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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13

a bin providing for a fine Of $500,
with damages to the party making
complaint, against railroad companies
charging more FOR local than for
through rates is before the Vermont
Legislature.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13
rhe Conntrr,s wonderfuI Growlhs

Twenty-four years ego the United
States had in them only 100000
people. Now we are grown to over
"a 600. coo. In 1860 we only had al
cities of over S, 600 inhabitants, now
there are over 800 such cities. The
total population of this class OF cities
was :. GOO. 600, now il is 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13
WASHINGTON.

THE Grand Jury af the District OF Co
lumbia has found an indictment against
Colonel Burnside, late disbursing officer
of the Post Office Department, charging
him with embezzling S54 600.
SENATOR DoLPH. Of Oregon, proposes
to ask tbs Grand u at Annapolis to
fin indictments for glrder against the
hazers who caused thsdeath of Cadet
Strong by rolling I'm down-hill in a
barrel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13

The larr st bowlder in America is
the aShehegan Rock, near Norwich,
Conn. II Is Is feet high, 40 feet in
length, and weighs about 10000 tons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13

NATIONAL EXPORTS. Our exports
of leading staples reached their max
imum invalue in the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1881 Since then the value
exported has fallen off not much less
than 100000, 600. In that year the
value of raw cotton exported was
S247 695, TAG; breadstulls $267 $40,
5GS; provisions and dairy products,
STAG 023, 0l0; petroleum, $40 3l5, G09;
total OF these items S701, 974, 933. Dur
ing the fiscal gear ended the 3Oth of
June last, the corresponding figures
were; Cotton, $l9z 015, 600; bread
stuifs, $251 413, O50; provisions and
dairy products, $l04, 5S3, $50; petro-
leum, $l7, 1913, PAS; total, $500, rs, O52.
From this statement it appears that
there was a decrease of about $50, GOO,
600 in raw cotton, about $3.50, 600. 600
in breatstuifs, and about 1000, 600
il provisions and dairy products.
The only gam was in petroleum, and
that was less than $1,000, 600. The
largest export Of breadstuffs in the
history of the country was 1888, GA,
S23 in the fiscal year ended June 80,
1880, which was more than Sl26, coo,
600 in excess Of the export during the
last fiscal year. The comparison
serves to indicate at least one of the
causes of the prevailing industrial
and trade depression. A decrease of
close on to $200, 0O0 600 year in the
export Of our staple products could
hardly fail to tell perceptibly upon
the general prosperity Of the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13

Didn't Like Short Men.-"Oh. +"
cried Miss Highup to the widow Jack
son, just see that great tall man!
Amt ne awk gardp
Yes. replied the widow, "but he
cant help it. ="
Il know that, but I hate those long
men. Don't you like short man
much better2'
II don't believe | do, when | come
to think about it,
Gracious met l think they are
charming. Why don't you like
heml'
"Well, because during the life my
husband, say about fifteen years, he
was always short, and the way | had
ID sklmp along, psake over clothes,
warm over victuals, and catch up
every end, made me vow I'd never
have any regard for a short man
again. even if had to wear my wld.
owls weeds into the kingdom come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-13

An Office has just been opened IN
London for the purpose OF atfordlng
information upon any subject, especi-
aIlv such as require careful research.
The fee i only shilling, and the
office is already IN receipt OF several
HUNDRED letters from this country,
asking for an explanation of the tariff
plank ia the democratic platform.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
D.: Il enemy frae!Iced by a C0nnecti-
cat Invalid,

Edwin F.. Curtis is one Of the most
ir III 'ent and respected citizens of
MerId.-n, where he has lived an upright.
It's. fgl lite for seventy years. He resides
in & cosey. old-fashioncd house on Cur
/ street. in the oldest settled section of
tn city For many years he was the
trusted President of the Meriden Saw
ings Bank. He he's held city and town
Offices, and from boyhood has been
a member OF the Episcopal Church. A
few years ago the weight of declining
Years warned him that he was no longer
fitted to play an active part in the
affairs of the world; so he resigned the
presidency of the bank and retired to
the seclusion of private life He had
become quite wealthy, by most rigid
economy. added to an occasional pru-
dent investment. Mr.. Curtis was very
close in money matters. He paid to the
last cent, and eXacted his full dues from
others. He accumulated slowly but
surely, and what he had he held.
Something over year ago MIR. Curtis
was taken seriously i'll. DIR. Asa II.
Churchill, his family physician, attended
him
Doctor" the sick man would anx-
iously ask his physician each day, ''do
you think win get over this s;ckness?"
"Oh, yes, hope so,'' the physician
would cheerfully reply. While there's
life there's hope, you know
The invalid worried more each day.
Some days the medical man had to be
called twice, and even thrice. His pa
tient did not seem to improve. The
physician could plainly see that there
was something on his mind that medi-
cine could not reach. He pressed Mr..
Curtis to tell what worried him. Finally
the invalid said: "Well, you see, doc
tor, here you are coming to see me one,
two, and even three times day. Now,
that is going to cost lot Of money-a
great deal of money You know"
Dr. Churchill 'reckoned" that it
would.
- have been thinking, then," said
the sick man, "while have been living
here, that. if you and l could make a
leetle bargain, it wouldn't do any harm.
Now. what do you think - he said, rails
ing himself up in bed on one elbow,
''of my agreeing to pay you one dollar a
day for every day live, while you agree
to give me such medical attention as l
may need for that sum? Now, that isn't
bad bargain, is it?''
At first the physician thought that he
would decline point blank to enter into
any such arrangement; but he finally
decided that, if he refused, the sick
man would worry himself to death over
the physicians charges. So the dollar
a-day contract was made. Almost from
that hour the old man began to i'm
prove. 1t was not long before the doc
tor ceased his daily visits, and in a few
weeks he had come down to two calls a
week. The patient continued to i'm
prove, until now he can walk out, while
last month the doctor called only twice.
and one of these visits was to get check
for services rendered the preeed ne
month at one dollar day. The chances
are now that the old gentleman is good
for ten and even twenty years more Of
life, for he comes of a long-lived old
New England family Nerjden (G.)
Cor Boston Herald
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
HORRORS OF MINERAL POISONING.

/ was suffering with Blood Poison. and
treated several months with Mercury and
Potash, only to make me worse. The
Potash took away my appetite and gave
me dyspepsia, and both gave me rheuma-
tlsm took Sarsaparillas, etc. All these
Sarsaparilla mixtures have Potash in them
This made me still worse, as it drove the
poison further intomy system. A friend
insisted | should take Swift's Specific, and
it cured me sound and well of the Blood
Poison, drove the Mercury and Potash
out of my system, and today / am as well
as ever was
Gro. o. WELLMAN, JR., Salem, Mass.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
Detroit.

DETROIT, Feb s.
Whea.-Stroug and active; cash and
February. slN; March, S105}l; April,
si071k; May, $lo61s; No. 2 red, sld2A
Nc. 2 white, 95&c Corn-No. 2 cash, 64s1c
bid Oats-l.uiet: No. white. 5s1Sc; No. Z,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
THE MARKETS


CHICAGO Feb o.
Rodiger & Mcintyre's circular of this even
ing says: The markets. on the board OF trade
were generally stroag Wheat-ysTy strong
February, opened ssssggc, closed 92]59c; March,
opened 93c, closed 9t11c; May, opened SOC,
siose' arss cpened ] 5s3sc, S1f oIoSeG fsSso ssHo
March, opened 5Sssc, closed S415c; May,
opened 5s74c, closed 59ssc. Oats-Steady
May, opened SIC, closed 37Hc Pork
Steady, but not quite SO strong at the close
May, opened sl7J16, closed sl7.673x.
Lard-Stsady; May, opened and closet
s9.s71f,
Live Stock-The Union stock yards reports
the following rate of prices; Hegs-Marlet
asvs 40ss aod @ giJe packers hss4 and shippers buy
Sc 0096 80 for light ST. l096.65 for rough
packing, and 90. 75@7i5 for heavy packing
AND shipping lots. Cattle-Market dull; eI-
ports, So 2597 90; gooi to choice, IS e0@a 10;
common TO fair, s.. 00@5. 50; butchers, s.. 81
94sO stockers, S. 25g52a
Produoe-Butter-F FiDe creamery, $685.
good to choice dairy, 2a1e5c; do roll. lag
1sc; packing, y@10c. Esgs-In light sup
ply, tresh-lsid, 4Dc; ica-house and pickled,
S59Ssc. Potatoes-Choice stock, 30c; no
sale for poor
New York.
new 4bhh, pSD z.
Whast-Opeaei barely steady; Later be
came stronger and advanced 1(@s4c, with
increased speculative interest; No i white,
nominal; No. 2 red February, SlGf16G
l 66% March, S107$s@ 031z; April. e1 I0A
@ll0N May, 81 121.@L 131, June, 81 1875
a 14E. Provisions-Beef quiet and steadv:
new extra, Sl2 50(alS. Pork steady and
quiet; spot new mess, Si6 3715@16.75. Lard
higher and firm; steam rendered, So 25
3 st. louis.
ST. LOUIS, Feb G..
Wheat-Sharply higher trading chiefly in
May option; No. 2 red, 3l04@1.05 cash:
81 esq .O5Js February, S105ss @I. OF March;
Sl07G April; sL0S5!@L closing at
SLO9A May; SlO719@L0S1s June, $3.50
ss15c year; No $ red, 9s@e9 Corn-Hig6eI
anu active for May; 9sG@50dlc cash; SOC
February; 5015c March; 52A @53skc closing
| at 5e1]sc May. Higher and fra; 81
935c cash; 341sc February; 3424c March:
! 5o15c May. Rye-Dull; SAC. Barley-Dull
auu unchanged. WI sky-Steady; 81 Is.
Provisions-HigheT and very strong. Fork,
jobbGg, sl7.e114@ls. Lard nominnally
| So. 55S960. Bulk Meats-Long clear, 50 Ii
@925; short ribs, 50 25t59 80 short clear,
s9. 554960. Bacon-Long clear, 50 S715@I0;
short ribs, 0;--short clear, Sl025.
Toledo.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 6.
Hheat-Firmer anu quiet; No. l white.
slo3i No de-, 9714c; No. red cash
l.6i4; April, sl.o8}s; May. s1O5sl; June,
| sl07; No. 3 red, s9093c; rejected, oS@7ic
Corn-Saade higher and duh; No. cash OF
February, 54e; May, So; rejected, SOC; &c
! grade, 45c. Oats-Frm; M Q cash or Febfu
ary, 36c; May, S7s4Ge3Sc Clover-stea6y
prime cash or February. s535; March, Sc
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07

Aliens Brain Food botanical extract
strengthens the Brain and positively cure
Nervous Debility. Nervousness. headache
unnatural losses, and all weakness of
Generative System; it never fails. 81 pkg
6 for S5.-At druggists, or Aliens Phar-
macy. 315 Fist Ave N Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
A CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
HENNEPIN CANAL BILL

In the house committee on rlilways and
canals, Representative Murphy was
instructed to favorably report his bill for
the construction of the Hennepin canal.
The bill provides for the appropriation of
81 .00O. 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
Chicago Market.

IdlCAGO, FeU-.
LIVE STOCK.
HOGS Estimated receipts to-day, are 2O,O0J
light Sc O0Q8s60 mixed packing, S6 1895 IS
choice heavy, So 7O17 Is, car lots.
WHEAT-S0 81 Jan so 91ls Feb: so 9S May
CORN-52n JAN; 81 = Feb; 5l5s May.
OATS-33S Jan. S2ls Feb; 369s May.
PORK-$l6 80 Feb; S16 90 May.
LARD-$S IS jan: So 10 Feb, 50 q May.
RIBS IS 81 Feb: SS GO May
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07

Mr.. E. A. Carter 5S Moore streeti
Chicago, Ill, says: Il found great relief
from dyspepsia by using Browns Iron
Ritters."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-07
Toledo.
Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Feb Z.
Wheat-Feverish; 933sc No and Fob
rusry; 941se March; $3.50 April; sI0o1s
May Corn-Quiet; 531ac No. 2. Gate
Steady 33c No. Z. Rye Firm; SIC No. /;
564c No, 2 8arley-Dull; 59hlc No. 2;
S39<c extra No
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

A mn T1u Send six cents for postage,
II uUlFE and receive free, costly box
nTnbLE of goods which will help you
IL 1IU0 to more money right away
than anything else in this world All. ofeither
sex succeed from the first hour. The broad
road to fortune opens before the workers. alb.
sOlutey sure. At once address, TRUE & Co.,
Augusta Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
From the Bloody Ground.
TOLLESBORO, KY.

TOLLESBORO, KY.
DR.. S. B. HARTMAN & Co.. keep
the largest stock of medicines of any
store in Lewis county, with the ex
ception of drug store at Vaneehure,
our county seat. and am selling a
great deal of your PERUNA. It is
giving the best satisfaction of any
medicine that l ever handled. In
one case, our constable for this pre-
cinct, has been very sick and low
spirited for long time. For several
years he has tried all the doctors here,
and we have some good ones, but
they did him no good. After mucn
persuasion sold him two bottles of
PERUNA. He took half of the medi-
cine. / could see a great change in
him, and now he is as sound man
appare ntIy aS there is in this vicin-
ity, and he says he is entirely well.
He is number one man, and is high.
ly respected. He is satisfied that your
medicine saved his life, after all the
doctors and all medicines had failed.
Being unacquainted with you, 1 re-
fer you to John ShillitO & Co., Altor,
Pinckard g. Co., and other business
houses of Cincinnati.
r. l.. PILLEsPIE, p. NJ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
Sunday School Statistics.

The Sunday School statistics of the
United States and Territories and the
British North American Provinces,
az reported at the recently held
Fourth International Sunday School
Convention at Louisville, KY, arc
as follows: Number of schools, Uni
ted States 9s.3O3, Dominion of Cana
da 1855, Newfoundland 240, Labra-
dor 8, total 100, $40.
Number of teachers, United States
l.O43,7lS, Dominion Of Canada 43. .73O.
Newfoundland / ,749, Labrador 32, to.
tai l.O9S,229.
Number of scholars. United States
1855, 1893, Dominion of Canada $40, 154
Newfoundland 1852. Labrador 240,
total 8,456,799.
Total of teachers and scholars g.
146,028.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
NUMBER FL
Respect the Toad.

Maligned but Innocent, harmless
and even to high degree helpful
against Insects, the toad is worthy of
protection and respect. Therefore The
Toronto Globe does well to devote
half column to a plea for this home.
~ friend, whose way of feeding Is
described as follows:
"The toad can be both tanned and
trained to an extent which will amoly
repay the necessary trouble and pa
thence expended in the undertaking.
In proof of this let some pIucky read
er, instead of screaming at or kicking
the next specimen that crosses his or
her path into the wayside gutter,
gently take 1t by the 'scuff of the
neck lit won't bite). place 1t on the
window-sill and watch the results,
Presently a fiy cotDes wirhEss reach,
when like fash ii disappears on the
tip OF the creatures tongue. speared
apparently with a precision that
would warm the soul of an Afghan.
Another and another shares the same
fate' until the supply oreapacity fails
our Knight of the lance' the while
maintaining an imperlurbable grav-
lily OF demeanOr, unbr0ken by even
wink, as the savory morsels follow
In quick succession down it's caDa-
clous throat. 1t is not generally
known perhaps that the tongue Of
the animal is so constructed that it
Can be projected fully two inches, and
as already intimated, the aim is an
unerring one"
Our humble hero, like his kinsman
the frog, has, the writer says, the
happy human faculty of crying when
injured or frightened-"the noise re-
seInbling very much the muffled
screams of an infant" This and an
other characteristic. together with
European appreciation, and capacity
for culture, are thus referred to:
MANY country lads are no doubt
acquainted with the fact that the frog
on being followed and switched cries
in the manner indicated. and the
writer on one occasion attracted by
similar cries, rescued a frog from
snake in full chase of it and no doubt
guided in the pursuit of it by the very
noises which instinct failed to teach
it would have been the principal fac
tor in leading to its destruction. The
process of casting its skin, in which
the creature, after rending it's outer
garment, disposes of it, body, sleeves
, and all, by slowly swallowing it. has
been frequently described, and IS an
exceedingly interesting performance.
In Great Britain, and presumably on
the Continent as well, the existence
of half dozen or more of these crea-
lures hopping about in the lawns and
gardens, in a semi-taIned condition,
is quite common, and instances have
been known of the little animals re-
. turn to its box every evening with
the greatest regularity"
"Let u.s." the writer well says In
conclusion, "frego our prejudice and
endeavOr to find even in the most
seemingly repulsive of Gods crea-
lures something to wonder at and adj
mire.o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
Tom 0chiltree's Hard Luck.
From the Detroit Times.

Tom Ochiltree. the red headed
Texas member, who shares the hon.
or of being the biggest liar of the
South with Joe MulhattOn, came
into the House the other day with all
the indications Of a had spree on his
countenance. His associates greeted
him and inquired, what the devil
have you been doing, Tom? You
look as though you had been on a
lark"
Tom answered that he had been up
all night playing poker.
"What luck 2"
"Never had such luck in my life
curse it. Why, l lost $6,OOO."
"Six thousand dollars 2" echoed
his friends in amazement.
"Yes," said Tom, turning to his
seat, land the worst of it is that ten
dollars of it was in cash."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

A N nAyWlss wanted forThe Lives ofall the
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onr price. The fastest selling book in Amer
lea. Immense profits to agents All intelli-
gent people want it. Any one can become Il
successful agent Terms free. HALLETr Book
Co., Portland, Maine
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

character must be reciprocal. and are
onty genuine and convincing In pro-
portion as they exist in harmony.
The man Of peerless integrity should
possess tender feelings and peren-
nIai zeal. And the nan of burning
zeal and overflowing emotion should
be true, honest, pure and benevolent,
Or his zeal is fanaticism and his Joy
ianatsy. Michigan Christian AdUo-
cete.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

The New York Journal of Com
merce. in the following paragraph,
utters a true saying: There is no
class of workingmen in the country
so miserably fed, clothed and paid as
the clergy. There is no class of men
to whom others, high or low, rich or
poor. faithful or unbeIieyers, SO uni
formly go, and from whom they uni-
forDly receive help in physical as
we'll rs mental suffering and need"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

Too much love, or too much ex-
preston of it. never yet spoiled a
child it is undue indulgence that
does that, and is what the mother
should guard against. She must have
well defined idea of what is just to
expect of her child, aud work to that
a. the builder does to his plan, If she
would develop respectful sell-re.
spectiug character.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
The Question of the Age.

The following extract is from an
important article by the Rey. DR.. w.
E. Eliot, Chancellor of Washington
University, ST. Louis, on the ''Tem.
Derance Reform :"
1.-THE temperance reform is a sub.
ject that has been before the world
since the days of Noah, but has neve,
assumed the commanding import
ance in the public mind which would
justify its being called The Question
of the Age until now. That it is
now so regarded and called by lead
ing Journalists. politicians, statesmen,
not less than by reformers and phi
lanthropists, is well worthy of note.
and calls for earnest consideration.
We may say, and truly, that 1t is in
the regular and normal progress of
civilization, as sintemperance. .ofeyery
degree is degrading, and drunken.
ness Is brutality. For hundreds of
years the battle against it has been
waged by individual reformrrs, by
preachers. by churches. by organized
societies, by legislation, by penal
enactments. Yet the consuptiOn of
intoxicating drinks. not including
wines and imported liquors, has gone
on increasing until the annual retail
liquor cost to the consumers in these
United States had grown, for the year
1882, to the enormous amount ofeight
thousand millions of dollars, largely
in excess, as appears by the lat
United States census tables, of the
whole national expenditures 0feyery
kind. 1t costs more every year
than our whole civil service, our
army. our navy, our Congress. includ-
ing the river and harbor and pension
bills, our wasteful local governments,
and theinterest on all national, State,
county, and local debts, besides all
the schools in the country. For the
entire sum raised by taxes of all kinds
national, State, county, city, town,
and school district, is stated, on au.
thOrity of the census bureau, to be q
little more than seven hundred
thousand millions of dollars-nearly
hundred millions less than the
drink bill, when putting the retail
prices of liquors at the lowest mark
The amount actually consumed was
seventeen million barrels of ale anC
beer, and seventy-two million gallons
of distilled liquors, on which taxes
were paid, to say nothing of wha
evaded taxation.
But the direct money cost is tht
least part of the evil. If usefully o.
harmlessly expended, the country
could bear it. The ruinous effects o.
the drink habit are chiefly to be con
sidered. Without blind reliance upor
statistics. which may easily be made
to mislead, and after the most careful
investigation, on the evidence of the
most competent authorities, we are
compelled to admit that at leas
seventy five per cent Of all vice anG
crime and pauperism and social dis
order and domestic misery is direct
Iy chargeable TO intoxicating drink
Municipal corruption says the New
York Tribune, crime, poverty, i9no
rance, immortality. all flourish ranklS
because the people tolerate rum. A
the bottom Of nine tenthS Of all the
evils which modern society suffers
this cause is to be found"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS .
S PE Err
PORTUGAL GRAPE WINE,

UNFERMENTED GRAPE JUICE.
Used III the principal Churches for Commu-
nion. Excellent for Females, Weakly Persons
and the aged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

A cold is unlike most visitors :-If
you want to get rid of it, you must
give it warm reception with DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup, the standard
cough remedy of our age. For sale
by all druggists at twenty. five centsa
bottle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

m nT N for the working class. send 10 cents
pEE III for postage, and we will mail you
RaS A,ts free n royal, valuable box of sample
u u UAl goods that will put you in the way
of making more money in a few days than
you thought possible at any business Capital
not required. We will start you. You can
work all the time or in spare time only. The
work Is universally adapted to both sexes,
young and old You can easily earn from 80
cents to - every evening. That al; wh0want
work may test the business, W" make this un
pnrGieled offer; to all who are not weii salts
fed we will send ST. to pay for the trouble Of
writing us. Full particulars, direction, etc +,
sent free. Fortunes will be made by those
who give their time TO the work. Great sue
Address STINSoN. & Co, Portland. Maine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

Satan selects his disciples when
they are idle, but Christ chose his
while they were busy at work either
mending their nets or casting them
into the sea.--FdvewdoM