The mirror., 1921-09-15
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward q means of self education
through correspondent school courses study of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa
On in With witt Work s. in
to use the Query" column. You are well
come to send in any queries of serious interest
to yourself, THE MIRROR with the kind col
laboration of Miss Miriam E.. Cary, Super
visor of Institutional Libraries, will gladly
endeavor to supply the requested information
NOT1CE-In order to regulate the conduct
register number and lock number to all queries
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
of each querist being used.-Editor.
Q:-What is the distance by steamship
from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia?
e. Dec.
A:-6,606 miles.
OWL you kindly inform me if there
are such statutes enacted, disfranchising
person after serving time in any penal in
stitution ?-J. A. K.
A:-The right to vote is not prescribed
by statute but by the Constitution of the
state. Paragraph 2, of Article 7, of the
Constitution of Minnesota in defining those
not entitled to vote says: "No person who
has been convicted of treason or any
felony unless restored to civil right" The
law prescribing how and under what con-
ditions civil rights forfeited because of
conviction of felony may be restored,
may be found in Chapter 29O of the laws
of 1919.
OWL you please tell me the name of
leading weekly or semi-weekly newspaper
printed at Winnipeg, Canada; also the
price of some that is allowed to be re-
Ceived here.-E. P. H.
A-Grain Growers Guide; Farmers
Advocate and Home Journal. Both are
weeklies and $1.so per year.
O-What is the classification of ''bass-
wood" hard or soft.-F. DuF.
A:-The linden tree, commonly called
Eastwood in this country, has soft, light
wood.
OILS the earth going toward the other
planets ?-J. N.
AEThe paths of the earth and the
other planets around the sun are inyari-
able with respect to each other, but the
earth approaches and recedes from other
planets depending on the position occupied
in its path, or ecliptic. There is an in
variable minimum and maximum dis
tance between the earth and each of the
planets.
Q:-Why do we hear the French peo-
pie called "frogs ?"-H. S.
A:-There are several theories as to the
origin of this term. They have been thus
spoken of for many years, the first record
being in the 10th century. Guillim, who
wrote book on the Display of Heraldie,"
in 1911, characterized the emblem of
France, which consisted of three Aeur-de
lys, as "Three toads, erect, saltant." Later
in the same century an allusion to this
was made by Nostradamus, who called
the Frenchmen "crapauds" or toads Thus,
the origin of the expression which is COM
mon among all English speaking people
today. "Johnnie Crapaud" has long been
nickname for Frenchman.
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request The International Text Books are
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Science divisions of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.