PROBLEMS RATHER DIFFICULT OF SOLUTION.
Given—18,000,000l. to Ireland.
To Find—An Irishman who is the least thankful for it.
Given—A bottle of British brandy.
To Find—A gentleman to drink it.
Given—The legal fare.
To Find—A cabman who is satisfied with it.
Given—A wife and twelve children.
To Find—The man who is contented with his lot.
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.
Given—One hundred philanthropists.
To Find—Anything they have given.
Given—A dog, a cat, and a mother-in-law.
To Find—The house that is not too hot to hold them.
Given—Several cooks on board wages.
To Find—Any tea and sugar left in your tea-caddy.
Given—A railway accident.
To Find—The person whose fault it was.