Show ODDITIES In its life of ot ICO years only seven ministers ministers min ministers min min- have been pastor of Scotch Presbyterian Presbyterian Presbyterian Pres Pres- church New York City The painter Horace Vernet had a re remarkable remarkable remarkable re- re memory for color and line and could do a portrait from memory Straw was employed by the Egyptians for or making bricks Exodus v 7 7 16 It I was chopped up and mixed with the clay to make mak-e them more compact and prevent prevent pre pre- I vent them from cracking I So extensive are precautions taken by I railroads that link Argentina and Chile by climbing the Andes which have the steepest grades in the world that not a fatal accident has happened since they were opened in 1910 The use of fetters goes back to an ancient ancient ancient an- an times Fetters were usually made of brass and also In pairs the word being being being be be- be- be ing in the dual number Iron was oc occasionally occasionally occasionally oc- oc employed for or the purpose Psalms cv 18 IS 8 8 Both wheat and barley straw were I used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle and camels I Genesis 25 I r Kings iv 28 23 Isaiah l l l at 7 Kv 25 There Is no Intimation I that I straw was wis u used erl n for litter |