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JAPAN.
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PUCK BLOGNY
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JAPAN,
AN INSULAR EMPIRE OF ASIA, COMPOSED OF 3,850 ISLANDS, THE
PRINCIPAL OF WHICH ARE HANDO AND KIO SIU. THE CAPITAL CITY OF
TOKIO IS ON THE ISLAND OF HANDO AT THE HEAD OF THE BAY OF YEDO.
THE INHABITANTS ARE OF THE MONGOLIAN RACE, ARE STOUT AND WELL
FORMED, AMIABLE, INTELLIGENT AND PATRIOTIC. THE STATE RELIGION HAS
ALWAYS BEEN SINTOISM. THE PRIESTS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DESCENDED
FROM THE SUN. JAPAN HAS A WRITTEN HISTORY FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-
FIVE CENTURIES, AND A CONTINUOUS DYNASTY SINCE 660 B. C. THIS
PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE SPOT AND IS AN EXACT REPRESENTATION OF
THE NATIVE COSTUME. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO. HAVE OFFICES IN
ALL THE PORTS AND LARGE CITIES, AND ARE FURNISHING THE JAPANESE-
WITH THOUSANDS OF SINGER MACHINES.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
F.P. HEIL, Agt
LEHIGHTON PA
