“LUXENE”-THE NEW ILLUMINANT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9492, 14 August 1891, Page 2

“LUXENE”-THE NEW ILLUMINANT.

The Most Powbejtol, Economical, an* Safest Light Known. The dawn of creation was signified by the fulfilment of..the .Divine command. "Let then be light/*and tee division cl the light tram the darkneeawaa ooinoidenij with the gem of a provision of those taea>| hausbible stores of nature from which M in the follow was to extract, alter one fashion or another, the varied artificial lights which would n&torally be required jto enable hiih to fulfil his mission on eaetit. i&nd aa soonaa the light made the dwfcj ness visible, thofsce-of Nature, a# ft then |was, brightened exceedingly nod heeapd gladsome and j-j-Hr nriitlaii pnetjmeKitn I Sthynchnacommencsd lively and intelligent baoo% jmd the entozoas, and the prosy, and y—rr of the unformed, -animal world wecld eat out in pursuit of prey and gave ehasej to the buffalo, the octohedron, the aieaJ the phalaagers, and other duodedmaLi of irregular habiia, and "ployed ftp ell Harry" generally until pre-Adamite i«J appeared upon the scene and reduced absolute chaos to comparative disordmu' under the influence of his munutie mf aad the ■ outming of hie eight handr ISa oven he was powerless at nfVhtwhanalmiS obscured the face of the mmfiSlS twinkle of the stare, and ril the nfldhaailf and inseoteroavedtheir defiaaoa of kimfimnl the rooks and fissures, and poked fun at him' from the tree tops, and chased him at-wt in his pyjamas, and bit And stung hi™, .imply because he had no light by which he oonld see to fire brioks at them with any deans of aocuraoy, and he had to keep «»-.*■+ «uj night and dodge them from shelter to l shelter, until hia life became a wearisome misery to him for the went of knowing how to turn night into day—an art widen his nineteenth century descendants have worked out to their entire satisfaction. *! Therefore he devoted til hie entrjiuio the discovery of an artificial light which would enable him to combat with his nocturnal enemies, and to keep them at bar while he walked up and down In the wilderness with his teething infant and administered the paregoric audthe pepper* mint or the clinging slipper, as. the oast might be, according tothe-neoMutiwof the moment. Ana, 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, ahd tho native dog howled at him from the distance, and the scorpion prospected Util feet, while the light-hearted oehtipedi dropped from a branch overhead down! the back of his neck. And generation succeeded, generation until presently ha' discovered the uce of ‘ flint and steel, and the pitch pine and other resinous torches,' and then the fat of his numerous victims attracted his attention.: and led up to the invention of the useful' but evil-smelling fat lamp, from which to mutton fatoandlea was but a short lump, and their use suggested to him the aspics* sion of liquid fat or oils from both animals; and vegetables, and the fabrication of lamps in which to barn them and distribute the powerful aroma over large arsaij of country. And. when other < and mesa ingenious men- smalt this bnint incense they set themselves to go one better, aafi( they found coal and made gee therefrom* and ESTABLISHED MONOPOLIES, which have ground the faces of the poor aad eaten out the hearts of countless thousands. Others again dug and found ready-made oil etdred; away in natural cisterns, into which they inserted pumps and formed " trust#" anal builtr. up syndicates, and companies, aad monopolies of another sort, but none the' less venomous, and they advertised vasions fictitious legends with regard to theee oilv which they dividediinto "grades/*aethey called them, the .only difference between 1 which was that one "grade** would blew a whole family with their house aad a quarter-aore an allotment higher, and Into smaller pieces and'-nearer to the confines! of perdition,in less time than another! "grade" which happened to belong toa rival eyndloate. And these combustibles wen called by *' variety of names,-such wrpetroleam, andj patrolina, and other " urns ” and ,f inee , 'and " isms/* bol all more or less possessed of the famUlarl suddenness of forked lightning and the' explosive force of dynamite,.and wont of all at the very time when' they-'woe aap»; posed to be perfectly reliable on aooouhb of a guarantee that they had been tested, and inspected, and sot lire-to, and put out 1 again, and thoroughly overhauled by pose*, sidente and committees and experts of great judgment. But in spite of all theqaj precautions, they still continued to go off at frequent intervals and wreck properties, l and break up happy little-family droles,j until human nature rebelled agmnefc thn imposition, and then the eleotrio light Ml introduced. But it was altogether tod frisky, and uncertain,, and sensational an illuminantto suit all classes, and at lost it has been rewarded with a suooess which may be justly claimed as the success of the century. At last there ia light; lighfethat ispure and beautiful, maintained from » source that is constant, economical, aad absolutely devoid of all risk, danger, and unpleasantness. ' Luxenju. is a genuine discovery «C aa entirely new application of oae of the sources of artificial light t it is devoid otj smell when burning, and cannot be pus* posely fired under any conditions, except such as may be resorted to by a lunatic or anidlot. It is prepared for market by an entirely new process, and can. be strongly recommended for domestic use both la town and country,-and under all ooadi*! tions in which oil is - used for illuminating purposes, and where freedom from amelia! brilliancy of light, at a low oast, and! absolutesafety are considered as factors of general- importance among the details cl human’life and progress. Luxenb can be obtained from all stove- 1 keepers and ■ grocers, and consumer* will; toon learn to understand the truth of tbs assertion that its usawillgo farfiawned* minimising the necessity for neavyfire ia*j Buranoes, besides imparting an additional'security to the valHO of lif«,»odaddiag largely to %y Agents!E. Bsioa-AHOvff wti| Abudt,Bskou AWs Co* SOLAHDttM AND 00.