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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-14
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> PERSONAL MENTION. .

Charley Burnett has returned
from Ennis
Miss Matte warren, Of McGreRor.
is ia the city visiting friends
Miss Myrtle Maledou Is IN Ennis
for fen days visiting friends
Mrs II Holland and three children
are In Houston for a short time
l. {. Todd left this morning on
a business trip 20 Wichita Falls
Mrs j. VI. YounGblood and child
rem went to Ennis this morning 10
visit for q few days
Mrs, Ernest LittIepage left this
morning for MeSia, where she will
visit her parents FOR few days
Mrs. John +. Smith went to Dallas
this morning. where she viii visit
friends and relatives for a few days
Miss Mary Alice Sims left this
morning for Denton. whore she will
spend a few weeks visiting friends.
Mrs. b. r ThornhilI Mrs. Jim KEEL
leher and Miss Mamie Wright went
to Milford this morning to visit
| friends
Miss Volene Cohen has returned
from Houston and Seabrook where
she spent = month with relatives and
| friends
Mrs. w. b. Ferguson went to Dal-
las this morning. where she will
spend a few days with friends and
relatives.
Rev ]. p. Cotton went to Boyce
this morning, where he and Rev. r.
| F. wilkins began a protracted meet
ing yesterday
Miss LYNNE Try, Of Cheeota, /. T.,
who has been in the city visiting her
| sister, Mrs Fred Noteworthy for the
past few weeks. returned home this
morning
Little Misses Graham and Blanton
Smith, of MeXia, who have been in
the city the past few days with rel
atives, left this morning for home
Miss Minnie Hartman of Fort
Worth, who has been in the city the
past few weeks with friends and rel
atives, left this morning for Corsi-
cana, where she will visit her sister,
Mrs. B. e. Looney, for a short time.
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> free f.1s'ss of n Tsacacr-s Z .e.-.-..
800 syrup will tsr -ezt Go aav rss..-..
His Taper WI st- wr1te -a a.. 49,
nr,i3csse Co.. Chattanooga. Ten
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-14

Thc fsrnily mcsIicsne IN thou~snds =
uaaes iaf 81 yrars-Dr Teachers Liver
ssnd blood e-p
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-14

At % recent meeting of the official
board oft the First Baptist church IL
was voted tu make some improve
mouts ou the church building as
soon CAS- possible The interior Will
bee finished throughout aud some
WORK done uu rhr outside. which Will
mo'ud, 90 sidewalk aud Now steps
The 1Uur ul tAc building will be-
covered with a new carpet aud the
sunday school room implied with
s'afH q. is estimated that Iuy i'm
pIHt.mNuIs planned will cost Geo the
ugiEhhufhHud nt 10000
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-14
BOARD OF LEGAL EXAMINERS
-Four Applicants are Taking EXami.
nations Here

Under the direction of G.. C. Groce
of Waxahachie, Henry Coke of Dallas
and A. ?. Parks of Paris, the eXamin-
ing board appointed by the court of
cival appeals, the examination of ap-
plicants for admission to the bar was
begun yesterday morning in this city
in the court room of the court of
civil appeals. Four applicants are
taking the examination They are:
H. K. keeble and c. H. Fulwiler of
Abilene, r. \, Moore OF Terrell and
Charles Awrey of Dallas-Dallas
News.
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Little Want Ads in the Daily Ligh
will do the work. 1C
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-08-14

Eugene Lynch. McGregor; A S
Park, Dallas; J. H. Davis, Sandage
+. S. Foote, Florence: II. c. Harri
son, Chicago; Adolph Meyers, Dial
las; P. H. Stephens, Courtney; II. J
Mann, Chicago; J. f. Finley, Com
merce; w. H. Kitchen, New Orleans
U. S. Hill, Waco; H. F. Salmon, st
Louis; c. ]. Hurley, Chicago.
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Skating at the Main Street A-.-K to-
night.
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LOCAL NEWS.

= LOCAL NEWS. =
Skating at the Main Street ..K to-
night.
Little Want Ads in the Daily Light
will do the work. 10
See r. d. McCombs for fire and
tornado insurance. IL
Seven dogs We're killed yesterday
by City Marshal Dixon.
1t will be nice and cool at the
Main Street Rink tonight.
The Katy sold eighty tickets from
WaXahachie to Dallas this morning.
Lemon puff, sherbet and ice cream.
% cents per quart. Williams & Nose
ley. r.
When you need a plumber call
Bunkley, with F. s Cronk Co Both
phones 81 ~
Don't forget to attend the big
Woodmen benefit at the opera house
Friday night
A fine girl was born last night to
Mr. and Mrs Geo. w Mcknight on
Ferris Avenue.
A large number of Waxahachfe
citizens went to Dallas today to at
tend the democratic state convention.
The +. S. CrouN Co. is headouar-
-ors for AN Kinds of garden hose
Prices right Both phones No 81. II
b.. 3D. Peters, who has been I'm with
typhoid fewer several day, at his
anm" a East End WAS reported some
'"'ar this morning
Calvin Eup.er tuG Mis-. Lima Gre
..H.H We're united Boa marriage in the
county clerks office this morning by
count. Judge Hawkins
The WaoImau 0r the World will
HHtn .HHea of b, Shelton apara
.." EH.iu. u.-af A Hr class
"."e..W RIN He rH. Hn
.0 anticipation uf heavy trade
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Electricity 10 be Cheaper.

An invention of the greatest i'm
portance, which will effect revolution
in the Industrial world, has been made
by Roman electrician, Adolph Tome,
who has succeeded in solving the prob
lem of storing electrical energy.
His invention will make it possible
to transmit an electric current with n
loss of little less than 2 per cent.
no matter how great the distance.
1t will be possible, for instance, to
supply heat, light and power for all
purposes to the city of Paris with
electricity generated by the waterfalls
Of Switzerland at price that will drive
all the present electric companies out
of business.
An American syndicate Is said to
have offered the inventor $1.OOO,0OO
for the American patent, but the offer
has not been accepted.
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soIo-Mi.s cnrris. N,.r...

contralto solo--Miss corrine Morgan.
Sa59 lntermezzo from "Cavalleria Rrstii
cana'-EdIson Orchestra
85o4 kiolets, Iranscripton-Piano Solo
Nss55 5000 Tbe fse1$s Shade of The Palms-Baritonc
Solo-Frank :. Stanley.
.74ss Then You'll Remember Me-violin-
90 S,iyii Chorus, I'll Trovatore"-Edi;On
Mi.i,sIy Band.
A Sunday Concert.
sss4 Ring The Bells of Heayen-chimcs
30 Halleluiah Chorus from Messiah" -
s4z7 Lords Prayer and Gloria Patri-AIcn-
delssohn Mixed Quartette.
ssoi Praise Ye, from "Attiia"-Metropolitan
s5Os infiamatus, from >s,ahat Mater
s5ss Lost Chord-Edison Male ouartette.
76ss Lead, Kindly Lght-Edison Male Quar-
sIo4 Old Church organ-Edison Concert
$3.50 Rock of Ages-campbeil and Harrison.
$500 Holy city-Vioiin solo-Charles D'Ai-
9o5i The Glory song-Anthony and Har-
s4za Refuge-'Iendelssohn Mixed Quartette.
Or If you Ike dancing you can ar
range dance in your home or in any
hall: for the Edison phonograph is
loud enough.
Furthermore with the Edison phono-
graph you can make your own records
reproducing to perfection your own
voices and the voices Of your friends
and children. These records you can
keep for years and years, having the
voices of the absent ones always with
you.
If you do not own an Edison, you
do not know what you have missed;
IL you have never heard one entertain,
you do not know what treat awaits
you.
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New Golf Rule.

Dennis O'Flannigan was walking
along a road beside golf links when
he was suddenly struck between the
shoulders by a golf ball. The force
of the blow almost knocked him down.
When he recovered he Observed a
golfer running toward him.
Are You hurt?" asked the player.
why didn't you get out of the way?"
"An' why should I get out of the
way?' asked Dennis, II didn't know
there were any bloody assassins round
here"
But called FORE" said the
player. land when l say FORE that il
sign for you to get out of the way"
"Oh, it is, is it?" said Dennis. "Well,
thin, whin 1 say foive,' it is sign
that you are going to get hit on the
nose. 'Foive.'"
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banks and public buildings. Many OF

banks and public buildings. Many OF
the persons employed in the city re
side in the suburbs" which are reach
ed by means of bridges.
We're it not for the fact that Rum
ford Falls is an up-to-date busy, bust
ling place with all the life and activ-
ity of a western boom-town, one
could almost imagine himself in Ven
ice. From your hotel window you
may look down upon the river and
canal with great quantities Of logs
floating down to be devoured by the
mills and later to be sent out in the
corm of newspapers.
The city contains about 1000 inhab-
itants and almost all available space
is taken. but beyond doubt new sec
tions will be constantly opened and
streets be connected by\bridges.
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MAKING HOME CHEERFUL.
An EASY way OF PROVIDING
AMUSE3IEET FOR YOUNG
AND OLD.
FnA and Entertainment for AHA
Concert or Minstrel Show al Your
Own FireSide.

The editor of this magazine has
frecuently urged his readers to do all
theJ can towards making the nome
as cheerful as possible for all the
Now 1 want to tell you how you
can cheer and brighten your home in
a simply wonderful way.
Read what Thomas A. Edison the
worlds greatest inventor "the wizard
Of the 2oth Century" has /:
81 want to see phonograph in
every American home
If yon have never had genuine
phonograph in your home You can
not imagine what a wonderful pleas
ure II will be to you.
what pieces can hear on phono-
graphI' some may ask.
Well, you can hear almost anything.
There are 1900 genuine Edison gold
moulded records and you can have
your choice Of these.
Suppose you get some vaudeville
records reproducing to absolute per
fection the greatest comic artists. Then
take some band music, Sousa's
Marches, Wpitzes 10y Strauss, soul
stirring lively music; then grand opera
concert pieces as well as the finest
vocal solos; also comic songs, ragtime,
uialOeSr coLlllc FeCllHllpuSi l'lihp' 'iS"''
violin, banjo and ~ instrumental
music. all kinds of sacred music, duets,
quartcttes. full chOruses.
The Edison records are perfect
absolutely natural-nnd unlike the in-
ferior though higher priced records Of
others the Edison records never be
come rasping and scratchy.
The smooth, round sapphire point
of the Edison Reproducer does not
require changin it does not wear 1t
self or the record with which it comes
in contact. Consequently, Edison GolN
Moulded Records last for years, TIL
is a feature that merits the ost care
full attention of the prospective pur-
chaser.
Possibly you have heard "talkiTg
machines" and have not cared mucl |
for them, but remember that thcr,
are machines that reproduce onli |
sound and noise; the sweetness, AMI |
the perfect expression for which yor
prize music are reproduced only by til
modern Edison Phonograph and IL |
Edison Gold Moulded Records. Thes
qualities distinguish the Edison Phono- |
graph from all its limitations.
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der this arrangement every man has
a personal interest in keeping the
tax rate of the town down to the low
est possible figure and also in taking
the best care of his premises.
But one man is responsible for this
beautiful city which is situated upon
an island in the Androscoggin River,
and he owns almost the entire busi-
ness section of the town. Less than
twenty years ago Hugh J. Chisholm
saw the immense possibilities Of
Maine and although without money
at that time, he managed to interest
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people of means and built the great
raper mills of Rumford Falls.
The Falls at this point are ten feet
HIGHER than those of Niagara and, as
has been said, develop magnificent
amount of power. Mr.. Chisholm cer-
tIuly made no miscalculation when
h. selected this place as a spot es-
r. ally adapted for the purposes Of
Ianer-making.
The city contains splendid hotels,
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

in the Review of Reviews. Beautiful
winding streets have been laid out
ami attractive cottages with splendid
lawns and shade trees erected for the
paper-mill employees. These cottages
are rented for an amount that little
more than paws taxes, interest and a
charge for maintenance, and shouldt the
amount paid more than meet these re-
ouirements the surplus is returned to
the tenant at the end of the year. I'm
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FREE to all owners of monographs

who state style and number of their
machine, we will send free prepa l.
copy of the Edison Phonogram Mon-h-
Iy (subscription price 20 cents) telling
you how to make your machine play
better how to oil 1t, how to make
your own records, etc. Many valuable
pointers free. We also exchange
genuine Edison monographs for old
talking machines.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Songs and band pieces and dance music TO
MI the air. carrying the sound over meadow
md lake. Don't you want phonograph 70
epliven your pcnics this summer
This wonderful instrument, we think,
$ far, far better than piano or
organ, though costing only one-fourth
pr one-eighth as much. for it gives you
.ndless variety, it always plays per-
'ectly and anybody can play it.
With an Edison phonograph in your
lone you can arrange concert at
my time with just such programme
IS brings 81 and 50 seat in the opera
louses of a big city.
Following are some specimen pro-
'rammes for entertainments, hundreds
f others may be made up from the
catalogue that Mr.. Babson will send
ou free on request:
A Minstrel Entertainment.
s63a Uncle my-Afarah-Eiisou d.
ss44 Down Tennessee Barn Danrc-Intro-
.ueing male chorus. banjo accompaniment
s63I Alabama Observation-Disclosures Ballad
Down in Mobile, Long Ago. funny stories,
Ss4I I've Got n fcclin' For HSu-Ossman
SCI, Dear Old Girl-Tenor solo-Mac.
lonough,
s6zs Georgia Minstrels-Iutrodueiug ..Unelc
illys Dream, joke and ehorus-Edison
Iodern Minstrels.
sIIs Characteristic Negro Medley - lie
uartettc.
5000 My Little Dinlh Lcc-Baritone So 0,
Injo aceompanmcut-Egb Roberts.
$3.50 Bells Solo" Beaumarie"-Albcrt Benz
zs3s Kathleen Mavourneeu-Malc Quzrtettc.
$3.50 Echoes of Minstreisy-Edison Modern
instrels.
An Evening Concert.
81 Overture To William Tcll-Edfson Con-
IT Band.
$40 Roosevclt's Rough Rider Marct-
lison Military Band.
1874 Sing Again That Sweet Rcfrain-Tenor
lo-Harry MacDonouFh.
3oso Selection from the Chinese Honey
,on'-Peerlcss Orchestra.
,o4s Little Darling. Dream OF Me-Edison
lle Ouartettc.
,ss3 Polonase Brilliant-Clarinet Solo -
illiam Tuson.
ga Barn Dance from ''Florodora"-Peerless
chcstra.
,oIo Good Night. Beloved, Good Night
ison Male Ouartcttc.
zsr Without Your Love. All, Let Nc Die
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Cogent Reasoning.

Teacher-"Now q monologue is
recitation in which one person takes
part; a dialogue is one where Two
persons take part. Can anyone give
another example!"
Bright boy-'I've got one. "A cat
alogue Is where a cat goes in for a
night serenade, with other cats while
you're tyyip' to sleep.
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OLD MAINE HOW YOUNG.
(conf.nuea from Preceding Rlge.>

IN mind in almost every instance, re.
living upon the "back-haul" for their
The farmers as we'll as the paper
mill workers and others in moderate
circumstances are intelligent, thrifty
people: many of them owning and
occupying their homes which are moi
els of their kind. AT Rumford Falls,
above referred to, almost an ideal con-
dition exists, according to a writer
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Received instrument today, every
thing just as you stated 1t would be.
Would not sell II now for eS0.0O.
E ID, Ellison, Tacoma, Wash.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Your PhonoRraph Is more than you
claim for it, and no words can describe
the pleasure It gives to old and young.
1 have, of course. often heard tho
Edison, but 1 never realized before
wbrrtr meant to have your instrument
In ones own home. You may have
anybody write to me.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Men Average Four Feet Six, and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion. Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
London town is very much interest
ed in six small human beings who
have recently arrived from Africa.
Colonel Harrison, an officer in the
British Army, has brought with him
Congos half dozen pygmies.
Colonel Harrison went last year
into the Ituri forest, also known as
Stanley forest, hoping to capture one
or more okapis. This part of his ex-
pedition was failure. On the other
hand, he succeeded in living four
months amid the pygmies and per-
suaded four men and two women of
the tribe to accompany him to
Europe.
The long journey has been accomp-
lished by the six dwarfs in the face
of thousand difficulties. Colonel
Harrison and his proteges were de-
tanned at Khartoum and later at Cairo
for several weeks, certain English
philanthropic societies having earnest
ly opposed their expatriation. The ex-
plorer was Obliged to prove to the
British Government that the dwarfs
were with him voluntarily.
The six pygmies were of course duly
measured by the English anthropolo-
gists on their arrival in London. Their
mean height was 1 feet inches for
men and feet inch for women.
The Congo Pygmies are very strong
and also brave without being gener-
Ill -
rison reports that last winter, during
his stay in the forest of Ituri, a party
Of pygmies attacked Belgian cara
van, killing seventeen carriers and
plundering the goods. They are no
mads. having neither fields nor houses.
and live only on game and wild fruits.
Their household utensils are limited
to a few earthen saucepans, in which
they cook game without taking the
trouble to skin it. They eat the skin
as well as the meat, even breaking the
bones with their teeth.
Are Sons OF Nature.
They walk about completely un.
clothed. Only among the tribes that
live on the confines of the forest and
have relations with the negroes Of
greater stature, do the women wear a
girdle Of leaves.
Both the men and women shave the
head partially; some cut straight paths
across their woody hair; others dress
it with birds feathers or squirrel
tails.
They have absolutely no Religious in.
stincts and believe in neither God nor
devil. They generally practice polyg-
amy. AS with the Chinese, the birth
of a girl is regarded as a calamity.
Strangely enough, the young mothers
sometimes steal the newborn children
of the neighboring tribes of normal
stature, leaving their own babes in
exchange.
Last of Great Race.
The Pygnies do not live to a
great age" said Col. Harrison. Life
is hard in the somber Congo forests;
nature is pitiless task-master to this
| remnant of the race that once peopled
the greater part of Africa. The rain
that falls in torrents for eight months
transforms the ground into a marsh.
1t may be added that the pygmies
are remarkably intelligent, that they
appear to have the gift of language to
an incredible degree, that they excel
in the art of extracting iron from the
ore, of forging it, and of making arrow
heads of it without other tools than
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The Phonograph | received lie a
splendid Instrument, and we are all
enjoying IL very much, and We all
agree that II has no sup rior.
J. NJ. Won Kennel, Chsy emo, Wis.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Your machine is, indeed. one of tho
finest entertainers 1 ever heard.
There has been a crowd at my house
every night since I received your
OUTFIT (Aayor) Z. W. Walton,
Bonneville, Miss.
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ofan the other talking machines we
have heard play, we think u trial
proved yours the best.
John Kent, Grandview, Wis
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

Your Phonograph should be found
In every home. would not think OF
being without my machine now have
tried It. Hans Christensen,
Garland, MINI.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

tProf.) J. W. Eiwood,
1i06 Farnum St, Omaha, Nebr.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

I have tried the Standard Edison
Phonograph and it L. a "dnndy."
My father-in.law has another well
known make of talking machine out
Mt. and q rather expensivc one. too,
but since he heard my Edison machine
he won't play his machine atail.
James w. Elklns, Bedford, Ind
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

People whom | consider Judges of
music. say, without any exception,
my Edison "a the best and plalnest
they have ereT- heard.
L. J. Carter, Spring Lake, N. Y.
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AFRICAN PYGMIES.
LONDON ASPECTS SIX SMALL
LNDIYLDUALS FROM THE CON-
GO COUNTRY.

Men Average Four Feet Six. and
Women About Four Feet in Height
Without Religion, Go Naked and
have Peculiar Customs.
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

The No. 5 Outft was received In good
order. Yesterday I mailed you the
f1rst payment. | was so wolf pleased
with your machine that did not walt
for your bill, but paid at once.
X. o. Woods, Aattoon, Ill
The La Jara chronicle., 1906-05-04

received the Fsiison PhonoPraph
ordered "A short tifne ago, and will say
it IL more than satisfactory in every
way. / am u farmer, and it seems
good to hear such good music and
cong after a hard days work Is ended.
think we should all thank Mr. Edison
for the great pleasure Ills musical
wonder afforts us.
Z A. Pike, Rowe, Mass.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-22
SECRET OF THE PYRAMIDS.
American Engineer Says the Tool,
Found Explain Construction.

American Engineer Says the Tools
Found Explain Construction.
Brooklyn engineer of note who spent
several years in Egyptian exploration is
OF opinion that the mystery of the pyra-
mids has been solved The most ex-
traordinary pictures showing 100000
men hauling on rope to raise 2OO,-
oOo-pound stone into its proper niche
near the pinnacle of old Cheops is ia
miliar to all of us. Theories as to the
mode of construction are legion. But
all the engineering logic and expert
ence of today and for the last 100 years
have failed to cast more than shadow
over the mystery. PiaZzi Smith thought
he knew all about it, but nothing of a
practical nature has come of his re.
searches.
1t is singular that our wise men did
not think of examining with critical eve
the tools found in the catacombs. The
old saw-a workman is known by his
tools. Our Brooklynite says that the
tools are not those of rock masons nor
mere plasterers' implements for filling
the cracks between stones, but are
plainly the crude Egyptian plant of op-
eratives engaged in mixing and laying
cement What splendid patch of sand
they had as foundation for their &C.
ment.
Cement Is the coming building mate
rial. Railroads are renewing their steel,
iron and stone piers, abutments, cul-
verts, etc., with it, and it is expected
to last forever. No great skill is re-
qulred In manipulating it. There are
no chiseling, hammerlng, doweling, no
heavy lifting with derricks, no insists
The industry has already grown to
enormous proportions. Drop sacl;
of dry cement to the bottom of q river
and in few minutes you will have q
solid stone that will never wear away
Drop 1000 sacks on top of 1t and round
1t and presently you will have foun
dation that will sustain for all time q
million-ton brldge.-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-08-22
Why Ice F1oat, In W.,er.

Water is the sole exception to the
otherwise universal law that all cool
ing bodies contract and therefore In.
crease in density.
Water contracts as Its temperature
falls, and therefore becomes heavier
and sinks until it reaches thrty-nine
degrees. AT this temperature water is
the heaviest. This is the point of Its
maximum density. From this point 1t
begins to expand. Therefore in winter,
although the surface may be freezing
at temperature of thrty-two degrees,
the water at the bottom of the pool
Is six or seven degrees warmer.
Suppose that water, like everything
else, had gone on contracting as 1t
cooled until 1t reached the freezing
point. The heaviest water would have
sunk to the lowest place and there be.
come Ice. Had the water when Mt the
bottom turned into ice, the stones
would have locked it in their inter.
stices and held 1t there. and before the
winter was over the whole pool would
be entombed in clear, beautiful crystal