci zastavali sluzbu svou omrzelosti
dale; i ackoliv ii podlondnici, ktefi by Sc
dnech nejblize pfistich byli snad dali
pfistihnouti, nemohli zajist6 naditi SO
zadneho setfeni, ochromovala pfedce vse
obecna nevole rozhodnost opatfeni, a
zejmena Svetelsky musel 81 vyznati, ze
phi neilepsi viii pfikaz, ktery inu byl
delen nevykonava zpIsobem uznant
hodnym. -Tu pfal 81 Port, jenz byl '
techto dnech ustavicne skoro az tezkomy
slny, he by MIN rad mluvil mezi ctyf-
ma ocima, a 8 v6tsi odvahou sebed6ve.
rou, nezli byl kdykoh jevil, oslovil ie
takto: ,Myslim, pane porueiku, ze iser
nalezl stopu!'
,Sdelila vam snad jjiz Ease neco jim.
dfiskas ,ah0
Potlaciv ponekud svou citlivost, odpo
ved6l Port: ,Ogsem jest Jindfiska v ton
take zdcastnena. Bylat zlosti celia be
sebe, 10 ona byls toho pficinoa. 20 ma
do bryndy pfiyedla, mne me krasne "a
merry zkazila VAN, pane poruciku, ne
pfijemnost zpdsobila. Vase pryni my
slenka byla, 3e ten darebak mlyn6
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05
20 t6chto lOdich Sc nikdy
N c pre- 5 q Il Ii.

As~ Lodni vypravy konaii Sc 2 Ham
burku do N. Yorku kazdon stfedu d 4 n.
Yorku do Hamburlu kazdJ Gtvrtek.
z jara a ma podzim konaii Sc Han
burku do Nov6ho lorku a z N. Yorku
do Hamburku mmoradn6 vyprayy iV
sobotu.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05
nj; ale minul jiz cely tyden a zadny z

nj; ale minul jiz cely tyden zadny z
mich nepfichazel.
Jednou rano oznamili mu, ze osmi
dnech bude postaven pred porotu, 10
jiz nemusi dele cekat. -. Cd t6 chvie
pozoroval Fernand, 70 no rozum opousti
ze SO no zmochuje Silenost. Musili no
takfka nasilim mutt k iidIu. Cht6l UNFIT
hladem. Go skoncilo vysetfovani, nebyl
liz samovazbe, ale pfelozen do iineho
oddeleni, kdez mohl setkati Sc iinymi
vezni mluviti mimi. Ale isa stale ga
myslen, stranil SO kazdeho, ami nepromlu
vii ami neodpovidal komu; nikdy nevysel
ma dv1r.
Jednoho Ultra navstivila no BaccTatka.
Pohledl ma nj beze slova okem mdlym,
vyhaslym, nemz jevila Sc otupelost.
Baccaratka rojala jej "a ruku padla
pied MIN ma kolena.
,Ubohy pane Fernando septala hla.
sem Sc chvejicim, jak jste SO zmenilp
A vskutku byl vezneny bledy Wy
schly; nebyl mic vice net vlastni stin.
| Baccaratka sama byla velice zmene.
ma. Nebyla to jiz vice DANA vznesena a
bujna, jeiizto Mvot nebyl mic jineho nez
nepfetrzita fada radovanek a veselosti
jez nestara ic Sc zitfek ma mysli m6la
jen pozitky.
Byla to zenstina zkrocena bolem, a Wy
bledle cello svedcilo probdelYch nocich
vy6itka ach svedomi.
Odena byla proste zdalo Sc, ze cht6
la nynejsi skromnosti nahraditi, co zavi
nila byvalou pychou.
,Ach, jste Wy tol' di k nj Fernand hla.
sem slabym bolestnym, jakoby mu pfi-
tomnost hfisnico pfipominala stale 1tra-
Ply jeho.
,Ano,' odvetila ona tise, jsem to ia -
ia, kteraz isem pfisla ieste jcdnou prosit
vas "a odpusteni a pot6sit vas. :. pracu-
jeme neustale k zachraneni vasemu.'
Fernand sklonil smutne hlavu.
,Neni mozna,' septal.
Ne, ne odmitla prudce Baccaratka,
jest to MONA; nikdy nebyva nernozno
dokazati nevinnost. Dsufejte, pane Fer
nande, doufejte vice dnes nez. kdykoli
jindy.' y
A kdyz vstoupil ma rty jeho truchlivy
usmev, nemz neddv6ra Sc znacila, po-
kra6ovala:
Pan hrabe vas zachrani, on mIze
vzdycky co chce; ale jest k tomu tfeba
casu, pane Fernando
,Casup odvetil zoufale, ,,coz neyite, ze
mann byti "a tyden sonzen odsouzenP
Ia tydenp opakovsla 8 hrdzou mlada
zenstina, ,ale to neni moznar
"A piece jest tomu TAXI
lode dneska ga tyden,' zvolala Bacca-
ratka, ybude pan Bastien jiz zde Bre-
tame, on donnti sira Williama vyznani.
Pfisaham, ze vas zacbranime pied potu-
pou porotniho soudup
V tn chvili, CO pronesla Baccaratka Ia
to slova, vessel zalafnik cetnikem.
.Mdj Boze,' pravil Fernand uleknut !;
= COZ mann iiz jit; soudup
Ale zalafnik odpovedsl:
,Vysetfovaci soudce chce vami mlu-
VIII
Baccaratka zachyela Sc jakousi nadeji.
,Mozna,' myslila 81, re nasli praveho
vinnika'
A slibivsi Fernando, ze no pride zitra
Ease navstiviti, odesla.
Fernand nasledoval cetnika, jenz ho
vedl pied vysetfujiciho soudce.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05

po slavn6 osv6dcenych velkych postov
mich parolodich
Pomnoeranto, Ut,u5ngja, Siles5o, FTdsia
Westph0tja, C5m6ria, Hotsdtia, Ham
monjo, ,S,teyda, Goethe, Hcyder, LesSiag
WSetand, h2op9toch, Gelicrt, atd. atd.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1876-09-05
u rO & G ) X G
yyStGhOyaICe.

HAMBU URSKO-AMERlCkA PARO.
PLAVEBNf SOOLECNOST.
(Hamburg Amerikanishe Packetfahrt.
Actien Geselschatt.)
Prima pOStOvni parOpiavba
mezi
HAMBURKhM A NEWY0RkBM
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? i Q D avn c c u Y:


L Hamburku do NovGho Yorku:
1. kajuta 1920 zlata, 2. Kajuta S72 zlata,
mezipalubi s32 papirech
Z Nov. Yorku do Hamburku
1. ka uta 500 zlata, g zaiuta $50 zia,
ta, mezipalubi $50 papirech.
D6ti Cd | - 10 rokd plati poloyickn.
koienc Hamburku do n. Y - 20 ii Z
n. Y. do Ilamburlm bezplatn5.
V Hamburku poda blizsi zprdvu gene
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MILLER'S Nachfolgor 80 & "a Adml-
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V New lorlu podaii bIiz>i zprjyu ge-
neralni cdnatoIovc
KUNHARDT co, 81 Broad Str, NY
G. b. RICHARD d BOAS. 81 Broad.
way, iakoz vosketi iich ieduateove po
Spojenych Statech.
Cesky y iednato yro Cleveland, O.
L.. ,. PaiGa, GJ3 GrotOn STR.
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Cana - ct6.
lAZIlagnky.
90 TYQANI.

Obsshuie dplny seanam vsech ont,l
NEST We Sp Statech, territory CanaCs
kter6 die posIedniho seitani lidu vet5i O.
byvatelstvo citaii nez 5000, iakoz se-
znam imen v5och casopisu vychazeiicich,
kter6 ontch m6stech neivetsiho rozsife-
nj mali. - TaktGz obsahuie seznam case
pisu, jcuz Sc oznanoyatoIdm k oznam-
kam odporucuji co neivice Y nist6 dot}6
mem rozsreni neleynGjsi ceny mali.
Dale otsahaio ysechny casopisy We Sp.
Statech, jenz vychdzeji Y taboyych mi
stech kde ie pies 50oo obyvateld.
KoneGn6 yseclly nabozeusk6, hospoddf
ske, v6decke, prdnysln6, medicinske,
svobodozednicke, laedagogicke, obchod-
nj poiisfovaci ca opi7y.-Sondni, spoIko
We, musikalni, modni iin6 odborni noyi
ny neispolehlivti5m seznam Du!ale
dplny seznam pres 300 n6meckych no.
vim, kter6 yychazeii We Sp. St. - Nysvts
tleni vyhlaSkach mnoho ccnnikd ohla.
SEX, pse co ohlaSovatelim tfeba v6dtt
Adresuite ma
Geo. u. ESOVyefz az Co.,
II Park Row.
New York.
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DULEEXETRI
VLASTNikUM DOMU
Ct6te n ukazte SOuSedum.
Natrete domy sv6
IuCebnEElli barvanli
MILLER BROS

kter6 jsou vyrobeny z cist6ho bileho olo.
va, zinku ln6n6ho oleie, pflpraven6 ma
bilou, ternou sto .iiny:h rozmanitycb
barev Tato barva ma krasny lesk a
vsaje Sc hluboko do dfeva, take tfikrate
tax dlouho vydrzi jake kterakoliv jina
barva ma sv6t6, ackoliv stoii 0 celou tfeti
nu meme, nez jin6 barvy, ktere Sc ma tr-
zisti nachazi. Pfihlaste Sc MILLERA
A BRATRU, iichz barva zdobi neimen6
sto tisic staveni; vseclly ostatni jsou poU
he napodobeniny.
Poslete 81 pro vzorky barev a vysy6d.
eeni, iez yam bezplatnG bndon poslanY.
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FarmarskG pOZemky

Ma prodej nebo ma vymen u
ozemkov y MAJ etek
Clevelande
Pozemky ty isou vytctn6, biz zelezm-
ce a dobr6ho trhu lezi Pockahontas u
Buena Vista Counts, kde lest hodne Ce.
chd osedlych. Cena nizka, terminy phi
zniv6. Blizsi zprava
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Apiary, Poultry, Household, etc.; 1t has also
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Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-20
NOTICE.

He Grange Cooperative Company have
! this day sold their stock of goods, books,
book accounts, notes and movable property
TO w. ]. TILLEY, and all payments are TO be
made to him or his agent.
We commend Mr.. T. to the former patrons
of the store and the public generally, and ask
for him, as our successor, n liberal patronage.
J. Il. COVER,
Il. @. ALEXANDER,
GEORGE G. GIBBS,
Executive Com. Grange Cooperative Co.
Los Angeles, January 29th. 1876.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-20
Notice to Creditors.
Dissolution Of copartn ership

r HE firm OF Brin & Vacquier, in the Coffee
and Spice Factory at No. so Los Angeles
street, in Los Angeles, is hereby dissolved by
mutual consent. Mr.. Brin retires from the
nrm, and Mr.. Vacquier, who will carry on
the business in his own name, will pay all
OUTS tanding debts and collect all debts due
the drm. u. V. BRlN.
h. A. VACQUIER.
Los Angeles, January oath, 1875.
In referring to the above, will carry on
ne business in my own name at the old
tand. III. A. VACQUTER.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-20

Board OF Supervisors:
GEO. HINDS, Chairman,
]. NJ. GRIFFITH, EDWARD EyEY,
f. PALOMARES, +. MACHADO,
A. sEPULvEDA, Acting Interpreter.
Regular Meetings-First Monday of each
month.
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Dissolution of Copatrnership.

NOTICE is hereby given that the copart-
~ nership heretofore existing under the
firm name of Domecq and Lassere, carrying
on business as dairymen at the Cienega
dairy, about two miles West of Agricultural
Park, Los Angeles, was dissolved by mutual
consent on the first day of January, A. ID.
1876. Jean Domecq will settle all debts of the
firm and receive all monies due the firm.
EUGENE LASSERE,
JEAN DOMECO.
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Meets at Council Rooms, No. As Spring St..
at 1890 p. NJ, Thursday OF each week.
CoUNCILMEN:
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-16
COSGR ESS.

Tie following proceedings of Congress yes
terday are additional to those published IN the
G.zatt, Of that day:
In the Senate bill WAS reported favorsbly
from the Committee on Territories for the nd
mission of New Mexico into the Union. res
olutlon Was adopted instructIng the Committee
on the District Of Columbi to inquire into the
expediency OF paving Pennsylvania avenue.
petition was presented from number OF batl-
more merchants in favor Of repeal of the bank
rupt law The pension appropriation bill was
REPORTED and passed with slight amendment,
and nov goes to the House Tor concurrence.
The bill for the disposition of public lands IN
certain Southern States Wss taken up, amended,
ard passed by a vote OF IL to II. a report was
lnace from the conference committee on the dis
.yrecing votes Of The two houses on the bill to
p2y the interest on the G5 bonds Of the District
Of Columbia The report was ordered to be
printed and its further consideration laid over
unit! to day. The Senate then sdj ourned.
In the House the reading of TIL journal chow
c that 30 far 2l97 original measures have been
introduced in that body during the present ses-
SION a resolution for the repe.l OF the specie
resumption &C. Of March Is 1867, Was referred
to the Committee on Banking and Currency.
The Secretary Of the Treasury was directed to
report the amount of gold owned by the govern
uent and available for the resumption of specie
psymeats A bill Was introduced to regulate
assessment ard collection of taxes for the sup
port 0: the government Of the District of Co.
urnhia The iort!fcetion appropriation bill was
reported and psssrd 1t sppropristes $50 0U;
the appropriation last year was S3.o0O,CO0 A
bill relating to the execution OF custom house
bonds was reported and passed The House
~, y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-16
LEGISLATIVE.

In the Virginia Senate, yesterday, the con-
tested election case of Knight vs.. Johnson was
again up and consumed aim ost the eutirc day.
S .nator Penn spoke one hour and tity-67e
minutes in favor of sending the matter back to
the people. Judge Critcher followed Colonel
Penn, advocating The adopt on of the report OF
the committee. The vote by whlcn the hour
Of o'clock to-day was fixed for the taking O.:
the vote was recobsldcrcd, and on motion of
Mr. Queseuberry tnc hour oil 5 CLOCK Ihus'
day Was substituted.
In the House of Delegates the following res
olutiou was adopted:
Resolved by the general Assembly, That
the Supreme Court of App ais oe respectfully
requested TO furnish the present Lesslal urc
with he amount OF fees or emoIuments Other
than salaries prescribed by law, which may
have beeu received under the provision of law
by the clerks IF The court at its several places
OF session lu Richmond, Stanton, and Wythe
vile, during the fiscal year OF the Comm m
wealth between the Goth of September, 1874,
and the is of October, 1875.
A resolution was adopted, requesting the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to iurn-
ing what amount of the Peabody fund mas beer
turned over to the State during the presen,
school year; also t. what couptes and TO what
schools therein such amount has been appro.
priated.
The Speaker laid before the House com
mupication from the Attorney Gaueral, througi.
the Governor, on the SUI ct Of III ure expeu-
SEES of arbitration to fix the lioe Of boundary be
tween Maryland aud Virginia. The proceed
ings of the Board of Arbitration having been
arrested by the death of one OF its members ii
will be necessary 10 commence anew che hear
ing of the matters in issue between the two
States The balance of the appropriation no.
being sufficient, it is necessary that farther
appropriation be made. The matter was re
ferred to the Floance Committee.
Mr.. Powell offered resolution that ca ano
after to day the chair of the House De vacated
at $50 p. N. aud be resumed al 5 p. u.
Tue general lax bill was made The order OF
the day for Friday.
Bill was passed amending the charter of the
town of Dlnville; aso bill for the protection of
wild fowl in counties bordering on the Potomac;
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-16

[Corrcscundence of the Alexandria Gazette
LEEsBURG VA, Feb. II, lS7j.-Not great
day for birds to psir, but first rate one to
bring people to town
The present County Court system seems to
bring crowds 10 town on the first day OF the
courts The roads are said to be very bad in
deed, worse than they have been for many
yeas
The grass in the fields is green, and it is first
rate thing for the ewes, which are lamoing as
they can get to the green fresh grass and give
NOR milk for their young.
The number of sheep killed this year will
p1o5ab y not b. rs grei. As it Was last year; the
number 50 lar reported is Lot so great. This
racl will make investments in sheep more prof
liable IA IN hey have been The best result
have hoard Of has been had by gentleman
near town His sheep cost 50 %; he sold
lamb for each sheep 6. S4; wool al S1.30, and
old sheep at IS baing SO 30 for sn outlay in
stock Of So 5.
Lands $".ln to be looking up. a farm cried
OF to day had three substantial home bidders;
i. brought $2l To- ubject to contingent right of
dover. Its assessed Va ue is $50.
Very slow progress is making with the turn
bike to the Point Of Rocks One landholder
saams 10 be afraid, and another dares not.
Cut.!o see rs tn be scarce at the West some of
oar people h,ving I'D t. go to Chicago before
they could supply Themselves
One of our farmers, near Mount Giesd, who
sov;s from seven to nine tons of plaster every
year On farm of Us acres, produced from
field, which had rested but three years in the
last eleven, thirteen barrels Us bushelsl of corn
per acre. He ploughs his clover under the third
year from the seed, feeds his straw and fodder
on any thin places. and in ploughing has hand
with fork laying The ''roughness" as they call
it in West Virginia. into the furrow to be COW
cred up by the next furrow He has been to
Missouri ard back, and means to stay here.
1t seems to me that our Agricultural Society
ought to offer handsome premium foc the best
GU cultivated farm in the county.
l think recountng of the crops in five years
would be of mora benefit than horse race.
ALIOUIS