“LUXENE THE NEW ILLUMINANT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9488, 10 August 1891, Page 6

“ L UXENE THE NEW ILLUMINANT.

The Most Powerful, Economical, and Safest Light Known.

Tbe dawn of craatioa was signified by tbe fulfilment of the Divine coxa no and, "Let there be light/ 3 and the division 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 oao fashion or another, the varied artificial lights which would naturally he required so enable him to fulfil hia mission on earth. And as soon as the light made the darkness visible, the face of Nature, as it then was, brightened -exceedingly aud became gladsome sad joyous, and the great ornitho-* rhynchus commenced his gambols with the lively and intelligent bnccili, and the entezoas, 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, tho 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 hia right hand. Put even ho was powerless at night when clouds obscured the face of tho moon and the twinkle of the stars, and ail tho wild beasts and insects roared their defiance of himfrom the rocks and fissures, and poked fun at him from the tree tops, and chased him about in his pyjamas, and bit and stung him, simply because he had no light by which he could see to fire bricks at them with any degree of accuracy, and he had to keep awake all night and dodge them from shelter to shelter, uu til hia life became a wearisome misery to him for the want of knowing how to turn night into day—an art which his nineteenth century descendants have Worked cut to their entire satisfaction, "

Therefore he devoted all Ms energies to the discovery of an artificial light which would enable him to combat with his nocturnal enemies, and to keep them at bay while he walked up and down in the wilderness with his teething 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 sticks, but it was a long and tedious process, during which the mosquitos bit him, and the native dog howled at him from the distance, and tho scorpion prospected hie feet, while the light-hearted centipede dropped from a branch overhead down tho back of his neck. And generation succeeded generation until presently he discovered the use of flint and steel, and the pitch pine and other resinous torches* and then the fat of hia numerous victims attracted his attention, and led up to tho invention of the useful but evil-smelling fat lamp, from which to mutton fat candies was but a short iump, and their use suggested to him the expression of liquid fat or oils from both animals and vegetables, and the fabrication of ■lamps in which to burn them and distribute the powerful aroma over large areas of country. And when other and more ingenious men smelt this burnt incense they set themselves to go one better, and they found coal and made gas therefrom,, and established monopolies, which have ground the faces of the poor and eaten out itho hearts of countless thousands. 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 lees venomous, and they advertised various fictitious legends with regard to these oils, which they divided into “ grades,” as they called them, tho only difference between which was that one “ grade ” would blow a whole family with their house and a quarter-acre an allotment higher, and into smaller pieces and nearer to tho confines of perdition in less timo than another ■“ grade ” which happened to belong to a rival syndicate. And these combustibles were called by a variety of names, such as petroleum, and petroline, and kerosene, and numerous other “ urns " and “ ines ” and “ isms,” but all more or less possessed of the familiar suddenness of forked lightning and the explosive force of dynamite, and worst of all at the very time when they were supposed to be perfectly reliable on aceouat of a guarantee that they had been tested, and inspected, and set fire to, and, put out again, and thoroughly overhauled by presidents and committees and experts of great judgment. But in spite of ail these precautions, they still continued to go off at frequent intervals and wreck properties, and break up happy little family circles, until human nature rebelled against the| imposition, and then the electric light was introduced. But it was altogether too frisky, and uncertain, and sensational aa illuminant to suit all classes, and at last it has been rewarded with a success which may ba justly claimed as the success of the century. ■ At last .there is light; light that is pure and beautiful, maintained from a source that is constant, economical, and absolutely devoid of all risk, danger, and unpleasantness. <

i Luzene is a genuine discovery of an entirely new application of one of the sources of artificial light; it is devoid of smell when burning, and cannot be purposely fired under any conditions, except such as may be resorted to by a lunatic or an idiot. It is prepared for market by an entirely new process, and can be strongly recommended for domestic use both in 1 town and, country, and under all conditions in which oil is used for illuminating purposes, and where freedom from smoll, brilliancy of light at a low cost, and absolute safety are considered as factors of general importance among the details of human life and progress. Luzeke can be obtained from all storekeepers and grocers, and consumers will sbon learn to understand the truth of the assertion tlmt its use will go far towards minimising the necessity for heavy fire insurances, besides imparting au additional security to the value of life, and adding largely to its pleasures. Agents E. Esecb and Sons, Ashby, Bdegh and Co., ScLANDEBS AND Co.