Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-03-24

Special TO the Kansas Chy Times.
JRooKLYS, March 2--The hymn sung at
the Tabernacle this morning begins;
"a cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee In full survey;
/ ForEet the steps already trod.
1 And onward urge thy way"
As, last Sabbath, the Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, ID. d., the pastor, had baptized by
sprlnkllDg. he this morning baptized by i'm
merson those who preferred this mole, bap-
iistry having been built under the pulpit. The
subject Of bis sermon was. "The Age Of
swlnde," and the text, job 8, "A: "Whose
trust shall be a SPIDERS web" Dr. Talmage
| laid:
The two most sltillfnl architects In all the
world are the bee and spider The one puts
Up sugar msnnfacpry and the other builds
slaughter-bouse for 1es On bright sum
PleT morning when the sun comes out and
hines upon the SPIDERS web, bedecked with
dew, the gossamer structure seems bright
enough for q suspension bridge for supernat-
nrAi beings TO cross on But alas for the
poor fy which In the latter part OF that very
day, ventures on IT, and Is caught and dun
geoned and destroyed. The fy Was saformed
that 1t was free bridge and would cost
nothing, but at the other end of the bridge
the toll paid was its own life The next day
there comes down a strong wind, and away
goes the web, and the marauding spider and
the ylctimtzed hY. So delicate are the silk
en- threads Of the spiders web that many
thousands Of them are put together before
they become visible to the human eve, aud
u takes four million Of them TO make thread
rs large as the human hair Most cruel as well
as most iBgeDius is the spider A prisoner In the
Bastie, France, had one so trained that at
the sound OF a violin 1t every day came for its
meal OF flies. Job, the author OF my text,
and the leading scientist Of his day, had no
doubt watched the yoraeious process OF this one
insect with another, and saw spider and ifs
swept down with the same broom, or scattered
by the same wind. Alas that the world has
30 maBs designing spiders and victimized
flies.
There has not been time when the utter
ana black irresponsibillty of many men having
the financial interests OF Others in charge has
been more evident than ia these last few
years
The unroofng Of banks and disappearance
OF administrators with the funds OF large es.
tatcs, and the disorder amidst post office ac-
counts and deficits amid United States Off
cals, have made a pestlence OF crime that
solemniZes every thoughtful man aud woman.
and leads eyerS phllamtiiropist and Christian
1
plaguei There is monsoon abroad n ty-
pho0n, a sirocco. ] sometimes ask myself If
II would not better for men making Wills TO
bequeath the property directly 10 tile execu-
Tors and officers OF the court, and appoint the
widows and orphans a committee 10 sre that
the former got all that did not belong to them.
The simple fact is that there are large number
Of men sailing yachts and driving fast horses.
I and members of expensive club houses and
controlling country seats who are not worth
COLLAR il they return TO Others their just rights.
Dnder some sudden reverse the, fail. and
Eith afflicted air seem TO retire from the world.
and seem almost ready for monastic life,
chen In two or three Years theT blossom out
tgain, having compromised with their
,Teditors, that is paid Them moth
, ng but regrets, and the only differ
ence between the second chapter of pros
perliy and the first Is that their pictures are
Murillos instead OF Kensetts, and their horses
90 s mile In twenty seconds less than their
predecessors. and instead Of one country seat
/ they have three. / have watched and have
. noticed that nine out Of ten of those who fail
10 what is called high life. have more means
after than before the failure, and ia many OF
2 the cases failure Ia only a strategem 10 escape
the payment Of honest debts and put the world
: of the track while they practice a large swim
, die. There Is something woefullv wrong in
the fact that these things are possible
First OF all, charge the blame on careless,
Indifferent bank directors and boards having in
charge great financial institutions. 1t ought
I
or prominent officer OF a banking institution
20 swlndle Il year after without detection.
VIII undertake TO say thatif these frauds are
carried on for two or three years without de-
lection, either the directors are partners In the
/ infamy and p0cketed part Of the theft or they
ere guilty Of culpable neglect OF dutg, for
which God will hold them rs responsible as He
a holds the acknowledged delrauders. What
. right have promident business men 10 allow
their names 70 be published as directors in a
financial institution, so that unsophisticated
people are thereby induced to deposit their
money in or buy the scrip thereof, when they.
| the published directors are doing nothing for
the safety OF the institutionlIt is a case OF de-
ception most reprchensable. Many people
with a surplus Of money, not needed for inn
mediate use, although 1t may be little furth
er on Indispensable are. without friends
= competent to advise them and they
are guided solely by the character Of
the men whose names are associated with the
/: Institution. When the crash came, and with
.he overthrow Of the banks went the small
a earnings aud limited fortunes OF widows and
: orphans, and the helplesslY aged, the director,
stood with diouc stare, aud TO the inquiry Of
the frenzied depositors and stockholders wht
l had lost their all, and to the arraignments O
an indignant public had nothing TO say ex
cept: ave thought It was all right We diC
not know there was ANYTHING wrong goinI
: on.m II was their duty TO know. They stooC
= IN position which deluded the people will
4 The idea that they were carefully obseryant
direct They had opportunity OF auditing
accounts and inspecting the books. No tint
: 80 do sol Then they had no business &
: accept the position. II seems TO be the prid
Of some monied men to be directors in grea
. many institutions and all they know !
whether or not they get their dividend
!. regularly, and their names are used as deco
ducks 10 bring others near enough to be mad
game Of What first OF all IS needed is tina
4 1900 bank directors and insurance compan
IS directors resign or attend to their business a
[ directors. The business world will be full o
4 fraud just as long as fraud is so easy. Whel
- you arrest the president and secetary of
= bank for an embezzlement carried on 70
= many years, have plenty Of sheriffs out tn
l. same day TO arrest all the directors The
y are guilty either of neglect Of completely.
!: ''0h, some one will say, "better preach tn
i, Gospel and let business matters alone"
- reply: II your Gospel does not inspire CON
mon honesty in the dealings Of men, III
i sooner you close up your GOSPEL and pitch
% into the depths OF the Atlantic Ocean the bel
% ter An orthodox swindler is worse than
heterodox swindler. The recitation Of all th
+. cathechisms and creeds ever written, an(
drinking from all the communion chalice
7 that ever glittered In the churches OF Christ
70 endom will never save your soul unless you
D. business character corresponds with your n
X lpious prOfession Some of the worst scouu