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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
— Under the title “Elephant pipes in the museum of the 
Academy of Natural Science, Davenport, Iowa,” Mr. Charles E. 
Putnam enters a vigorous and well written protest against the 
criticisms and insinuations which have been made against the char- 
acter of the discoverer and the authenticity of the elephant pipes 
in the museum of the Davenport Academy. The article is racy 
reading, and incidentally gives strong arguments against the 
desire for centralization in science shown in certain quarters. It 
wil found impossible to concentrate all science in any one 
clique or city. Our local societies and scattered observers need 
not feel that their efforts are not as valuable in their way as the 
labors of government officials and closet or office naturalists. 
