“LUXENE”-THE NEW ILLUMINANT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9512, 7 September 1891, Page 6

“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, *5 Let there be light,” and the division olj the light from the darkness was coincident with the germ of a provision of those inex<4 fustible 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 made the darkn ness visible, the face of Nature, as it then was, brightened exceedingly and became! gladsome and joyous, and the great ornitho-fj rhynchns commenced his gambols with the! lively and intelligent baccili, and the, entozoas, and the proas, and plasma off the unformed animal world would set out in pursuit of prey and gave chase 1 to the buffalo, the octahedron, the moa, tke phalangers, and other duodecimals of irregular habits, and “played up cldi 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. Bub even he was powerless at night when clouds obscured tho face of the moon and the twinkle of the stars, and all the wild beasts and inseotsroaredtheir defiance of himfrom the rocks and fissures, and poked fun at him from tho 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, until 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 out to their entire satisfaction. 1 , Therefore he devoted, all his energies to tho 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 the scorpion prospected big) £eefc, while the light-hearted centipede dropped from a branch overhead down the 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 his numerous victims attracted hia attention, and led up to the invention of the useful but evil-smelling fat lamp, from which to candles.wsa^ lump,; . sion of liquid fat or oils from both animals, and vegetables, and the fabrication of lamps 'in which to burn them and' diafcrh bate the powerful aroma over large areas of country. Audi when other and more ingenious men smelt this burnt incense they aet 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 the 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 less venomous, and they advertised various fictitious legends with regard to these oils, which they divided into " grades,” as they cillad them, the 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 sualler pieces and nearer to the confines of perdition in less time than another “grade ” which happened to belong to a rival syndicate. And tkeae combustibles were called by a ysriety of names, such as petroleum, and pctroline, and kerosene, and numerous ofcer “ urns” and “ ines” end " isms,” but al mere or leas possessed of the familiar teiddenness of forked lightning and the explosive force of dynamite, and worst of al at the very time when they were suppled to foe perfectly reliable on account oi a guarantee that they had been tested, aid inspected, and sot are to, and put out a;ain, and thoroughly overhauled by presents and committees and experts of geat judgment. But in spite of all these pecautions, they still continued to go off a frequent intervals and wreck properties, aid break up happy little family circles, util human nature rebelled against thq hposition, and then the electric light was itroduced. But it was altogether too flaky, and uncertain, and sensational an ■ : ruminant to suit all classes, and at last it bs been rewarded with a success which ay bo justly claimed as the success of the oatury. At last there is light; light that is pure ad beautiful, maintained from a source 1 (at is constant, economical, and absolutely 1 evoid of all risk, danger, and unpleasant--1 tss. < Luxenb is a genuine discovery of an itirely new _ application of one of the urcos of artificial light; it is devoid of uell when burning, and cannot be pur)r,ely fired under any conditions, except 1 ich as may be resorted to by a lunatic or i a idiot. It is prepared for market fcjfcau : atirely new process, and can be strongly ‘commended for domestic use both in' 1 >wn aud country, and under all coadions in which oil is used for illuminating ‘ imposes, and where freedom from smell, \ rilliancy of light at a low coat, and ‘ brolute safety are considered as factors of * eneral importance among the details of - unan life and progress. ‘ Luxene caa be obtained from all store--1 eepors and grocers, and consumers will ! jou- learn to understand the truth of the jsertlou that its use, will go far towards • linimising the necessity for heavy firo in- > irahoes, besides imparting an additional ! iourity to the value of life, and adding ' ivgeiy to its pleasures. ; Agents:— t E. Reece and Sons, Ashby, Bebgh and Co., ScLANDBBS AND Co.