Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08

benches and are without modern con-
veniences. Some of the cars are light
ed by candles. The peasants carry
their baggage with them wrapped up
In cloths or In great bags and the cars
are packed full Of such things. Every
one takes as much With him as posi-
BILE, for only 36 pounds can be checked
free and the balance Is charged for ac-
cordIng to weight and distance. AS to
sleeping car tickets, they must be
bought at the offices and not of the
conductors. The ordinary rate Is from
a dollar to q dollar and a half night,
II you want compartment to yourself,
3d. passenger has right to his
compartment from 8 p. M TO . a. m.
IL one Is without bed linen, he can, II
he wishes rent blanket pillow case
and two sheets for 80 cents a night.
ON A SECOND-CLAss SLEEPER.
The other night | rode in a second
class sleeper from Moscow to the Nolga.
The rst-class accommodations were
all taken, and the second class was
cheaper. Besides | wanted the expert
ence | got II. My car was divided up
into compartments or pens open al the
top like the box stalls of a stable
Each compartment had four long
berths. two below Ind two above. There
were no curtains We undressad IN the
open and lay down facing each other.
The cars were filed with Aslatlcs and
Russians There were a half dozen pig
tailed Chinese in silk gowns, Perslans
in turbans and long cowls OF fine wool.
Armenians in red fo2 tarbooshes ana
Tartars with long gowns helted In at
the waist wearing high caps Of black
astrakan. Not few OF the Tartars
carried daggers. and there were also
Russian soldiers and officers with guns
and swords Fortunately the windows
were open and the wind from the plains
kept the air comparatively pure
shall not soon forget my two room
mates. They had dark faces, Roman
noses and long, curly black boards.
They laid aside their astrakan caps a
short time after entering and a little
later on pulled off their high boots,
showing boots Of soft, black leather
within asked Them whence they
came, and they answered by signs,
telling me that they lived in Asia ana
were Kirghiz. | replied, pointing 10
myself, that / was an American, saying
"Ameriganski." They were surprised
and seemed glad to meet nae. j noticed
that both men We're well to do. Their
clothes were of the finest broadclothi
they had inlald daggers, and their
watches We're gold.
ON the other side Of me, with n board
wall between, slept d Turk, and with
him a Mohammedan Tartar from ka-
Fan on the Nolga. Both these men
kneeled and prayed as the sun rose.
They had their faces toward Mecca and
bumped their heads on the cushions
again and again as they went through
their devotlons.. Another Tartar read
the Koran aloud until late IN the even
ing His tone was a sing-song, and he
was still reading when dropped OF TO
sleep.
WELL-BUIfT RAILROADS.
This road from Moscow to Mini Nov
gorod is In good condition; II IL well
ballasted and the road bed Is weeded as
carefully as we weed our gardens. |
saw women on their knees scraplng out
the weeds between the ties with knives
and everywhere the trackmen are
smoothing the ballast and repairing the
rails. Many of the Russian roads are
too lightly irened, but this Is being I'M