St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-13


! newell. Cellaress as well. was this abode
| NO dampness teemng with bug and lizard life
! eXhaling noXiOus fume, darting fatalities OF
| XPhoid' diphtheric or other polysyllabiC
form; lao wet-walled breeding ground of finn.
| gus; no teculent antelope Of perdition. that
| foul reptile den. where asps and anaeondas
of sin are Kissing and writing foreyer-nn
cellar in fact, imperiled those who were here
| quartered, eondemning them to uncanny
| comradeship
With Original ProtopIasm.
No walls of partition parcelled off the
| shelter tent into spaces conyentionaIized IA
! peculiar functions. Aristocracy of excInsion
| ana seclusion there was none but broad and
! hmpld Democracy OF exposure to all curi-
! BUSINESS though searching as croton oil.
! Hence, drawing rooms, boudoir and kitchen
| oratory, retectory ana lavatory were all in
| one; but only i'll alienation, since the CON
| tracted area precluded simultaneousness as
| well as lattudinarianism Area was nor its
BOAST. Take all the dwellings, of all the
spheres ana minimize each through endless
years, the shelter tent would dilate them
all. Therefore, for partitions there was
nelther space nor need. Super.
| nuous they as specie basis for
the Chippewa currency of five ponies
for a squaw = ludicrously malapropos
| as were pig feet and ham croduets at a rab-
! ol reception, or point lace and pearls at a
| charlty ball. No lightning rod adorned its
| frowulng pediment lank and fatiguing re-
mlnuer not alone of Ben Franklin thrifty
printer and his kite such as never was be-
lore III air or tree, but also of the glib and
| eVanescent vendor whose monopoly of all
| taselnatlons was only equaled by his abso-
! lutte prostitution of all moral attributes. That
| eonYoluted metallic insufficiency thrust NOT
Its aluminium barb above the crest of this
domicile, like reed shaken by the wind.
mute witness to each passer of the owners
sweet credulity.
Thus negatively responsive to supremest
need. unfettered with eXtraneous embellish-
ment thus shorn of nOn-essentals, the shell
Ter tent stood manifestly reduced to last
analysis of bare utility, the plainest among
!9Oo, and the one altogether unflashy But
II had even further lack of modern conyen-
lenees deemed Indispensable Habitually
there was no floor; OF windows glazed or
glazeless 1t was equally bereft. Looks were
iorsworn and misfit keys undreamed of.
Bath. buffet, pantry and refrigerator
Were PardonabIy Absent.
OF ventilation there was much. but the re-
sounding combais between register and radi.
ator, the thunder of furnace captains and the
steam-heat shoutings were unheard Vene-
uan blinds and unthinkable acrimony of ma
per shade etflorescence vexed not with
their denominations. OF gutterage or sewer
trap, no falntest asphyXiating, union depot
aroma fioated. Guiltless of nerve naroIvsis
was the electric BELLS incessant tinkle so6ih-
less TO the senses was the wire-lights incan.
descent gleam-they were not. They had
never been!
Iritling Ia weight as was each segment of
I'M! .he sheiter tent unappreciable addition 10
the individual burden and willingly horne
Tor the increased facility and certainty Or
plvouac, the aggregate relief to the depart l
ihent OF transportation was like striving a
PAD man S conscience of crime or lifting a
lear from towards soul. The reduction of