The mirror., 1923-01-04
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward means of self education
through correspondence school courses, study of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful nforma-
ton in connection with their work in our var
lous departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query" column. You are welcome
to send in any. queries of serious interest to
yourself THE MIRROR with the kind collabora.
ton OF Miss Miriam e. Cary, Supervisor of
Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOIlCE-ln 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course, will not be published, only the initials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
O-1s the Variety magazine allowed
here? If so, what is address and price
per year?-F. J. S.
Q:-(D Can anyone buy any single
copy of International text books. IF so.
kindly state price per copy. (2) Kindly
give me address of Stationery and Artists
supply store in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
is there such store in Saltwater where I
can buy some waterproof inks (not water
coors) in colors "A. B.
A-G) Yes, Crist Book Shop, Wabasha
st. st. Paul. Various prices. (2) State
Board OF Control Store, Room %, State
Capitol. Is cents bottle; all colors.
O:-Can you tell me something of the
history of the Aeolian harp? How manv
strings has it got? Would piano wire do
tor strings? Should the strings be of diff
ferent size &C. w.
A:-ihe aeolian harp ("the harp of
Aeolus') is simple musical instrument
which produces harmonious sounds when
placed IN current of wind. 1t is formed
by stretching eight or ten catgut strings of
various thickness, all tuned in unison, over
wooden shell or box, made generally in
form sloping like desk. The sounds
produced by the rising or falling wind, in
passing over the strings, are of drowsy
or iulllng character, SO that the Aeolian
harp is most fifty introduced by Thomson
INTO The Castle of Incidence" Its inyen-
ton is ascribed to St. Dunstan, but in it's
present form it is not thought to have
existed before the 18th century. No record
OF substituting piano wires for catgut
strings is given.
" w ho Sdii NlIlllOllS IOE NeIenSe, Dut
not one cent for tribute" ?-W. H.
Alt is credited to Chas. Pinckney
1746-1S25) while y. S. ambassador to
the French republic in 1876. The proclama-
ton of the Jay treaty with England,
March 1, 1896, had threatened rupture
between this country and France. In
September Pinckney was sent as minister
to France. The French directory refused
to receive him, but intimated that money
payment might settle the dispute. 1t was
then, according to popular tradition, that
Plnckney made his famous answer. But
Pinckney himself denied the story: "No,
my answer was not flourish like that,
but simply Not a penny; not penny"
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reference books in our library to be had on
request. The International Text Books are
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