Show BITS OF SCIENCE I Oklahoma Is tho only state which requires tho teaching of agriculture In all Its country schools Hussla is rich in asbestos and steadily stead-ily is Increasing In tho production of tho Ural mountains A threeton motor truck recently was hitched to a plow to opon tho streets of Springfield Mass for gas mains An elebtrlc doyley for bakers nllotYa dough to rise to the limit then sounds an alarm when It begins to flU The tonnage of tho United States battleships and armored cruisers totals to-tals 007241 to Great Kritains 1385 930 Soaking a cheap lead pencil In linseed lin-seed oil will Improve Its writing qualities qual-ities nnd make its sharpcnlng > more easy Field telephones provided with a specially light wire are to bo added to tho equipment of everx infantry subdivision of tho Austrian army Qualified authorities have estimated tho standing timber in tho United States all the way from 822862000000 I tl > 2000000000000 board feet i |