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Show GUARDS WOOL FROM MOTHS New Preparation Said to Preserve the Fabric From Depredations -of the Pests. A preparation has been discovered in Europe which, It Is claimed, makes wool Immune from the ravages of moths. It is In the form of a powder, which, before it Is applied, Is mixed In water with a small quantity of'sul-phurlc of'sul-phurlc acid for nli-wool goods, formic acid being used for half-wool. The wool Itself Is said not to be affected by the application, and only a few colors, very slightly. In case no alkalies are brought Into contact with It the wool remains, moth-proof when washed. Tests made with two pieces of woolen cloth exactly alike, In which moth eggs were placed, resulted, in the course of six months, in the entire disappearance dis-appearance of the untreated fubrlc, whereas the wool which had been . reated remained intact. |