Tue committee of a philanthropic society were making arrangements for the annual general meeting.
"I suppose," said one, "we shall have to have some big gun down to speak—a canon, say."
"Oh, do you think it's necessary?" said another. "Don't you generally find that the bigger the gun, the bigger the bore?"
"Yes," interrupted a third, "and the longer the spoke the bigger the tyre."
How Many From an American paper:
"Ar a recent fire a fireman stood on the middle rung of a ladder directing water into the burning building. As ihe smoke diminished he stepped up three rungs and continued his work from that point. A. sudden flare-up forced him to descend five rungs. Later he climbed up seven rungs and worked there till the fire was out. Then he climbed the six remaining rungs and entered the building. How many rungs were there in the ladder see
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