Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-11
SWINDLE is ABROAD.
Dr.. Talmage breaches on the Prev
alenee of Crime.
Everywhcre Are Men who Have
Abused the Trust ReDosed An
Them-rhe Evils Of spec
ulatfon.

this world, as well as preparation Tor
The Heavenly world. Text. job. S. IA:
Whose trust shall be a spiders web"
The two most skillful architects in
the world are the bee and the spider.
The one puts up a sugar manufactory
and the other builds a slaughter house
for Aies On a bright summer morn
ing when the sun comes out and shines
upon the spiders web. bedecked with
dew. the gossamer structure seems
bright enough for suspension bridge
for aeriai beings 20 cross on. But alas
FOR the poor fly which in the latter
part OF that day ventures on il and .
is caught and dungeoned and destroyed. 4
The hy was informed that IL was a
free bridge. and would cost nothing. f
but a the other end OF the bridge the /
toll paid was its own life. The next I
Gay there comes down = strong wind.
and away goes the web and the ma
rauding spider and the victimized fy.
so delicate are the siikcn threads of
the spiders web that many thousands
Of them are put together before they
become visible 20 the human eve. and
il takes 4.0Oo. coo Of them 10 make a
thread as large as the human hair. Most
cruel as well as most ingenious is the
spider. A prisoner in the Bsstile.
France. had one 50 trained that az the
sound Of the violin IL every day came
Tor its meal OF hies. The author Of
nv text. who was a learned scientist OF
his day. had no doubt watched the vo-
. racious process Of this one insect with
another and saw spider and fy swept
} down BY the same broom or scattered
u
has 50 many designing spiders and vic
timized hiSsl There has not been
. time when the utter and black ire
: sPonsibiiity OF many men having the
% financial interests Of others in charge
= has been more evident than in these last
( few years. The bankruptcy OF banks
= and disappearance OF administrators
J. with the funds OF large estates. and the
disordered accounts OF United States
officials have sometimes made a pes
/, tilence Of crime that Solemnizes every
! thoughtful man and woman and leads
q every philanthropiSt and Christian TO
j. ask: What shall be done 70 stay the
II plague
r There Is ever and anon a monsoon OF
Swindle abroad. a typhoon. sirocco
, ! sometimes ask myself II il would not
:, be better for men making wills 10 be
= queath the property directly 10 the ex
Y. ecutors and officers Of the court and ap
IL point The widows and orphans com
rs luittee' 70 see that the former got al
m that did not belong 20 them. The simpi'
ne fact is that there are large numbe
Of men sailing yachts and driving fas
- horses and members Of expensive club
h. houses and controlling country seat
- who are not worth dollar II they re
"a turn 10 others their Just rights. Unde
re. some sudden reverse they fail. an
IS with afflicted air seem 10 retire frOr
-. the world, and seem almost ready 70
lc- moDastic life, when in two OF thre
IN years they blossom out again. havin
compromised with their rcreditOrs-ths
- - is. paid them nothing but regret-an
- the only difference between the secon
an chapter Of prosperity and the first
that their pictures are MurilloS inStea
~. OF KenSetts. and their horses 60 a mi
lie. in 90 seconds less than their predece
~. Sorx, and instead of one country sci
ny. they have three. l have watched az
en- have noticed that nine out Of ten
those who fail IN what is called his
,., life have more means after than b
~, fore the failure, and in many Of {,
FOR. cases failure is only stratagem 70 Z
cape the payment Of honest debts al
ere Put the world on the track while tn
en- PRACTICE q large swindle. There
ney something woefully wrong in the IA
DuS that these things are possible.
On First OF all. l charge the blame
r careless, indifferent bank directors a
INTO boards having in charge great ansnc
institutions. 1t ought not &c be pos
pre- bic for a president or cashier or pro
nd inent oficer of . banking institution
swindle il year after year without
~ lection. will undertake 10 say u
Aac II these frauds are carried on for I
"a. or three years without detection eitl
the directors are partners in the
SEN fanny and pocket part of the theft
ton they are guilty OF n culpable neglect
the duty. for which God will hold them
erv. responsible as he holds the ackno
edged defrauders. What right a.
was prominent business men 10 allow IN
ture names to be published as directors
5 OF financial institution, so that unsopl
ar ticated people are thereby induced
in deposit 9heir money in or buy the sc
e TO thereof, when they, the published
Iniey rectorx, are doing nothing for the 81
" Of the institution? IL Is a case
deception most veprehensible.
Many people with surplus
q. money, not needed for immediate
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