Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1899 — A New Match. [ARTICLE]

A New Match.

As the satisfactory outcome of experiments which have been in progress for some time past at the French Government match factories at Pantin, the object of which has been to produce a lucifer match without the employment of phosphorus, a match has been invented which, it is believed, will meet every requirement needed, while at the same time its manufacture, from the absence of phosphorus in its composition, will not Induce that terrible necrosis of which the world had lately heard so much. No information is given as to the price at which the new match can be placed on the market, and unfortunately cost has a great deal more to do with the adoption of any new thing than the consideration of any benefit which may accrue to makers or consumers; but it may be presumed that the new match will compete in price favorably with the old one. It is said to ignite with ease and certainty on being rubbed on any rough surface.