Daily Colonist (1899-01-29) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1899-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

them coming back. ,.„i,,i,i These men were much more \oluld the others. When they dlsei affnlrs had taken, bell broli torrent of profanity that

than

ercd llie turn loose In the 11 friim their

llDS. They swore n't lirst iiiure at the men in tlio boat tliaii us, wanting to know why they liad let the things tliein

he taken from

'ir nartners replied very meekly tliat Ihev wen. not responslbie-tliat a man wai holding a gun on them at that moment ami that they lives.

in peril ot tliolr

The neweomers looked over at me. niul realizing tbat at any but tlie very shorte-a rnntie a rllle Is a mure coni-lusive argniiieni than a pistol, tliey waded out and gut in their boat. As they P"«bed off into th. darkness thi''>- .'ailed liaek: "\NaIt till W' cateii von ilown the river. A man that 8 had the drop on him never forgets.

"Yes, vou'll bo uhiil to see os, said Mac iionehalantly. "Hawson's a hot place for Ihleves. and wlirii we meet again It II be at a necktie luirty organized for .vour iiene-iii. Manl man! 'S'e'll make a lovely.picture treadingMii tbe'"alr.",j!"''l ^ .

" ■' Q:: : : >■ -.!■ ,

FRANOl.;, PAST^ND; PRESENT.

(Compared with most of her neighbors, Kranee was a rich state In the days of I.ouIh XIV. Her share of the aggregate wealth of the great )iowers was possibly even larger than her pereeiitnge ot the iig gregate population. She had only one ser lods conipetltor—namely, I'^uglainl. (!cr many and Italy were as iioor as they were pollflcally weak; Uussla In an ecouomlc sense, WH9 yet unborn. , At a moderate estimate, more ,'than. lialJ of.'the weniltU .of ICurope was concentnitcd In two states— I'lnglaud and Krnnce. lint It Is uow far more- widely dlstriliuteil.' Nine or Ion years ago an estimate was made of the a<i cumiilaled wealth of Kurone by the chief of the Slallslleai liurean of the FnMich Miiilslry of Finance. He worked out a niiigiiiaceat total of 1,000 milliards of tiniicB, each milliard heinj; ctiulyalent to ill millions, sterling. To. tUe,.six-great powers he assigned'about niilc-feitths of tho whole, <it 1K)0 inlilinrds. Oreat llrltaiii ho placed at the head' of tlifs list with Z'lO inilllnrdu, l''rauce hccoikI -witli '.iOO milliards, (!i?rniany was a bad . thinl with 170 milliards, and KuBsia )i ver.v poor fourtli with 110 lall Hards.,: Austria and Italy brought uo the rc'jii', yvlth 100 millinrdH and liO milliards, re Bp^Ctlvely; , Kven then France and (!er many , wore believed by other autliorltlea to bo nearer each other than ^^. de Fovlllo put tlioiii.'but there can be no iloiibt thnt In tho Interval their relative poallloiiH have clianged greatly In favor of (ieriiiaiiy.

In the past ten years the Industrial and llnaiu'lal activity of the Gorniaiis has In e\ ery direction exceeded that of the French. Assnniliig:,thfl..t,lt.haH lieen but moderately pri)lUable,,:;|t,;,pln8t have produced a corresponding excess of nccimuilated wealth. Knsla'H progress may have been slow compared with (iermaiiy, but It has been ra|dd eoniparcd with that of P'lanee. Austria

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