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EVERYBODY'S COLUMN. [Conducted fcy the Editor.] in kjif'ir will be glitU to ivcciva interest- S -»O £ es far publication »u ibis COIUUDB> aotl r* Wl'1 *» far !»s possible aas«»r UuougU its Uru any qtW,j tlal may tw- aiWrsssad to 111lU, VOItt P.fcOPL £ WITH I >AD -Mi.auiiiKS. All ingenious method of findmg the long k^, 3bor& months is to close the hand and f'jpu With the knuckle of the forefinger, aid *« the knuckles* and follows in ord^r, taming from the Utfcle finder to the fore- AH th» long months land on f^ttokles, &ud the short months in the hollo iva NAUTICAL DISTANCES. n»utical knot is a division of the log Fine, ch is the game fraction of & mil* as half a ••Uftnte is of an hour, that is, it is the 130th °f a nautical mile hence, the number of Oots ran Dff the reel in haff a minute shows Vessel's speed per hour in mile#, so that "ben a ship goes eight miles an hour, she is atd to go eight knots. Ilence a nautical mile Or «,086-7ft. » The QUICKEST WAT To CLEAN PLATE. Shave qaarter of a pound of yellow soap into a pot holding two quarts of water, add • «ttle washing soda, place within the coneoc- J°.n the forks and spoons, &e. Let them oil in this mixture for five minutes; then them all out into a wooden bowl, and PpQr a kettleful of boiling water on to rinse *h«» j rub them dry with cotton dusters, and ^eJ will glisten like new. « m Bbaix-wokjCkss, HEED THIS FACT. It is a great mistake to suppose that those are engaged in brain work require less than those whose labour is manual, .katj of students have literally starved from ignorance of the fact that -ental labour entails greater waste of tissue jb&u muscular. It is estimated that thrue of hard study exhausts the body as t4uah as a day's labour in the farm or at the •ttvil. The fact that the brain is supplied With one-fifth of the whole amount of the blood in the body, though its weight is only SOMething like one-fortieth of that of the £ °3y, shows that those who work with thsir brain8 must require, at all events, as much ttQurishmerit as those whose work is purely Manual. • « To ESCAPE A MAD Doer. A good thing to know is that a mad dog neVer turns aside from the course he is run- ^'Bg to bite anybody. So if one is right in path of a rabid animal he can get out of all danger by jumping to one side and out of !he path of (he dog. But if it is absolutely IQlPOssible to get out of the way, the man or WoYnan should stand perfectly still and face the dog. He will turn aside then himself and rQQ in a different direction, while if the person i-I front of him screams and runs away, as rUne out of ten will do, the dog will overtake and bite the victim. Of course, it requires courage to stand still and face a rabid dog, terrible as this animal always looks, but the reault shows that the real danger lies in taking flight. « How LONG DO BIRDS LIVE? Thoae who have investigated the matter tell us that some birds are very long-lived for ioøtance, it is asserted that the swan has Jeached the age of three hundred years. Knauer states that he has seen a falcon that "as 162 years old. The following example* are cited aa to the longevity of the eagle and "Iture A sea-eagle, captured in 1706, dlect in 1826 in oue of the aviaries ?f Schoenbrunu Castle, near Vienna, where It bad passed 118 years in oapttvity: Paraquets altd ravens reach an age of ^oveir 100 y*zr&. The life of sea and birds 8on:te\imeø equals that of several human ltfterations. i .ike many other bi*ds, magpies oqre to be very old in a state of fveadom, but !10 not reach over twenty or twenrty*-five years captivity. The domestic cockt Uvea from to twenty years, and the" pigeon about torl. The nightingale lives buttea years in and the blackbird fifteen. Canary lrda reach an age of from twelve to fifteen years in the cage, but those flying at liberty 14 their native islands attain a much more adyanced age. BREVITIES. A damp cloih dipped in salt will remove stains from silver, or tea stains from ohina *«bes. Cold boiled potatoes may be used instead soap; they cleanse the hands effectually, "Ithout rendering them rough. .1f you dip the wicks of lamps in strong, hot VjHegaPj »11(i then dry I hem, it will do away ^ith most of the disagreeable smell. To remove paper labels from old bottles, Yiet the face of the label with water, and hold 1t for an instant over any convenient flame. The steam penetrates the label at once and IOften. the paste. A piano dealer says that turpentine and sweet oil, half and half, is a proper prepara- tion to use in brightening and cleaning a piano. 4PPIY with a soft rug, and polish with a cbamoisleather. It may be worth knowing that water in wbich three or four onions have been boiled aPplied with a gilding brush to the frames of Pictures and chimney glasses will prevent flies r°Ia lighting on them. The following method of filling old nail •tales in wood is, not only simple, but is said be effectual. Take fine sawdust and mix « into a thick paste with glue, pound it into t'10 holes, and, when dry, it will make the 11001 as good as new.

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