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Show If hard pressed In flight, a mother moth-er kangaroo sometimes tosses her youngster into a thicket and leads pursuers away. She can travel faster without Junior and return later to pick him up. About twenty years ago, a fifth suit was introduced by card manufacturers man-ufacturers to the conventional spades, hearts, diamonds and club suits so familiar to card players. play-ers. Called "Eagles" in the USA and "crowns" In England, the new suit was green In color but failed to capture the fancy of thi card playing public. Since 1952 retail purchases of tobacco products have been more than $5 billion annually, and cigarettes ci-garettes have accounted for well over $4 billion. A thimble can hold 50,000 of the small screws used in fine Swiss watches. Loo, .a card game that is always al-ways popping up in crossword puzzles, dates back to the 17th century and was originally called Lanterloo, after the French "lan-terlu," "lan-terlu," the refrain of a 17th century cen-tury popular song. . Shelton, Washington, in the heart of the timberlands of Ma- son County, broadcasts its slogan to the world. It Is "Christmas-town, "Christmas-town, U.S.A." Christmas trae farms ship their products across the world. The young decorative decora-tive trees are Douglas firs. It is believed that the first use of nickel alloy steel in automobiles automo-biles was made in 1899,1 when it was employed for the axle of a machine made by Haynes-Apper-son Company. This vehicle made a successful 1000-mile trip from Kokomo, Indiana to New York City without serious breakage a remarkable feat in those days. Production experts say that of the more than 50 animal, vegetable vege-table and mineral products which go into the automobile, less than half are metals. One pound In five of the auto weight is of some non-metallic substance. Rubber is the most used "vegetable." |