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 irom from the lie ravages of moths it is in the form of 0 a powder which before it Is applied is mixed in water with a small quantity of sulphuric acid for fill all wool goods I 1 formic acid being used for half wool tile the wool itself la Is said not to be affected by the application find only a few colors very slightly in case no al kalies are brought brou glit into contact with it the wool remains mothproof moth proof when washed was lied tests made with two pieces of woolen cloth exactly alike in which moth eggs were placed resulted I 1 in n t the lie course 0 of f six months in the entire disappearance of the untreated fabric whereas the wool which had be been en treated remained intact |