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Show AN ELECTRIC MOTH TRAP. Powerful Light and a 8uction Pipe Get Three Ton of 'nsects In One Night. Tho Saxony authorities havo discovered dis-covered what would seem to bo an excellent ex-cellent way to put an and to tho enter-pillar enter-pillar plaguo which Is having such n disastrous effect on tho local forests. They havo discovered n method to catch tho brown nun moths that lav tho eggs from which the caterpillars como In enormous quantities. Thoy mako uso of whnt they call tho olec trio light trap. This consists of twe largo and powerful reflectors placed over n deep recoptnelo and poworful exhaust fans, Tim whole, has been erected on, top of tho municipal olec-trie olec-trie plnnt at Zlltau. At night two great streams of light aro thrown from tho reflectors on tho wooded mountain sides half n mile distant. According to tho Electrical Kovlow the results hnvo been astonishing. Tho moths, drawn by tho brilliancy, como fluttering In thousands alonu tho broad rays of light. When thoy get to a certain dlstanco from tho reflectors reflec-tors tho exhaust fans tako up their work and with powerful currents ot nlr swirl them down Into tho receptacle recep-tacle On tho first night no toss that thrco tons of moths wcro cnughL It has been decided to build another trnp on tho Ilnthnus tower, nnd Ilia light with tho' inntliB will bo continued. Tho forests ot central Europo have, from tlmo to tlmo, been rnvnged by raids ot moths from Hussla, whoso larvao denudo tho trees of tholr foliage. Tho splendid plnos of tho Lausltz mountains nro this year threatened with destruction, |