LONGS AND SHORTS.
rTO TEE EDITOR OF TER " SFROTATOR."1 Sin,--Spendthrifts of time, in the days before war's stern necessity made such waste impossible, evolved the following remarkable notice to arrest the attention of passengers about to alight imprudently from the Paris tramways :— "Messieurs les Voyageurs descendant de vulture sent pries, avant de renoncor a l'abri quo lour offre is voiture qu'ils vientient do quitter, de s'assurer au pr6alable qu'aucune voiture venant en ROM inverse iteost ii proximite."
This is authentic.---I am, Sir, &c., TEMPII8 [French official notices are often beautifully correct and logically accurate. Take the familiar " Train as dirigeant vers Lyon." This is really all that can be absolutely affirmed about a train. No man can say it will arrive. It is, however, safe to state that it is directing itself to a particular place ED. Spectator.]
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