Word: japanned
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Fifty Yale graduates have formed an alumni association at Tokis, Japan...
JAMES S. WADSWORTH,Temp. Capt.YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. - Mr. Nariakii Kozaki will address the meeting tonight, at 6.45 o'clock, on Christianity in Japan. All students are cordially invited...
...there is one Protestant minister to every 800 persons; in Heathen lands there is but one to every 400,000. It is a great field of work for young men and the results to be obtained may be surmised from the fact that since the first missionary went to Japan in 1859 over 300 churches have been established and 35,000 persons have become Christians...
Professor Goodale recounted his journey through India, Ceylon, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, giving views of the palms and all plant life. A grove of cocoanut palms is always a sign of a negro village in Ceylon. The growth and culture of tea is the principal occupation of the inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most...
...trees reach a great height. Views were exhibited of the hot springs of New Zealand and of vegetation before and after the eruption, which covered the mountain districts with cinders, showing the complete destruction of all plant life. The lecture closed with a number of pictures of Japan, disclosing the effects of the disastrous earthquakes last fall...