Show RELIGION AND REFORM THE total number of christians in japan is about no SUND newspapers are published in japan though there are over printed in the vernacular oxe OATS of the most popular religious boo books in japan is pilgrims progress illustrated by japanese artists J F T of oswego N Y has an interleaved bible which cost him it is in sixty imperial folio volumes THERE are from to italians in newark N J among whom the baptists baptista of that city are organizing missions ane I 1 metropolitan tabernacle london with a membership of over is the best attended place of worship in everland En erland irland xa la Anti ancient tent times it was employed la in various ways itis it is a curious and interest interesting g fact that lat those fruits which in time P pt past t came to us ns from over the ocean bathed in the atmosphere of the enchant enchanting mg orient are now acclimated upon the western coast of our own country of these one of the most noteworthy and picturesque is the olive to all appearances pe arances one orange tree is precisely like its neighbor but not so with the olive no two are alike slow of growth indescribably tortured and wrung by the elements clinging to life iffe with intense persistence it wrests from earth and air that rich oil that fills a place subordinate to no other material in the days clays of old it was used for sacrificial libations as well as for anointing the person and hair for food and as a vehicle for preparing other foods in the days of roman splendor olive oil was used much as we use batter like the greeks the romans believed that the frequent anointing of the body was uras favorable to vigor and suppleness with both nations it was an indispensable adjunct to the baah olive oil ranked next nest to breadstuffs bread stuffs in value aya tural production |