PROBLEMS RATHER DIFFICULT OF SOLUTION.

Given—18,000,000_l._ to Ireland.

To Find—An Irishman who is the least thankful for it.<br>

Given—A bottle of British brandy.

To Find—A gentleman to drink it.<br>

Given—The legal fare.

To Find—A cabman who is satisfied with it.<br>

Given—A wife and twelve children.

To Find—The man who is contented with his lot.<br>

Given—A good flogging.

To Find—A schoolmaster who doesn't say "it hurts him a great deal more"

than the boy he is flogging.

Given—Advice.

To Find—A man to act upon it.<br>

Given—One hundred philanthropists.

To Find—Anything they have given.<br>

Given—A dog, a cat, and a mother-in-law.

To Find—The house that is not too hot to hold them.<br>

Given—Several cooks on board wages.

To Find—Any tea and sugar left in your tea-caddy.<br>

Given—A railway accident.

To Find—The person whose fault it was.

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