New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-07

grea, mng.p N. German nation furnishes
MOOT Of the truth OF tbi. sse ton Inc cnarace Q:
hat people IN the days OF Arnnlns cen To - nave
In rvsry different from that Of today The calse
-, he easily accounted FOR when u cir food - co0sh-
ned and il becomes still more eVIdert when we con
,lnna,e the eject OF The habliua use Of liquors
| ~ imrregpA,ed With the narcO'ic hop The 10th
ic and toTuid state which cha rizes the old b.
s,isrs NAV be directly .racei 20 their bee. rha,
il no. ,be effect OF the alcohol Il contains prove By
The vivscity end activity OF ne wine drinking Rhine
| lander aid Frenctmsn. Chemistry has long sine
eyploded the ideas It'll which the victims of hs man4
bsre fattered ard console Themselves concerning ~
! s:,eng,heDipg effects and allowing is tomo-bn snl
tonic properties We have yet TO discover the phos-
| tOI ic mi1tures.
There can be little doubt that by reArding the d..
composition Of tie tissues IN the human organism Ia
ger bier tausc unnatural deposit Of fat ell the
system in persons Of sedeutary habits; fo- W fnd
that they snfer from its iDjuro1s efTccs ian
those who by active exercise accelerate is
into itf elements, carbopc acid and water As in
stance Of thus, compare the effects OF lager be
c'Gkr and young men about town, and the German
Turner and the difference Of ia effect -sthe the
effect Of the coun'erec,ng influences which are wo.k.
ing against il, will be Immediately perceived.
IN who take little exercise lager bier acts
swil does stable il acceler4tes the secretion
Of ik but fmnishes il with casene other nitro
gtnzed subttaDces. by which alone the infant be
sustained. he child viii, consequently. have IA
try and soft appearance and BE- destitute of HEALTHY
color il will be II bile 10 effusi0n of water the brain
ard die reaOy from Group or scarlet fever In slHh
cases we have frequently observed the Chi improve
by being cd # fed upon the ordinary hetcr-
octneOus compound called milk. We believe the Taste
Of lsger-bier s naturally dlsegreelDIe and that i Is
destructive 10 beauty. Women preserve unlup-ircl
their natural tastes for longer period than maA in
fact they seldom become yitia,ed in their tas.os
men. Ihave observed that they seldom drink he"r.
In all the saloons you generally other drink
s,Ancing before them. We know hat by women in
Emole it j. considered vulgar TO drink beer 9Th )ugh
we never were Informed Why.
II, little wonder that the German nation should re-
main subject 70 the rule Of tbiriy.sX petty tyrtns,
when We coiidcr the state Of Indifference mo which
individuals may be sunk by drinking quantities
Of beer much too small 10 cause, by Their alcoholic
properties. anything approaching ntovcaton. Tins
total aDnihiatiUn of the executive faculty can be "a.
tIibuted TO other cause than the hops with which
lager-btr in particular, is highly impregla'e1.
Whether or not the narcotic properties of tis bitter
vegetable are iniesi fed by the carbOnc acid We are
not prepared to answer but that it does increase the
stiu ulatiDg and intoxicating properties OF acob Ilc
ni1'ues is well known TO drinkers OF sparkling vines
or other aerated mixtures.
We have, in toe saloons in this city watched The
awakening from the lethargic stupidity into which a
cIowd of habtaa mbibers Of lager bier has been sunk
when the al nouDcemeDt made that fresh barrel
had been struck Their greasy faces shine with add
tona user, and perfect rush takes place To- he r-t
ready for the waiter. They appear 10 have keen ap
probation Of the dlusive properties of the extra guam.
ty OF cabonic acid present in such beer.
III III kuCH euDcfThntdl cttd JsnmrDts rs tnrJDy
city, that may be seen class OF wIechcs who, To
thin eat cheese in adv anccd state of dccOm
position, sailed and smOked eels, etc. ylUtons who
pethcr cot to live live to eat, out eat TO drink.
We may be thought one. sided or partial, when
ascrbc these effects to the indulgence in narcotic bev-
crages. Doubtless other causes have large share in
the work; but without It's infucnce-dud il is
of vast mpOrtGDce-m We not sooner hope for an
emancipation from many of the evils which detdin na-
ons and individuals the road TO higher existence
Certainly state of indifference, which nation
apt relapse into after the wild excitement of
fortune-buntDg, and the other exctements TO which
we particularly liable, even when not inteasiGed
by nal COsm, is hot favorable to the development of
mora ard spiritual cuture-al relaxation is not
intended TO be characterized by stupidity. We have
always found that proper agitation physically and
mentally, is generally favorable to the development of
human morals as wen as intellect and se find he
holds gosd in that recuperative condition called
sleep that from which We are most easily awakened
is most ie6 eshlng.
When We consider these things it If not surprising
that men sink under such circumstance, INTO state
of naerallsm and lose their appreciation of the beau
tiful In fact beer by its properties destroys all ine
distinctions and its habual grinds the edge from
critical faculties The bcerdrnking portion of the
nations of Europe will furnish US with an example.
Look at the productions Of some of the Dutch artists
their souls seldom ascend higher than slaughter house
heL-bIawl, dog -aLd-c4t scenes. We are aware OF
the taste of the Germans for music, and Of the great
masters in this ART TO which their land has CIV birth
But we find the sublime creations of those greAt minds
ale lost to them when slightly under the influence
of their favortc narcotic beverage; there something
III them reWO0Cbiul
At the Glee Club Festival In June last, we did in
deed see lager bier audience fascinated by polk.
and struck with swoon by sentimental air. but they
walked off from the melodies OF their great composers,
which to appeared TO fill the sOuld with aspirations
after the beautiful and the Infinite.
1t is little wonder if nation addicted TO the use OF
drink with such propertles-and its effects are wei,
known-shoud become devoid of spirituality and fall
into state of maerial.m such history has yet
furnished US with DO parallel.
Its effects upon the Eternal form, and upon the
ton of man. il already beginning TO awaken attention
The decreased and broad heads; the fiat IN ,ugh wide
shoulders and breast; the sight back, and cow-ka
tread of ts victims is already known TO keen OBJ
servers.
A great change takes place in the eye when lager.
bier s habtualiy drank. Ii has invariably turbid
aud sleepy look while lis muscles are 20 much relaxed
a. 10 make il, as IT were hang in defensess state.
The efecis of lager-bier in other respects, are
marked The dian eter of the head between the
appears enlarged, and with II the back part of the
Jaws giving TO the counenaDce three-cornered look,
80 character suc of the Low Dutch face the neck be-
comes thick, often hanging the shirt collar IN
wrinkles in the region where phrenolJgss locate the
organ of smsiyentss; the skin becomes red with
bOwnup, spongy surface, from which large quantities
of fatty matter of offensive cd are Produced Civ
ing the whole surface greasy and dsagreeabe aspect
The habual i'm obers of this beverage generally
obliged TO hold their cgas 10 their mouths which be-
ing used chiefly tunnels for the favori,e drink seem
incapable of much muscular tenacity. On men al
dcttd TO sexual excess, the meek appears 10 diminish
in size while the head swels out like that OF young
sparrow in proportion TO his limbs, and their skin al,
though retaining its greasy aspect, loses lis color and
is more translucent.
The effect of lager-bier the voice is very markell
and the rapid decay in the voices OF the tenor singers
OF the German gee clubs who lose not only the quaty
of tone but the high range produces in such societies
always q great want Of enors; it has become 9 by
word among them TO call harsh drawing voice
| beer bdrrtl voice.
This fact is well known to opera+ingers who in
snctively avoid it,
In the intelligent circles in Germany the effects of
the hop have already attracted attention and Il has