Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-07-09

A charming sketch of the quarters of
the chief architect of the Transcaspian
railroad Gen. Annenkoff is given in The
Pietersburger Zeitung Nearly midway
between Samarcand and ANU Daria, says
a correspondent at the gypsy encamp
ment. on a soil of clay and gravel, stands
the railway train in which we live II
consists of from forty to fifty carriages
The first carriage is the residence of Ger
Annenkoff On the lower floor are his
work room. his sleeping apartment and
the rooms of his secretary; on the upper
floor are the quarters of the servants and
interpreters The second carriage is the
general dining hall, in which from twelve
to twenty persons breakfast and have
dinner-namely, the officers of the rail
way battalion. the officials, the secretary
and invited and casual visitors. The cas-
ual visitors are persons who have come by
the new railway, which has not yet been
publicly opened, and who are on their
way further isto the country The next
carriages are made into a kitchen and
pantry, which is replenished by purchases
at the two nearest towns and at the sur
rounding villages One of the generals
servants drives twice O week to Tchard-
shut to buy white bread, vegetables and
now and then excellent fish and fresh
caviare
The Buchara keef and mutton are very
good and cheap: the natives have plenty
of poultry for sale and enormous quanti
ties of wild ducks. thousands of which
have their homes on the inland lakes
Dried fruit, rice and oatmeal are bought
of the Persian traders who follow the new
railway line. and Buchara melons, the ex-
cellence of which Sultan Ibn Batnia rec
granateS are every day brought fresh to
our doors The officers carriages are
charmingly decorated with carpets and
rugs. which tho emir has sent them On
the upper floors of their carriages Their
servants and grooms have their rooms
and the saddle horses live in front of the
train. where they are tied to posts A
post and telegraph Office. hospital with
a doctors residence. and chemists shop
complete the staff quarters. besides which
there are number of carriages for sol
diers and worlxmen. at Kisil-Topo the
station is finished. and at many other sta
tions across the lines the work is briskly
going Gu. and thousands of newly planted
trees round them are just beginning to
shoot.-Pall Mall Gazette.
sTeanest Thing in the World.
'.You want my opinion Of what is the
nneanest thing il the worldY'' said a vet
eran sport We'll. I'll tell you. and il
don't take long to decide it. The mean
est thing is a gambler. professional
: gambler Not one of them has the hun
dredth part of honor of rattlcsnake
and they know It and show il by skulk
ing and avoiding the company of decent
people Are there no exceptions2'
Just enough to prove the rule As with
out and out thieves. there is what they
<cali honor among themselves which
after all said and done. is often disre
garded Self banished and outlawed
with no hope of ever regaining good
name. the professional preys without
mercy or remorse on the innocent public
whom he digniies with the name OF
suckers Ishmaelites. whose hands are
against all honest people-and little re
spect have gamblers for gentleman who
forgets himself and treats them civilly
What legacy Of shame and misery does
a profesh. leave to bis childrenl 4
gambler should not be allowed to marry
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