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bleached linen or chambray. Plain ginghams also provide suitable ma terial. The petticoat is plain and mar row, about yard and three-quarters wide. It is slit up at one side along a seam. The bottom is finished with shallow scallop button hole stitched with a coarse floss.
 Two sprays of embroidery, placed at the sides of the slash in the skirt, finish it's decoration. The embroidery is done in white. Stitches are long and easily done.
 Skirts of this kind are made up in blue. pink, lavender. tan. linen color and white. They are easily laundered. Worn with fancy corset cover they provide foundation for white dresses in the new crepe-ltke fabrics which are not sheer but still allow color to glow through them. But these durable and attractive pet ticoats are to be worn with utility dresses and are not made for those of airy fabrics, which will be used for other wear.
 There Is a certain satisfaction in hand-wrought undergarments, and a certain pride in ones own work which more than pays for the time spent upon such simple and practical gar meMts.
 JULIA BOTToMLEV.
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CHILDREN LOVE
 SYRUP 0F FIGS
It is cruel to force nauseating, harsh physic into a
 sick child.

Look back at your childhood dayA Remember the "dose" mother insisted on-castor oil. calomel. cathartics. How you hated them. how you fought against taking them.
 With our children it's different Mothers who cling to the old form of physic simply don't realize what they do. The children's revolt is well-found ed. Their tender little "insides" arc injured by them.
 If your child's stomach, liver and bowels need cleansing, give only deli cious California Syrup of Figs.T Ita action is positive, but gentle. Millions of mothers keep this harmless fruit laxative" handy; they know children love to take it.; that it never fails to clean the liver and bowels and sweet en the stomach. and that g teaspoonful given today sases a sick child tomor row.
 Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on each bottle Adv.
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MERE are two beautiful new designs 4A in petticoats to which little hand embroidery gives a touch of real ele- gance. The designs are simple and the work not of the kind which proves trying to the eyes. Now that Lent Is here and our time is not too fully occupied it is a real pleasure to sit down to little old-fashioned sewing.
 One of these petticoats is of white nainsook with a ruff1e of batiste ma chine stitched to the bottom. The ruff f1e is scalloped and buttonhole-stitched along the lower edge. It may be pur- chased with the edge ready finished. The buttonhole stitching is extended to form small panels.
 In each of the panels a spray of flowers. very simple and easily done, is embroidered. The sprays are not all alike; two, or even three, pat. terms are used, or only one, accord ing to the choice of the individual
 The top of the ruff1e is cut into short slashes, the edges carefully fin tshed with the buttonhole stitch, and a satin ribbon threaded through these siashes by way of dainty finish. Blue, pink, lavender or a soft gold color are shown in satin ribbons to be used for this purpose.
 A practical petticoat to be worn with street suits is made of un-
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FALLING HAIR MEANS
 DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your HaIrl Get 25 Cent Bottle of Danderine Right Now-AIso
 StoPs Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected scalp; of dandrunf-that awful scurf.
 There is nothing so destructive to the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair of its luster, its strength and it's very life; eventually producing feverish- ness and itching of the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots to shrink, loosen and die-then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine tonight-now-any time-will surely save your hair.
 Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any store, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, luster and luxuriance which is so beautiful. It will become wavy and fluffy and have the appear ance of abundance; an incomparable gloss and softness. but what will please you most will be after just . few weeks use, when you will actual. ly see lot of fine, downy hair-new hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
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hams Vegetable Compound I improved rapidly and today am a well woman, I cannot tell you how happy I feel and I cannot say too much for your Compeal. Would not be without it in the house E it cost three times the amount. ''- -lGrs. CHAs. CHAPMAN, R. F. D. No. 2, Belle vue, Ohio.
 WOman's Precious Gift.
 The one which she should most zeal ously guard, is her health, bus D is the one most often neglected U1A some ailment peculiar to her seA has fastened itself upon her. When @ sf- fected such women may rely upon L4dn E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compoula . remedy that has been wonderfully snc- cessful in restoring health to suffering women.
 If you have the slightest douhE that Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetnr ble Compound will help y0u,Wxite to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicineCo. (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, fo1ad- vice. Your letter will be opeoed, read and answered by . woman, and held in strict confidence
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Good old Times" Again.

Hospital patients of today are bet ter off than their ancestors of "tho good old times" MT. Wheatley, in his book on London" quotes from a Scottish act of parliament of 1886 to the effect that "if ony man brings to the market corrupt swine or ealmond to be sauld, they sail be taken by the baillie, and incontinent, without ony question, sail be sent to the leper folke;;" and if there be no lepers then only "sall they be destroyed utterlie. ' The same pleasant custom obtained in Oxford in the fifteenth century, where all putrid meat and fish was by statute sent to St. Johns hospital.
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His Chance at Last.

The busybody was circulating pc dtion calling upon the powers that be to abolish something or other.
 'It will be presented at the next meeting" he said, land a copy of it will be printed in all the papers,"
 The struggling young author made haste to sign.
 Whats it all about?" asked 2 friend.
 "Oh, I don't know" said >the strug. gling young author, "but couldn't resist the temptation to see my name signed to something that will appear in print."-Judge.
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a ruffie of the ribbon, giving the effect of short basque finish. There is an apron of lace at the front, with bands extending upward to the bodice, over the shoulders and around the low neck. The sleeves are short puffs fin ished with double ruffies and lace.
 Very small flowers of narrow ribbon make slender wreath which outlines the apron and bodice and follows the line of the founce at the back.
 Chiffon taffeta and lace are used, with little plain chiffon for the sec ond dress. The picture shows so plain ly the composition that 1t hardly needs description.
 The skirt of chiffon taffeta is mar row and extends to the calf of the leg. It is finished with a wide lounce of lace and is caught up in front with two ribbon roses. There is a tunic. girdle and tiny eton jacket of the silk, with underbodice and sleeves of chiffon in the same color as the silk.
 The tunic is finished with pattern of light embroidery about the bottom, and the bodice is embellished with a big butterfly bow of the silk mounted above the waist line at the front.
 Each of the youthful wearers is pro. vided with a strand of pearl beads for her neck and black satin slippers for her feet. These are simple and taste. ful dresses, not at all expensive and entirely appropriate to young girls Nothing more elaborate is to be con sidered for them.
 JULIA soTToMLEY.
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<sC MEET SIXTEEN" must be con
 O strued these days to mean, in reality, sweet eighteen to twenty-four; for sweet sixteen of these days is a little too young to prove interesting outside her own circle of relatives or schoolmates. The two pretty frocks for young girl, pictured here, are suitable designs for any of the festive occasions.
 It will be seen that they allow plenty of freedom for the frolicsome dances to which youth is just now so devoted. The materials are supple, and the skirts sufficiently full.
 For these fascinating dresses soft sheer fabrics are to be chosen. There are plenty of them. Voiles (plain or howered), chiffon, silk or cotton crepes, wool or cotton challies, nets, chiffon taffetas and other light silks, crepe de chine, lowered null, besides numbers of novelties that have been brought out. Probably the two most satisfactory materials are chiffon taf- feta and voile.
 The frock with the accordion plaited skirt is worthy of some study. It is of cream-colored voile with girdle of rose-colored moire ribbon and long ends crossed at the front They are fastened there and brought to the back, where they tie in bow with short loops under a narrow scant founcs of the material. This founce is double. having the effect of a hang. ing pun.
 Added to the girdle at the back is
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:. V .-- ,,l,' . c'- Doxes or Ooooo Kidney Pills the swelling disappear. ed and he felt himself again. He says he has been benefited and blessed by the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sev- eral months later he wrote: have not changed my faith in your remedy since the above statement was author. ized. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes lop about this wonderful remedy.
 Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,. Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household Hints. also muE3 of National Anthem (English and German words) and re- cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent freq. Adv.
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Weak Man.

At New Year eve supper at the Players club in New York. Witter Bynner, sonneteer, remarked:
 "A New Year resolution is the only thing on earth that is stronger at birth than at any time"
 At this witticism the eyes of Butler Glaenzer. essayist and critic, snapped behind the lustrous pince-nez. and MT. Glaenzer said in his calm, fluent voice:
 And of New Year resolutions. above all other things, it is true that the good die young."
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His Experience.

Shoe Clerk-what size rubbers do you wear?
 Uncle Josh| dunno. I guess when you buy rubbers you have to take your choice between ones you can hardly get on at all and ones thatn slip of as soon as you begin to wear 'em.- Puck.
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AdminIstratIon's Peril.

In their own serious way the pupMs in the grade schools of New York are watching history in the making. In one of the schools where large number of foreigners are being taught the teacher was asked by a little fel- low what she thought of the adminis- tration's scheme to apply the literacy test to immigrants. The teacher mere ly explained what the literacy test meant, thinking that was what the youngster wanted When she finished . little Italian boy piped:
 "The administration had betta watch out or the black hand will get him"
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INDIGESTION, GAS
 0R BAD STOMACH Time it! Pape's Diapepsn eslls
 all Stomach misery in fye minutes.

Do some foods you eat hit hAe1-i taste good, but work badly; feTnent into stubborn humps and cause . sisk. sour, gassy stomach? Nov. MF. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Raoeh Diapepsin digests everything. leaving nothing to sour and upset you. Thaee never was anything SO safely quick. eo certainly effective. No difference how badly your stomach is disorderea yCu will get happy relief in five minxtes. but what pleases you most Is that ft strengttens and regulates your s1ou- ach SO you can eat your favorite foods without fear.
 You feel different as soon as Fape's Diapepsin" comes in contact wfth tho stomach distress just vanishes your stomach gets sweet. no gases. 10 beach- ing, no -eructations of undigested food.
 Go now, make the best investment you ever made. by getting large nfeV- rent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any store. You realize in five minutes hDW needless it is to suffer from indiees- tion, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
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somewhat Mixed.

You would scarcely believe, said Silas, what an effect visioc at dis. tance has on sex. Last summer went to Boston with my two uncles and we visited Bunker Hill monu ment. They were afraid to go up it but I did so while they waited be low. When ' got to the top and looked dswo. I'll be blowed if my uncles didrA look just like ants."
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Miuht Be Arranaed.

The Luncher-Look here, waiter, I'm very sorry. but I've only just suff1- cient money with me to pay the bill. and nothing left for a tip for you.
 The Waiter (confidehtly)- you mind just lettin' me ave another look at the bill. sir?-London Sketch.
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cho.t of a smIIe.

Rosemary Have you ever been inn pressed by the mystery of Mona Lisa's smile?
 Thornton-No. She looks to me just like some woman who is doing her best to laugh at one of her husbands jokes.-Judge.
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A Frsnk r.Ik.

"Wombat, I have always been true friend to you. I have spoken nicely of you behind your back as well as to your face. And yet you have always been suspicious of me-"
 ,'T admit it, old chap. You act SO different from my other friends that I have never known what to make of you"
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The Law of Chance,

May Kissam-rm afraid papa would make. a scene if he came home and found you here.
 Jack Willing-I just left him at the club; he won't be home very early.
 May Kissam-How do you know?
 Jack Willing-He was 200 in the hole when I left.-Punch.
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First Boarder-This Is the third time the actor over there has dipped up a saucer of cream and strawberries. Second Boarder-Yes, he is the star boarder.
 First Boarder-Ah! I see; the Big Dtpper.
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Dramatic Proqress.

What became of that play you wrote five years ago?"
 "The managers decided 1t was too daring to produce"
 Send it on again."
 "I did. They say it's too tame now" Pittsburgh Post.
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Place for Everything.

Where shall put this copy of Pilgrims Progress ?'" asked a domes tic who was assisting her newly mar ried mistress to arrange new library.
 Why" replied the young house keeper. 'of course that goes with the books on travel"
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Vegetable Cm-
 pound Ny back achedun1 | IHs1ght
 itwould break, Lksd pains all over nc,
 nervous feehngBmd periodic troub3esL T was very weak and run down snd Was losing hope of ever being we'll and strong. After tsk- in0 Lydia E pnk-
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A Good Drive.

Did you enjoy your drive in your new electric?"
 Very much. annoyed three traffic policemen, held up two auto trucks and kept whole string of gasoline cars driven by men waiting until said good-by to a friend.'
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ing, was dizzy
 and exhausted at the least exer- tion. Hands and feet were cold and he had such a dragging sensa- tion across the loins that it was dimcult to move. After using 6
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Wave of Crime.

T have fine idea for a crime play" "Go to it."
 There is just one point to con. sider."
 What is that?"
 Would have to pay any, royalties to the county if dramatized the pro ceedings of the grand jury?"
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1t Certainly ls.

Patience-Do you ever look back over the past?
 Patrice-Why, that's the only way one can look at the past
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Pedal Pedantry.

Every girl who rides a bike
 On country road or street, Always has two ends in view; Those two ends are her feet.
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; When She Smiles.

A woman always has grouch
 When thinking of her letters, But she is sure to smile the day The postman brings her letters.
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Perf.ctIy AoreeahIe.

She (to rejected suitor)-Iu be- . sister to you, Alphonse.
 He (briskly)-All right. Come. kiss your brother.--Judge.
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In. spite of the fact that ignorance is bliss, lot of people are continsa1y trying to educate us.
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Faulty Construction,

Bacon-Who is the bowlegged mani Egbert-Oh. he's one of our self made men,"
 Well. ssy, itsn't there any law against faulty construction in your town?"
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Waste of Time.

My efforts to keep diary con- vinced me of one thing" What's that?"
 "That there are mighty few days in the year on which a man does any thing really worth recording"
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l A food for sore lungs. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops. Cure coughs, by relievng | the soreness-5c at Drug Stores.
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A cLEReYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig.
 ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for Q year. His limbs and feet we're swol- len and puffed. He had heart hutter.
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Promising All Right.

Bill-Don't you think he has prom ising voice?
 Jill-Sure. I heard him say twenty different times he was going to pay his bill
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Green-Oh! well, believe Shallow. pate is pretty sure to get ahead in time.
 Wise-I know, but he needs one right away. -
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Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar.coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and invig- crate stomach, liver and bowels and curs constipation. Adv.
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Constant use will wear thing cut, even the constant use of friendN
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Don't Try,

Isn't there any way of stopping these cyclones:" asked the Eastern man.
 "No." replied the Westerner; "the best way is to go right along with 'em."
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LOSING HOPE
 2 WOMAN VERY t[L
Finally Restored To, Hea1Eh By Lydia E. Pmkham's
 Vegetable Compound.

Bellevue, Ohio.-t.I was in . tesribas state before took Lydia B. Pinkhsis
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He Hadn't.

What debt we owe to medical science!" he said as he put down tlse paper.
 Good heavens!" she excaaimed. Haven't you paid the doctors bia yet?"
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Na4,,zlIx

What did you think of Jim's rattle snake story?"
 "It was a rattling good tale"
Evening star., 1914-06-07
A Lively Young War.

WHILE the policy Of watchful wait
w ing continues unabated in Mexico
City Washington has had little Mexi-
can war of it's own. Not much blood was
shed and no arrests were made. but it
was a lively young war at that Several
days ago two young and stylishly dressed
Mexicans stopped in front of haber-
dashery at the west end of Pennsylvania
avenue Mexicans? Well, anyhow, they
looked like Mexicans, and from the way
the shorter one started to mix things 1t
seems reasonably certain that the guess
holds good. His opponent was clerk
The duo walked into the store and the
shorter one announced that he wanted to
see a pair of socks.
The shorter Mexican looked at the
socks contemptuously and flung them
back on the counter When ne spoke IL
was in perfect English.
They sell those in my country twenty
for two PESOS" he said. You could see
the clerks hair start to rise as he heard
the word pesos" He had been read
ing the paper. ,r,
can to his companion. We will leave
this hideous hole and go to store
The clerks face showed aslonisHinehe.
"Huh?" he said.
The Mexican was already waking out:
"Wanta see something peleef' lno
Your garments are intended for old
women" the Mexican shouted back. he
had reached the door.
..Well." said the clerk. when we e.. 81,
through with your old country you yon't =
wish you had these, cause you "oh
have nothing else!
Then the fight started. 1t took the
,ronr,etor two clerks and the friend OK
the Mexican to break 1t up.
Evening star., 1914-06-07
lI1ZzlWiTH @(5HE@ PAr1BLERzzs1ASRIaa

like the grasshopper. and his song is like
that of the grasshopper sparrow. He has
a narrow black hand through the eyes
and two broad white wingbars with crown
and pnderparts a clear yellow. He is
called the blue-winged warbler because
his wings, other than the bars on them.
are blush gray.
In the case OF the Canadian warbler.
the male has a necklace of black spots
with white eye ring and lores. but in
the female and in the young birds there
is no more than a slight indication of the
black necklace. and sometimes none at
all. The hooded warbler is SO called be
cause of his black hood. The male bird
has a yellow forehead and cheeks. the
rest of the head and throat being black.
and both male and female have white
spots on the outer tail feathers. but have
no bars on the wings.
OF the Blackburnian warbler. an old
friend OF the Rambler said that this is
the most exquisite member of the war
bier family. and it is the most eagerly
sought bird by the Audubon people and
others in the spring. They are to be
seen often among the flowers OF blossom
ing fruit trees In quest OF insects. The
male Is black above with a large white
patch on the wings. and outer tail fsath-
ers are white, but his throat and breast
are Of intense orange.
The bay-breasted warblers have
CROWN throat and sides of reddish chest
nut and are greenish above. streaked
with black. The black-and-white warblers
are zebra-striped and cannot be mistaken
for any other bird. They are often called
black-and-white creepers from their habit
of creeping along the branches OF trees
The myrtle warbler has yellow patches
on the crown. sides and rump. and there
are large white spots on the outer tail
feathers. The magnolia warbler Is a
pretty and a bold bird with black ear
patch, a black back and black necklace
and a yellow rump, throat and under
parts. Although called magnolia warblers.
they seem to prefer the birch woods dur
ing the season of migration, and they
nest in coniferous trees.
The prothonotary warbler is of intense
yellow over his head, neck and his under
body. The yellow Is often rich orange.
II you take up the observation of birds
around Washington you will no doubt be-
come interested in the warblers
Evening star., 1914-06-07

a long time has been called Riggs mill.
1t is on land connected with the Riggs
home. stone house about two miles
nearer the city than the mill, and in the
private burial ground of which. under
the shade of cedars. L'Enfant was
buried, and few years ago exhumed
for feinterment at Arlington If the
Ramblers memory is working straight.
the place is called Green Hill. When
L'Enfant died there it was not Riggs
property, but belonged to the very old
Maryland family of Diggs. One of
these Diggs' owned warburton Manor.
which stood within what is now the
reservation of Fort Washington. When
EEnfant determined on the site of
Fort Washington. and drew plans which
were rejected, for the fortifcation Of
the approach to Washington at that
point. he made the acquaintance of the
Diggs family. and lived there until the
owner of Warburton died. Then he
moved to the home of cousin of the
Warburton Diggs. and died there. that
property a good many years after COM
ing into possession of the Riggs family
The Riggs road. in it's course between
woodburn, at the end Of Rock Creek
Church road and Riggs mill, passes close
to the Riggs house. and within sight Of it.
A by-road leads off to it.
Evening star., 1914-06-07

the republic of the United States and the
republics to the south of her" said Senor
Calvo.
Very modest as may seem the Co
operation of Costa Rica toward this great
end, our endeavor has been constant and
firm. Costa Rica does not count her in
habitants by millions, nor does she meas
ure the extent Of her territories by hun
dreds of thousands of square miles; but
she knows that. though greatness of size
is certainly desirable. it is not the acme
of happiness: and she realizes that smaS
nations may aspire to moral greatness,
which exists where justice rules. where
the general good is the supreme law. and
where the aspiration is toward the con-
sideration and respect Of other nations
in the common advancement of civiliza-
ton
1.-The relations of Costa Rica with the
United States, from the time when, In
1851, Daniel Webster, on behalf of the
United States. signed the treaty which
proclaims that There will be perpetual
peace between the United States and the
republic of Costa Rica.' have been close
and intimate. Sixty per cent of our ex-