Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-03-02

H''" o"o s'oe VI 'hls s"I"Oo passage,
broad nd high enough for a tall man or a
'adv in or;noli"e to walk along without much
difficulty, Lads to the further end OF the car
ri"res. opening by . door on the iron plat
form outside. Out Of this passage you pass
pushing aside the heavy curtains. in., ono
OF the three private arartme n.s-I know IF
no more appropriate word--in,o which the
carriage 10 div,d-d. "
!" 'he DAYTIME these apartments look ike
very luxurious 6r-t class carriages, with
armchair seats for six prisons On tho
Other side If The saloon l have spoken of
was passage leading 70 similar apar, men,s,
rrsrrv~d inr Ladies'; and On the roof there
wa> sleeping saloon, t. which you ascend
ed BY \ vi ding stairsase. Tn. view from
this upter a or is excellent, but in winter
time the wer apartments are chosen by
preference Everything in the Who'll. rlac,
~"s admirably arranged; the doors feel
closely, aud rs, en,.ling the car riage. you
have 70 pass through a succession Of doors.
one Of ~h''h y"u elise bef,re you oren tho
bleak air out.id-. The double wndows.A-
cIude the I'e"k air completely but sill, With
.n excellent system VI v, n rla, ion through
the root, the 'ars were never unp'ea>anl,y
Ct s." Ard. btsites the apartments setA-ide
TO 'ravrier., there were resting places and
dies>i"g-rpom-, di all handsomely Gtted UP
aud what IS more remarkable, >crupu!ous|y
clean. When the Czar Nicholas had Tho
plans OF 'he line laid before him, which was
intended to pass through the large towns ir
he district lying between St. p, ters,urk
aud Moscow, Le drew a straight ..he 1, :
chat b t"etn The Two capitals, an1 sad ir>.
must be the route adopted. The IMP RI.
an'ocrat locked on a railway as device for
'xP"d''rg tn" cai riage of troo! $, nor ~ q.
i"'en'io" for th' deve pment Of 'r Al ?. Tho
result is, th"t 'his grand ra'r"ad Only p,s,es
""e important town in the whole Of the coo
v.r>ts it travers's There is not srg's
~ an'h not " so'tary feeder Of any kind -
The attendants. three If VII ,m-,wo men
and one woman--"re attached 10 every car,
1T the lamP'. the curtains were drawn, a
green ! ave portable table was fixed in the
center OF our compartment, WAX candles
were tas'end,d a, tue coraer. nd chess nd
drafts AMI cards were ,ti,ltd to us in case
"e d'd not wish to sleep or 10 read. Tho
roadway. which was laid down ohly few
years ago wa French company. is in such
bad condition that The express trains have
had their speed much reduced Sill in,lud-
ing eq"tnt and e"e'hy s'opp"gss, Ne per.
t"rm'd the journey 81 au average speed Of
twenty miles an hour.
These storrases. instead Of beir9. AZ with
rs, p r'"ds Of 'exa'ious trial to the temper,
broke not unp'easanf.y the mono,ony Of the
long journey. Every fifty miles or so there
Was first class station. 1t was no, that
these stations marked important stopping
'''nts ofte" here was no appearance of
any hab,tstion ue9r at hand. We s,orred
-'~p'y trcause w had completed 30 many
,ers's OF our journey The attendants in
formed Us We had ten, twenty. thirty minutes
sop, AS the case might be and wrapping
"po" the table, and clme out into briIlian,-
ly lit station, with handsome areaies Ore
vas the exact counterpart Of the o. her We
were shown into the long refreshment rooms
and there b.heM spectacle which made me
blush. when though, o! the shabby coun-
"rs. the stale buns, the grizzly fy-blown
parties. the horsrbean soup, the scracsy
drums icss Of similar establishments in eur
dear naive land. On one side there was
stall where tea was dispensed in glasses
n The dreadful compound W. are accu.,om.
I'd 10 1T railway bar, tut rich, fragrant
beverage, whose aroma i was Plea.sn, %
smell, ss y"u stood beside the COUNTER
An 'hrr s,all was supplied with rows of
cur'ou ly shaped bottles, out OF which won--
d"r!ul liquors were poured into small parks
l'"g glasses. A ,hi,d .tsll was covered with
hox~s Of bonhor sw.eimea,s, cnde
'g"dies' Of every kind. the sight of ~hch
made You wish that you w-,e a child, aud
could ii, and .a', and gaze. and eat again
tor hours. Aud in the centre was long
able deck.d out with SLOW White linen.
Il 'wers aud Wax cnndes. As to the dishes,
l rsn"o, number lh III. never hefurr ap.
Prec'a'ed the meaning OF the phrase, 'sroan.
i"g benrath the weight Of viaud. have
'i'nsd At private tanl"-,s but The table was
N" more nea' y pr, ad than those of these
Kus"'"n reir-sh'ne"t rootns. The show was
"i,An,. but the substance W.. better >,ill
Ducks aud g.e~r. aud veni on huge f,hps
and lump rnr ridges, r."n iues. i-lli.S aud
padding, li-s. tnrts and pastries, we're all
land out III snch order tha, i, s.e med y shame
t. "a them. R->id-s. tr ,h"se who prefer
red ho, m-ais to cod, there were soups and
j"'nta, AID kanw nat y hat beside. Ami,lst
'hr eperyHez were stacks uf bo,tl~s Of French
wines, aud dscan'-rs ot native wiuns V..o
WATERS clad in long, red linen co.t-, :. ed
~ hs xa.h rrou"d .ha waist. were hr;a,:>
and ou,~nrdly clean. Tn. c,h.u'v Vas 10
know ~ha, + choose amidst the uuabsr Of
dclicacies otf..r.h t, YOU