Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1917 — Japanese Champagne. [ARTICLE]

Japanese Champagne.

The Flowery Kingdom has, In the course of the war, been saturated with so much wealth thatr the government brewery at Takinogawa deemed it a good investment to go into the champagne producing business at 9 yen (yen, 50 cents) per bottle. The effervescent power of the Japanese “Madame Cliquot” is so great that by carelessly uncorking a bottle half of ita-eontents id lost on the floor. This, at least, is the report printed in “The North China Herald.” Probably, * combination of trade jealousy and political malice.—Exchange.