LUXENE.

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9317, 11 June 1891, Page 3

LUXENE.

THE NEW ILLUMINANT. THE MOST POWERFUL. ECONOMICAL AND SAFEST LIGHT KNOWN. Tbe dawn of creation was signified by the fulfilment of tbe Divine command “Let thero be Light" and the division of the light from the darkness was coincident with the germ of a provision of those inexbaust* iblo stores of Nature from which man in the ages to follow was to extract, after one fashion or another the artificial lights which would naturally be' required to enable him to fulfill his mission on earth. And as soon as tbe light made tbe darkness visible, the face of Nature, as it then was, brightened exceedingly and became gladsome and joyous, and the great ornithorbynchus commenced his gambols with the lively and intelligent bacilli, and the entozoas, and the proas, and plasms o! the unformed animal woild would sot out in pursuit of prey and gave chase to the bnff*lo, the ootohedron, the moa, the phalangers, and other duodecimals of irregular habits, and 44 played up old Horry” generally until pro*Adamite man appeared upon tho scene and reduced absolute chaos to comparative disorder under the influence of his magnetic eye and the cunning of his light band. But even be was powerless at night when clouds obscured the face of tho moon and the twinkle of the stars, and all the wild beasts and insects roared their defiance of him from tho rocks and fissures, and poked fun at him from the tree tops, and chased him about in bis pyjamas and bit and stung him simply because he bad no light by which he could see to fire bricks at them with any degree of accuracy/ and be had to keep awake all night, and dodge them from shelter to shelter until his life became a wearisome misery to him for tho want of knowing how to turn night into day ; an art which his 19th century descendants have worked out to their entire satisfaction. Therefore, bo devoted all bis energies to the discovery of an artificial light which wonld enable him to combat with his nocturnal enemies, and to keep them at bay while be walked up and down in the wilderness with his teeth* log 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 bo bit on a plan of ob* taming it by tho friction of two sticks, but it was a long and tedious process, during which the mosquitos bit him and the native dog bowled at him from the distance, and the scorpion prospected his feet, while the light.hoarted centipede dropped from the branch overhead down the back of bis neck. Ami generation succeeded generation, until presently he discovered the use of flat and steel, and tho 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 smol* ling fat lamp, from which tho mutton fat candles was but a short jump, and their use suggested to him the expression of liquid fats or oils from both animals and Vegetables and the fabrication of lamps in which to burn them, and distribute tho powerful aroma over larger areas of country. And when other and more ingenious men smelt this burnt incense they set themselves to go one bettor, 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, who have gone to their graves with broken hearts and shattered frames in consequence. 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 com panics, and monopolies of another sort, but none the less venomous, and they advor* Used various fictitious legends with regard to these oils, which they divided into “grades,” as they called them, the only difference between which was that one “grade” would blow a whole family, with their house and a quarter acre allotment, higher and into smaller pieces, end nearer to the confines of perdition, in less time 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 '* aDd“ines” and 11 isms,” but all more or less possessed of the familiar suddenness of forked lightning and the ox* plosive force of dynamite, and worst of all, at the very time when they were supposed to be perfectly reliable on account of a guarantee that they had been tested, and inspected, and set fire to, and put out again, aud thoroughly overhauled by presidents and committees and experts of great judg* ment. fiat in spite of all 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, bat it was altogether too frisky and uncertain and sensational an illuminant to suit all classes, and at last it has been rewarded with a success which may be justly claimed as the success of tho century. At last there Is light, light that is pare and beautiful, maintained from a source that is constant, economical, and absolutely devoid of all risk, danger, and unpleasantness. * 1 Luxene ”is the discovery of the age. It is a powetful illuminant with an indisputable title to the before-mentioned characteristic?, and some others which will eventually be emphasised in the works of the Government statistician, and will be at once recognised iu the enormous reduction of the number of deaths registered in the column which refers to lamp explosions. Luxene is a genuine discovery of an en* tirely 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 rooommended for domestic use, both in town and country, and under all conditions in which oil is used for illuminating purposes, and where freedom from smell, brilliancy of light at a low cost, and absolute safety are considered as factors of general importance among the details of human life and pro. greas. Luxene can be obtained from all store* keepers 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 in* eurances, besides impartiug an additional security to the value of life and adding largely to its pleasures. Note.—At the late great fire iu Sydney, where several thousand oases of kerosene wore destroyed with tho bonded store, four thousand oases of this oil, the property of Mr H, S. Chipman, wore taken out from the centre of the ruins three days after the fire, having withstood the intense heat of the conflagration without harm. See reports iu Australian daily papers. Luxene is strongly tinned, with patent forced tops, and packed in cases like ordi* nary kerosene. Wholesale distributing agents - Australian American Shipping Company, Limited, National Mutual Buildings, Wellington.