Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-16
EVENING STAR,
Espartero
His strongly marked eyebrows;


His strongly marked eyebrows the steady
and the width of his chin, ANNOUNCE thai
no oscillations are to be locked for in him
when once his will has been declared. Esr ar.
tero commands respect by, other ehysical and
moral qualities. Of middle height, sixty wears
OF age at least, but not looking more than IF
ty, he bears on his lofty forehead. in his bl aok
eye, and ON his lips turning readily to a smile,
great appearance Of kindness, frankness. and
courage carried to recklessness BY the SER
wees which he has rendered, he Is the first of
all the living Spanish commanders. He ia a
good comrade for his soldiers, and when he
saw the troops suffering from want of supplies
he often engaged his private fortune toward
the ooatrsctors.' 1t is in that way that, being
rich man when he assumed the chief comn
mand, ne was infinitely poorer when he laid il
down. his fortune comes from his wife. the
daughter ct q rich banker; and she never
ahesitated' to give her signature when iti was
called for to serve the army y sEspartero had
himself no fortune-nothing but his sword.
of an honest but obscure family, he has had
ai"aysithe good sense not to deny his origin
oee day1 during his regency there was grand
solree at Buena Vista, and an, uncle and two
female cousins of the Regeat were announced
Tho uncle was q small contractor for roads in
La Mancha, and his daughters drossmakers
Inc Duke at once went to meet his relatives
received them most kindly, and left every one
struck with that democratic pride which showed
itself so gracefully in the palaee of kings
Ihere Is nothing in all this, certainly, which
amounts to absolute proof that Espartero will
oe equal to the mission assigned to him. And
yet mans anteoedent conduct is one of the
elements that serve best to enable the world
to form Judgment of his future conduct -
Pans iS5ecie t.s l. = : :,
The HEALrHFULNEss OF SMOKE "A write,
In the London Times has discovered certain
virtues in smoke which have hitherto ESCAPED
public attention., He thinks London and al!
large cities would 80 much less healthy bu,
1or the artificial atmosphere created by the
comD Dustlon OF wood and coal. We give the
writer's argument for what it is worth:
"Smoke, in truth, is nothing more than
minute fakesof carbon or charcoal. Carbon.
In this state Is like 80 many. atoms of sponge.
ready to absorb any of the hfe DESTROYING
gases with which it may come in contact IN
all the busy haunts Of men, or wherever man
congregate together, the surrounding air Is to
certain extent rendered pernicious by Their
excretions, from which invisible gaseous mat
tsr arises, such as phosphurreted and sui
pnaretted hydrogen, cyanogen, and ammo
nlacal compounds, we'll known by their in,oI
srable oder. Now, the blacks Of smoke :lthat
is the carbon) absorb and retain these matters
20 wonderful extent. Every hundred wei ght
Of smoke probably absorbs twenty huxd red
Wslght OF the poisonous gases emanating from
the sewers and FROM the various works whore
animal substances are under 1nanipulation-
BY felimongers, for instsnce, and on the pre-
misss OF fat-mslters, bone cr1lshcrs, glue
makers, Prufsian bIue-Yakers, &c
This accounts for the undepiabIa fact tha
London, although tho most smoky, is vet the
healthiest metropolis in the world In wa
g,ns war. therefore against smoke as an artis
tic evil, it is not wholly wise to dispense with
r, on account Of its sanitary value. Before
We try to throw off the cloud-cap of London.
We should shut off the sewers from all upward
communication with the streets, and by an
act Of Parliament send the bone-crushers 10
Salisbury Plain. AS London is at present
constitutes, smoke is the very safeguard of
Ihe health of the population; it is unques-
tionably the mechanical parifyer Of a chemi-
cally deserio1ated atmosphere '''''- 'si ..