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Show mnfcr1 t'ntt.Wr 1 fluu ollon. One of tho moat Interesting an 1 singular singu-lar foaturea developed by tho now navy li tho mitter of ex loaives. Tlio most imiwrtant ailranco made in this general line in ltl was tho procuring procur-ing of a smokeloMs powder This was dovelope 1 by l'rofcsor Monroe i f tin Natal TorjKhlo station, an 1 has snrp(i-.t-(-.llh somtrrhat dubious eapootation of it. It hasbcen succuasfully used In tho simpler an 1 lighter gun und also i i tbocomtllcaUd 4 Inch ntjid flro guns. With charges of onl on? half tho weight of the old putt dtr.it has Ilred lrnjnctilet nearly 00 feet a secon 1 raster tlnu ttto shuts of tho old powder traveled Ono lN-uuty of it Is tho fact that it Is not injured in-jured by water, (Jan cotton is to lie extenshtly nsed on t ha new easel. Tlic4ilghiinportnuco of this matoriat on 1 tho certainly that tho limited facilities for its production woul 1 bo n sour co of eml-arrnument in caw of war, led tho natal department last )esr to offer an order for 50 000 pounds of gun totton to tho Duponta, of N iltnington, Del , manufacturers of natal explosive, on the condition of the oitnhlUhmentof atoiuplcto plant for tho manufacture of gun cotton In largi quantities. U. D. DM well In Now ork Ledger, |