"Write your name at full length the first time you order any thing which you ought to pay for, that the person so employed or ordered may have no difficulty of applying (legally) if necessary for payment."—The advice of one who from a common soldier died in opulence honestly gained by trade.
A French philosopher placed a statue in his hall, under which was the follow-distich:—
"Whoever you be, Sir, pray take off your castor;
For this is, or has been, or will be your master."
PARIS.
The following Notes convey some idea of the extent and resources of the French capital:—
By the last census, 1827, the population of Paris was 890,000.
Bread.—In Paris, 830,000 persons consume 227,760,000 pounds in a year.