The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-06-09
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4 Alum. according to Adele ~. Field
+ Is a perfect preventive Of the ravaess
$ u moths among woolena While livine
/. In China she gave this method Of pro-
= tecting clothing a thorough test. The
! articles should be soaked In 4 saf.
urated solution Of alum for several
hours. The fabric Is not injured and
, the colors are not changed. The alum
does not evaporate. and the articles
thus treated remain moth-proof for
years. II is suggested that a pound
OF crude alum in four quarts OF water
would make an effective solution for
employment BY manufacturers OF wool
IN elosh. rugs aud carpets.
The debt Of industry 70 science has
often. and very properly. been pro
claimeds but now the reverse is an
nounced. The National Electric Lamp
Association has established at Cleve-
land a physical laboratory. which the
director. Or. E. p Hyde. declares has
for It's object the development Of sci
ence rather than the improvement OF
an Industrial commodity. In this re
spect L differs from the many labora-
tories that have in recent years been
established IN connection with large
manufacturing concerns. Among the
objects Of research win be the laws q
radiation and the radiant properties Of i
matter. and the effects OF light and It's
attendant phenomena on the eve. the
skin. and microscopic organisms A
corps Of Investigators is being formed.
A female alligator four and a half
feet long. species Alligator Mlssissip-
piensis. was recently captured IN cen
tral Oklahoma. In a bayou OF the south
Canadian River. H. II. Lane. Of the
University Of Oklahoma. believes thar
the animal had travelled up the Az
kansas River TO the mouth OF the Ca
madam, and thence to the point where
Il was found. a distance Of some $50
or 400 miles west OF the Arkansas
0klahoma State line The Canadian
River is not navigable. and during
most Of the year Is only q small mean
iering creek in a wide valley. The
had been In the neighbor-
ho01 al least three years before its
'aprure. Its skeleton IS nov IN the &
museum. where the lone 2
raveler IS also eommemorated By 4
ifs-hke model q
There are three black fox farms near !,
Ithert0n. Prince Edwards Island. y
where these animals are raised for =,
heir skins. These farms contain twen- =
J. twenty-five and thirty foxes re- j.
pectively. The skins are sold in Lon II
On at prices ranging from $500 70 =
$500 each. according to quality. The q
n is used for ornamentng the cloaks u
royalty. as 4 IS the only fur 70 u
'hich gold VII cling. One farm Is On =.
a island. another IN a rough broken -
GODS country. where the animals are
MINED BY heavy woren-wire nettine.
be wire Is set In the ground two or
Iree feet. in order 10 keep the foxes -
ON burr0wIng under. ard Is about
ght feet high above ground. with a
rye inwardiy al the top Of each post
another three or four feet of wire.
order to Keep them from climbing
er the fence. They sleep In the open <
Q year round, in hollow trees and =
hollow logs They are fed princf u
lly on oats and milk and bread ana =.
X. with a small quaHtity Of cooked "a
at once a day AZ noon. the amount -
meat being lessened during the sum-
r.. These animals are very wild.
z no one can get near them except
keeper and he only when be brings ~ :
= foil