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Show Smokeless I'owder for the Nvy" Washington, Sept. 5.-Probably the navy has fought its last war with black powder. Bids have been opened at the navy department for supplying the warships with 1,000,000 pounds of smokeless powder, a quantity N, 111-cicnt 111-cicnt to supply at least the second battery bat-tery of all the ships in tho service and this supply will be augmented from time to time until within the cour,P of a year or two all tho black powder wi have been retired, except ,;i some that wiU be retained' for IX J purposes. "uung |