Our Coming Wine Crop

It is not improbable that in another decade or two, judging from present progress, the United States will be the greatestwine producing country in the world. Iu all the statea where grape-growing with fchis view has gained some magnitude, there is a large and steady increase in the quantity manufacturad from year to year; and with advancing experience in the amalgamation of the juices of diiierent varieties of grapes, the quality of wine is much improved. According to the census returns California alone produced last year 4,500,000 gallons valued at $6,600,000, while the vintage of Xew York, New Jersey. Ohio and Missouri, last year, nearly reached in the aggregato this total. The entire quanity of wine imported into the United States in 1880, from all coun tries, amounted to the aggregate of only 4,500,000 gallons, valued at $6,000,000, showing a heavy leduction compared witb many previous years. As a rule our domestic wines are much purer than the imported, and a far greaterdegree of cleanliness is observed iu their manufacture. "Lay off j our overcoat or you won't feel it'when you go out," said the landlord of a western inn to a guest who was sitting by the üre. "That's what I'm afraid of," returned the man. '"The last time 1 was here I laid off my overcoat. I didu't feel it when I went out, and I haven't feit it since."