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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  arms, 
  for 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  

   moonbeam 
  railroad, 
  

  

  „■ 
  running 
  without 
  sig- 
  

  

  S 
  nals 
  or 
  headlights. 
  

  

  o 
  Barefoot 
  women 
  and 
  

  

  '-B 
  children 
  selling 
  food 
  

  

  £ 
  and 
  bottles 
  of 
  milk 
  or 
  

  

  o 
  home-made 
  kvass 
  

  

  ^ 
  (sour 
  beer) 
  are 
  at 
  

  

  '§ 
  every 
  station. 
  A 
  whole 
  

  

  £ 
  roast 
  chicken 
  costs 
  so 
  

  

  M 
  cents; 
  ioo 
  fresh 
  eggs, 
  

  

  o 
  55 
  cents 
  ; 
  a 
  quart 
  of 
  

  

  rt 
  boiled 
  milk, 
  2p2 
  cents. 
  

  

  ja 
  Every 
  passenger 
  car- 
  

  

  u 
  ries 
  a 
  tea-kettle 
  for 
  

  

  ^ 
  the 
  hot 
  water 
  which 
  

  

  S 
  the 
  road 
  furnishes 
  

  

  2 
  free, 
  or 
  an 
  empty 
  bot- 
  

  

  ^ 
  tie 
  for 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  

  

  •5 
  milk, 
  if 
  he 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  

  

  S 
  Russian 
  tea-drinker. 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  < 
  2 
  

   a 
  IS 
  

  

  < 
  .S 
  

  

  PASSENGERS 
  CARRY 
  

  

  WOOD 
  FOR 
  THE 
  

  

  LOCOMOTIVE 
  

  

  At 
  regular 
  intervals 
  

  

  Z 
  the 
  train 
  stops 
  and 
  

  

  £Jo 
  the 
  conductor 
  plods 
  

  

  § 
  along 
  the 
  side, 
  shout- 
  

  

  v 
  ing 
  "Tovarishchi 
  — 
  za 
  

  

  S 
  drovami" 
  ! 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  

  

  t« 
  call 
  for 
  the 
  "com- 
  

  

  !b 
  rades" 
  to 
  pile 
  out 
  and 
  

  

  " 
  carry 
  sticks 
  from 
  the 
  

  

  £ 
  ^ 
  neighboring 
  woodpiles 
  

  

  o 
  ? 
  to 
  the 
  locomotive. 
  It 
  

  

  j 
  g 
  is 
  a 
  crude 
  study 
  in 
  

   communism 
  (see 
  page 
  

  

  592). 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  passen- 
  

   gers, 
  women 
  and 
  girls 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  men, 
  make 
  

   their 
  way 
  leisurely 
  

   across 
  the 
  fields. 
  

   Some 
  climb 
  on 
  the 
  

   tender, 
  and 
  the 
  fuel 
  is 
  

   loaded 
  as 
  by 
  a 
  bucket 
  

   brigade 
  at 
  an 
  old-time 
  

   fire. 
  Others 
  stretch 
  

   themselves 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  

   to 
  doze, 
  gossip 
  aim- 
  

   lessly, 
  stroll 
  with 
  the 
  

   girls, 
  picking 
  the 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  flowers 
  or 
  carv- 
  

   ing 
  on 
  the 
  white 
  birch 
  

   trunks, 
  or 
  hang 
  out 
  

  

  ex 
  

  

  