The mirror., 1921-09-29
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciste and see the opportunity that their spare
through correspondent school courses, study Of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools or, who need helpful informa-
ious departments, win herewith be privileged
to use the "Query" column. You are well
come to send in any queries Of serious interest
laboration of Miss Miriam E.. Cary, Super
visor Of Institutional Libraries, will gladly
endeayor to supply the requested information:
NoTICE-1n 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 will not be published.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:-Please tell me the names of the
leading weekly or semi-weekly newspa-
pers printed at Atlanta, Georgia; New
Orleans, La; Boston, Mass; and Port
land, Oregon; also the price of those al
lowed to be received here.-A. L.
A:-Southern Ruralist, semi-monthly, so
cents year, 116 E. Hunter St., Atlanta,
+ Ga. Modern Farming, semi-monthly, so
cents a year, 210 Camp St., New Orleans,
La. Northwest Pacific Farmer, weekly,
z29 Lumber Ex, Portland, Oregon.
OILS there an eight-hour law in effect
in Iowa Pr. Nc.
A:-No.
Q:-What are the FIVE largest cities in
the United States?-J. A.
A:--According to the last census, New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit and
Cleveland are the largest cities in the
order named.
Q:-Has standard design for our paper
currency been adopted ?-B. r.
Alt was recently announced that in
order to circumvent counterfeiting and
denominational raising the multiplicity of
designs on paper money would be done
away with. Denominational portraits pre-
scribed for future, some of which are now
i'll use, are: ST, Washington; So, Jeffer-
son; S., Lincoln; $40, Jackson; $40, Cleve-
land; $50, Grant; $100, Franklin; $500,
Marshall; $1,000, Hamilton; and $4,000,
Chase.
Q:-What does it cost the government
to keep an enlisted man in the army for
cne year?-H. w.
Alt is estimated that before the war
the approximate cost was $500. This in
cluded food, clothing medical attention
and incidentals.
OILS tattooing of the skin an old Gus
temp. F.
Alt is impossible to say definitely
where and when this custom originated.
Records of it are found I'M tombs near
Thebes where there are painted represen-
tations of a race of white men whose
bodies are tattooed. In Caesars Com
mentaries we are told that the Britons
were tattooed.>
Q:-What form of lightning is "balP
lightning?-A. N.
A:-The "ball' is probably an isolated
sphere of ozone gas containing consid-
cradle amount of energy stored in it by
the action of electricity during thunder
storm, which falls earthwards as lumi-
nous ball after severe fash of lightning,
and explodes with extreme violence on
nearing the earth. The energy thus liber-
ated is capable of causing all the damage
attributed to "thunderbolts."
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