, 1875-05-22
HTinluttaco 'Trsau1n,,,

FHts CoEfesp0Htesttt 81. LoHs Democrat
4 recout sensation hero waB tho funeral OF Ii.
Paris By The uom do plume al Timutbso Trimu.
Let me Btya you hls portrait: 4 u,an Of medl.
ocya talents dsaordossa lifo. vast industry. aud
i.nmct1se clayefneea In arrangement and condeu-
sa,ion Of aubjcc!s, ls received Halary OF 1bo,-
Hlu tranca Yeas. aud diod almost ponnttesa-A lilo
was curious compound OF sonRa and uonaouse.
ile bad passion for spondlns money, and Que
ss S f ea e90n hs Th9 rssd p:a q0 n
Tor ls,a e1trAyagauce, anil Of hlm: +aapcz
would find a way to epoud 10 louis
on himself in restaurant Where
lu1osa as4 Sny cost % soas hsa" 3hfty thou
Il he could uoE spona It fast enough he gave it
away. Alaxaudet Dumas uEod to laaYe lla ponsy
III wooden bowls OIL blu writing table, whore h!g
f!iouds could hetlp themselves with both hands.
whenever they choga, but Trrnm stuffed tho gold
and uotes luto bis ftients' Eockots, lilo alpd Ia
hospital, to which many ltsrary tnau las como
bc.ugo hinl, aud Lila carotr, which wAs not o.
pecI4!iy wicked bus Tns enormously foolish, wll
Of tha Cafe lichc. aud many hnn9er-oa IL the
ante rooms OF tho Gaulots aud OF Figaro. II WAS
Gu tho sprightls Figaro that l,eapos won hIs htst
success over hls 1eal nams. 'lsomesaans, IN his
ing description Of the man "a ho wAs when
young; Rrlcnt gifted With refined wit, and With
dellcato BtnatttIllcs. ho Whs contributor to tho
weekly Figaro. One Of his old oo-workets says
bAAs AA A4tAGlH 44OA A49otV0 uRa At"a$1 AAQAoA
upon a. an ovent; some Of als contributions
clcated great exc!se,neut In the city. When tile
Pett Journal "aa Granted and obtalnod tta
enormous kuecesy-lt haH now $4,000 readers
every ayening-Lespes MAJ d oaca sought
for, aud waA aacurod OH tue ata1 At /
fabuloua price. IIA daily article on sho sensation
ct sho tstae occupied tho greater part Of tue hrat
|spage ot Tho little shqot, which aells for cont
1Il4laud. tho director Of the Petit Journal, and
ope OF tls most aHtoniBllog iouruElisla Ia tho
world. surrounded LeaEes, who Wna hencefoTth
known as lImotheo ysl1ln,, With ho9t Of clever
1pon, who brought him In facts and data which
ho carefully 1orked Into Ills feullloton, IftHeso
waB 40 eclipse at iloun, tho IctN Joarnu! had \
leatucd yet wondel fully sph.kling aud attractive
arttclo on tho aubtoctt ty Iamotheo T1lum," ut
o'clock, It had bepn done by the aid Of 5 few
ea7ans, aad I.aspes' remarkable fsciIitY ~
we'll ~ httlo pray'ous preparation.
TAo MANS poWer became iiu.aense.
TGa lover clHBseB kaoicd him. IAa
!tt|a Journal had poatill!ona whipping hotsss
furlously through tho streets cYorY aftosuoou,
tltawlng huGa loads OF I'etn Journals to tho Ju-
tesGot Tt,ltuad 1opots. blonoY foWed III shining
ntEoatnA into tho pockets Of ''Tlimm" aad his
director, hut QUO day thess was ttitiing quar-
rol about sono small Mtttcr aud I1Motlee
Ytlnm 'toolt Ata Iamo and Ais pen 10 al.
o!hct smal! lspet. 4he putllo did not follow
, alm; he hocanI0 discouraged, poor, tell tutc
quick consumption. an4 diol. "uo re4embled
at tsia tiMo Ut hta deatlI," says eonfreSe, Houf
| of t4oso OLD Inuuor houses f4llen.iuto decay, ya
On whose facaaes ttns has respected tho At,nusia
.. beAriuss which testify to aucient grsndp,is,'
Al louEusalst1Q taslz was 1t tle 1uuersl Vt La
LespeA,