Page 3 Advertisements Column 1

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 2608, 10 April 1926, Page 3

Y rA 3 a wealth Autumn Modes, ALL the innovations of style, colour* and material which fashion has sponsored for Autumn, 1926 are bewitchingly interpreted in a hundred ways in our new season's showroom display. ( Charming New Millinery HERE are new shapes and trimmings in endless variety, direct from London, priced within , the reach of all,\ Fascinating Costumes, Coats and Frocks WE present a charming selection of the above, covering the practical side as well as the stylish. You will find the mode you desire is available at several prices—a feature all women appreciate. , Knitted Wear for ladies and children. A splendid range of high-grade weaves in every conceivable need. SEE OUR WINDOWS. Our Direct Buying System enables us to offer the latest modes at lowest figures - always. V cs VL THE HOUSE FOR KEEN.VALUE U □ a CAMBRIDGE \T-

GAS IN THE CAVITIES OF TREES. Professor J. A. Ferguson, of the Pennysylvonia State College, reports a curious phenomenon connected, with the. cutting' of hardwood trees in the Ozark Mountains. ■ Cavities near the base of the trees are often found to contain gas'. TV hen those cavities are cut .into by the oak tie cutters of the region cite" gas escapes with a whistling sound, showing it to be under pressure and if lighted it will burn with, a faint yellow flame.. The sides of the cavities containing are in .all cases darkened, and look, as though seared with a hot .iron. The, popular belief of the. district is that these trees are connected, through their roots with a subterranean supply of natural gas, and the land on which they grow is valued accordingly. An examination of the gas collected from a cottonwood tree was made by 'Professor Bushong, of the. University, of Kansas, 1 and it was found to be substantially the same as natural gas, with the addition of some free hydrogen. Professor Ferguson believes, however, that this gas is the product of decomposition of the heart* wood of the trees. v . . —— v ■ IS YOUR DIAMOND GENUINE? The experienced eye does not find it difficult to decide whether a stone is genuine or not, for the facets of real diamonds are seldom so regular as those c?f fine imitations. With the latter the greatest care is. taken, in grinding, to polish/and smooth the whole -stone bo that there will be no irregularity in the reflection, or refraction of the light. A necessary tool.for testing is the file, which cannot scratch a real diamond, although it quickly leaves, its mark on an imitation. Better than the file is the sapphire, for the sapphire is the pext hardest stone to the diamond. Any stone that a sapphire can scratch! is assuredly not a diamond. If you put a small drop of water on the upper, face of a brilliant, and touch it with jthe point of a pencil, the drop will fceep its rounded form, but the stone will remain clean and dry. In the cassj of an imitation, the drop immediately spreads out. Plunge a diamond into water, and it will be pjainlv visible, and will glitter through the liquid; but jsm imitation stone'if? almost invisible. If you look through a diamond, as through a bit of glass, at a black dot on a sheet of white paper, you will see one single point clearly. If you see several points, or a blur of black, it is an imitation. The white sapphire, the white topaz, and rock-crystal are often sold as diamonds, but imitation! lire more commonly of glass. ,jA large safety-pin it a useful holder for old buttons -or loose hooks and fiyes. Slip on the buttons, etc., close the safety-pin, and you have everything handy, easily seeu, and always in order, whereas these small articles get ■quite lost* wlien loose in a workliasket.

1 JOTH SIDES VICTORIA STREET. Music and General— Agency- for Cbas, Begg and Go’s Your choice of any Piano for cash or easy terms. Gramophones and Records— Agency for H.M.V., Brunswick, Columbia, and The Tui. Any Gramophone on lowest terms. All the latest and best songs and piano music in stock. A large selection of other instruments in stock. f # Sewing Machines and Gramophones Repaired*—Pianos and Push Chairs Supplied. CALVERT CHAMBERS. STATIONERY, TOYS AND FANCY GOODS* We have a good selection of Fancy Boxed Stationery. A splendid assortment of Magazines and Books to choose from ! If you would like to take regularly any Paper, Magazine or Fashion Book, give us your name, and we will see it is kept regularly for you. BOOKS—We have every kind of Fiction, etc to suit all book lovers. Also a Book Club. Pay us ta visit both! sides, and seejour up-to-date range of goods, fetc.fa jr-M i w JJShe SSL BOTH SIDES VICT6RIA STREET, CAMBRIDGE. Phone» 195 S and D m ~%e Ulorldsjßtsf Buttec

** JSist aid. for coughs, colds ~and influenza, Woods’ Great Peppcmint Cure.