Christian herald and signs of our times (1896) (14583263577)

Identifier: christianheralds19unse (find matches)
Title: Christian herald and signs of our times
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Publisher: (New York, The Christian Herald)
Contributing Library: Christian Herald Association
Digitizing Sponsor: Tisch Library, Tufts University



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.EPCHA HOUSE OF THE BETTER CLASS echat wild, forest country into the centreof n immense and remunerative industry.Any Lepchas come down from their ownccitry and work as coolies in the tea gar-dt;. making monev at a rate whichWild be impossible in the backward con-dims of Sikkim. wax, silk co-coons, andother pro-ducts of thejungle.Everye x e r tion ismade to pro- mote good V ■*!-■ p^BBMWR fell 0 wship J * with the str.a ngers.Many Euro-pean ladies2. n d gentle-men go there for the holiday, and the na-tives enjov watching them at tennis andother games. Sports of all kinds are pro-vided for the people, and the Englishladies give away the prizes. When thewriter was there two years ago. two ofthe athletic contests were won by Lepchas. LEPCHA CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Photograph procured expressly /or The Ch, Mens Guild which has its headquarters inEdinburgh. There are nearly two thou-sand Christians scattered in about twentytowns and villages. Another illustration is a heathen Lepchahouse of t