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vineyards. Their cellars contain about hal a million gallons at one 
time. Their goods are marketed in California, the States east of the 
Rocky Mountains, Central and South America, Australia, and China. 
Some of the finer varieties of these wines are shipped to Europe. In 
this region European varieties of the grape, such as cannot be grown 
in the Eastern States, grow in great abundance; but a leading favorite 
is found in the old Mission grapes of Spanish origin, acclimated by the 
Roman Catholic missionaries when California was an integral part 
of Mexico. In the Eastern States only American varieties of the 
grape can be successfully grown. The leading localities of wine- 
manufacture here represented are around Egg Harbor, N. J.; Ham- 
mondsport, N. Y.; the southern shore of Lake Erie, with adjacent 
islands in Ohio and several local points in Missouri. Kelley’s Island, 
in Lake Erie, with an area of about 3,000 acres, produces Catawba 
grapes in greatest perfection and manufactures a superior quality of 
Catawba wine. Alcoholic distillation from molasses is prominent in 
New England, and from grain in the central and western grain-pro- 
ducing States; but this industry is but imperfectly represented in the 
Centennial. Of malt liquors, the exhibit at the restaurants and drink- 
ing-stands is far more varied and extensive than in the Exposition Hall. 
In fact, the consumption of lager is simply stupendous, illustrating the 
wonderful capacity of the human stomach and the great development 
of appetite for this Teutonic beverage. Several economic hop-extracts 
are noted among American exhibits. One of our American exhibitors 
presents a specific cordial, intended to supersede European cordials. 
England exhibits only one kind of wine, extracted from freshly- 
gathered cowslip-flowers in Leicestershire. It is used mostly for 
medicinal purposes as a gentle tonic, its alcoholic strength being 
about equal to the mildest claret. Irish and Scotch whiskies are shown. 
Koumiss, an extract of cow’s milk, imitated from the preparation 
of mare’s milk by the Tartars, is one of the alcoholic preparations on 
exhibition. Malt liquors'in great variety, the characteristic bever- 
ages of the fast-anchored isle, are represented by numerous samples. 
Canada shows a few brands of native wine, some ale, porter, and malt, 
and some products of distillation. The wine exhibit of France is such 
as might be expected from the enormous production of that country. 
Prominent among the regions in which this industry is prosecuted 
is the famous champagne district, including about four departments of 
France, viz, Ardennes, Marne, Upper Marne, and Aube. This district 
extends from Méziéres on the Meuse, across the valleys of the Aisne, 
the Marne, the Loire, the Aube, and the Seine, nearly or quite to the 
confines of Lower Burgundy. But this extensive region is subdivided 
into the “ poor” and “rich” champagne, the former extending north- 
ward from Rheims and the latter confined to the valley of the Marne, 
embracing about 50,000 acres in vineyards. The vineyardists within 
this region very dogmatically assert that no real champagne is found 
outside of the department of the Marne, but wine connoisseurs of 
accepted authority both in Europe and America declare that much 
wine of the neighboring districts if branded “Goutte d’Or,” ** Moque- 
Bouteille,” “‘Céte-a-bras,” or “Closet,” would pass the most experi- 
enced wine-tasters without challenge. The name Sillery has long 
outlived the excellence of which it was once an ample guarantee. The 
choicest vineyards of the establishment have fallen into inferiority by 
actual mismanagement. Epernay, a few miles west of Chalons, is 
the great center of the champagne production. Here from 30,000 to 
36,000 acres of vineyard, cultivated with extreme care, furnish the 
