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(1). WHAT IS, S BEST.
(Ella Wheeler Wilcox).
I know as my life grows older
And mine eyes have clearer sight.
That under each rank wrong, somewhere
There lies the root of right;
That each sorrow has its purpose,
By the sorrowing oft unguessed.
But as sure as the sun brings morning,
Whatever is, is best.

I know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade.
Is somewhere, some time punished,
Though the hour be long delayed.
I know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the heat's unrest;
And to grow means often to suffer;
but whatever is, is best.

I know there are not error
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
for the final good of man,
And I know, when my soul speeds onwards,
In its grand eternal quest.
I shall say as I look earthward,
Whatever is, is best.
(2). Neither Zola, nor Rostand. The

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and Theodore Rose[sevelet] President
of the United states
Edward VII., King of Great Britain
Ireland; William H. Emperor of Germany
and King of Prussia, Emite Loubet,
President of France; Christian IX.,
King of Denmark; Kuang Hsu, Emperor
of China; Leopold II, King of Belgium;
Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria -
Hungary; George, King of Greece; Mutshito,
Mikado of Japan; Wilhelmina,
Queen of the Netherlands; Nicholas II.,
Czar of Russa; Alfonso XIII., King of
Spain; M. Ruchet, President of Switzerland;
Abdul Hamid II., Sultan of Turkey;
Oscar II., King of Sweden; Carl
V., King of Norway.

(2.) The Boer War - this war began
October 11, 1899. It was caused by the aggressive
policy of Joseph Chamberlain,
the Colonial Secretary. The beginning of
the war was marked by brillant victories
of the Boers, but the overwhelming
numbers of the British, under the
leadership of Lord Roberts, compelled
the Boers to break up into small contingents.
though these little bands
fought with bravery and persistance, and
were in strategy superior to the enemy,
they could rarionally hope to accomplish
little against such odds. The leaders
were accordingly reduced to the necessity
of at last signing the terms of peace
May 31, 1902. The troops put in the field
numbered 300,000, of which 250,000 were
British and 50,000 Boers. The British lost
30,000 men; the Boers 10,000. The British
are estimated to have lost $3000,000,000,
the Boers, $10,000,000.

The Japanese-Russian War-The war
between Japan and Russia began on the
night of February 8-9, 1904. In the eight
leading battles on land the Japanese had
the advantage. In fact, throughout the
war Japan's forces were encouraged by
the most wonderful success. The greatest
battle in history was fought during
this war, that of Mukden, a 16-day contest,
lasting from February 24 to March
12, 1905. Kuropatkin, the Russian general,
lost 110,000 men and an immense quantity
of supplies, the Japanese sustaining
a loss of 60,000 men. There were ten important
naval engagements. It was immediately
after the great battle of the
Sea of Japan that Roosevelt began negotiations
to bring the belligerents together.
His efforts were finally rewarded
when the Peace Commission signed
the treaty at Portsmouth September 5,
1905. The total number of forces engaged
during the war was about 1,540,000. Of
these, the killed, permanently disabled
and invalided have been computed at
625,000; 375,000 Russians and 256,000 Japanese.
It has been estimated that the
war cost Russia $1,075,000.000; Japan about
$475,000,000. In ships, the losses were as
follows: Russia, 68; Japan, 24.

(3.) (a) The Wilson tariff law was
passed in 1894, as a result of the tariff-
reform campaign inaugurated by President
Cleveland in his famous message to
Congress in December, 1887, and culminating
in his election to the Presidency
in 1892, and the control of both houses
of Congress by the Democratic party. It
made a marked reduction of the tariff,
but failed to carry out in their fullness
the principles for which Cleveland and
Wilson had contended, the bill having
been subjected by the Senate to a great
number of protectionist amendments,
which the House was compelled to accept.
Mr. Cleveland permitted it to become
a law without his signature. (b)
The Dingley tariff law was passed in
1897, at an extra session of Congress,
called by President McKinley, who had
been elected on a sound-money and high-
tariff platform in 1896. It is still in force,
and is te highest protective tariff we
have ever had, higher than even the McKinley
tariff, which was enacted in 1890
and which, at the time, led to a violent
reaction against protectionism (c) The
Hay-Paucefote treaty between the
United States and Great Britain was ne-