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Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 139, 15 June 1891, Page 4

LUXENE. THE NEW ILLUMINANT. THE MOST POWERFUL, ECONOMICAL AND SAFEST LIGHT KNOWN. THE dawn of creation was signified by the fulfilment of the Divine command "Let there be Light," and the dirision of the light from the darkness was coincident with the germ of a provision of those inexhaustible stores of Nature from which man in the ages to follow was to extract.after one fashion or another, the varied artificial lights which would naturally be required , to enable him to fulfil his mission on earth. And as soon as the light mado tho darkness visible, the faoo of Nature, as it then was, brightened oxoeodingly and beoame gladsomo and joyous, and tho great ornithorhynohus commenced his gambols with the lively and intelligent bacilli, and the entozoas, and the proas, and plasms of the unformed animal world would set out in pursuit of prey and gave chase to the buffalo, the octohedron, the moa, the phalangers, and other duodecimals of irregular habits, and "played up old Harry" generally until pre-Adamite man appeared upon the scene, and reduced absolute chaos to comparative disorder under the influence of his magnetic eye and the cunning of his right hand. But even he was powerless at night when oloudq obnoured tho face of the moon and tho twinkle of tho stars, and all the wild boasts and insects roared their defiance of him from tho rocks and fissures, and poked fun at him from tho tree tops, and ohased him about in his pyjamas and bit and stung him, simply beoauso he had no light by which he could soe to fire bricks at them with any degree of acouraoy, and he had to keep awako all night, and dodge them from shelter to shelter until his life beoame a wearisome misery to him for the want of knowing how to turn night into day ; an art which his 19th oentnry descendants have worked out to their entire satisfaction, Therefore, he devoted all his energies to the disoovery of an artificial light which would enable him to aombat with his noo{.arnal enemies, and to keop them at bay whilo he walked up and dQwn in the wildernoss with his toothing infant, and administered the paregoric and the peppermint, or the clinging slipper, as the*case might be, according to the necessities of the moment. And first of all he hit on a plan of obtaining it by the friction of two stioks, but it was a long and tedious process, during which the mosqnitos bit him and the native dog howled at him from the distance, and the scorpion prospected his feot, while the light-hearted centipede dropped from a branqh overhead down the back of his neck. And jfjoijeration suooeodecl generation, until presently he disoovercd the use of flint and Bteel, and the pitch pine ami other cessinous torches, and then the fat of his numorous victims attracted his attention, and led up to the invention of tho useful but evil-smeilhig fat lamp from which tho mutton fat eandlcs was but a short jump, and thoir use suggested to him tho expression of liquid fats or oils from both animals and vegetables, and the fabrication of lamps in which to burn thnm, and distribute the powerful aroma over larger areas of country. And when other and move ingenious men smelt this burnt inoonse they set themselves to go one bettor, and they fonnd coal ant} made gas therefrom, and established monopoUei which have ground tho faoog of the poor, and oaten out the hoarts of oonntless thousands, who havo gone to their graves with broken hearts ana shattered frames inconsequence. Others again dug, and found ready-made oil stored away in natural cisterns, into which they inserted pumps, and formed " trusts," and built up syndicates, and companies, and monopolies of another sort, but none the less venomous, and they advertised various fictitious legends with rcjard to these oils, whioh they divided into grades," as they called thorn, tho only difference betwoen which! was that ono " grade " would blow a whole family, wjth their house and a quarteraore allotment, higher and into smaller pieces, and nearer to the apnfines of perdition, in lohh time than another " grade " whioh happened to belong to a rival syndicate.* And those combustibles were called by a variety of names, such as potroloum, and potrolene, and kerosene, and numerous other "urns" and "inos" and " isms,*' but all more or loss possessed of tho familiar suddenness of forked lightening and the exploding force of dynamite, and worst of all, at tho yery time when thoy were supposed to be perfectly reliable on account of a guarantee that thoy hud been tested, and inspected and let fire to, and put out again, and thoroughly overhauled by presidents and committees and experts of grotM; judgment. Bnt in spite of all these precautions 4bey still continued to go off at frequent intervals and wreck properties, and break np happy ljttlo family oircles until human nature rebellod against tho imposition, and then the eloctrjje l&ht was introduced, but it was altogether too frisky, and uncertain and sensational an illumi&anti fo suit all classes, and at last it has been rewarded with a suocofl? whioh may bo justly claimed as the succest of tha ceiifuri/. At lost there (a ]jght, light that is purs I and beautiful, maintained from a source that is constant, economical, and absolutely devoid of all risk, danger^ and unpleasantness. " Laxene "is the discovery of the_ axe. It is a poworfuj iljumlimnt, with an indisputable title to the beforerinontioned characteristics, and some others whfph will eventually be emphasised in the works of the Government statistician, and will be at once recognised in the enormoiw rednotion of the number of deaths registered in the column whioh refers to lamp explosion!. Lazene is a genuino disoovery of an entirely new application of one of the souroes of artificial tight. It is devoid of smell when burning, and cannot be purposely fired under any conditions oxoept such as may be resorted to by a lunatic or an idiot. It is prepared for market by an entirely j new process, and can bo strongly recommended for domostic use both in town and I country, and under all conditions in which oil is used for illumin&jli;)? purposes, and where freedom* from smell, b?i)ljanoy of light •t»lofvr«osi, a^el absolute' safety aro considered »» feators of general importance among tho details of human life and progress. Luxone can bo obtainod from (41 storekeepers and grocers, and consumers will soon learn to understand the truth of tho assertion that its use will go far towards minimising the necessity for heavy fire insurances, besides imparting an additional soourity to the value of life and adding largely to it* pleasures. , BPEOtAL NOTE.r-At the late great fire ! in Sydney, whtra several tjtputand cotes of kerosene were destroyed with the entir* bonded store, 4000 cases of this oil, the property of Mr. H. 8. Ghipman, were taken out from the centr* of the ruivs three days after the fire, having withstood the intense heat of tha conflagration without harm. See reports in Australian daily pres* Wholoajdo distributing agents- -Australian American Shipping Company (Limited), National Mutual BgjAdwgs, Wellington, New Zealand. TT ERR NOEBES6, ■'••*- PnorE»BOR op Music, Is prepared to give Lesions on the Violin, Piano, Guitar, Singing, also Thorough Bass and Harmony. For particulars and terms on application. Pianos correctly tuned. Present residence — Murphy-street, nextto Mr. Parsons. MUSICAL. VIOLIN TUITION. MR. W. H. SPILLER is prepared to receivo a limited number of pupils for the above. For terms, Ao, address Neumeyor Piano Depot, Lambton (Juav.