The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-14

brewery Ia tho favorite spot where the denizens
like to fatten; and It is impossible for pen TO
describe the nlthlness Of this establishments
which has been frequented for centuries by
generations Of beer-drinkers. Sever | times tho
kings have wished to clean 1t out, and the popu-
lace has invariably revolted against all attempts
to touch OF change it-it is the holy of holes OF
the capital Neither men nor women walters are
In attendance at the royal brewery everybody
has to secure his own mug aud as the mugs cir
culatc around freely, In one sense, 1t Is often
hard to get one, The best way Il to stand be-
hind drlnkcr and W 1t till he either COOS away
or goes to sleep; but In the latter case be care
full not to wake him up, for then all OF a sudden
he would defend his mug as a child Its mother.
Having once secured mug, number 1t with
piece OF chalk, put II on the counter with the 9TH
ers waiting for the same process and IL VIII soon
be filled up-and then general scramble ensues
for the right numbers. The slightest rise IN the
price Of beer, even OF single kreutzer, Is mat
ter OF great importance for the habitues, who, on
an average, consume between 8 \. NJ and l0P NJ.
sixteen quarts daily. In 1869 Bavaria had 6,3s5
beer manufactures; Munich alone uses up
twenty-eight millions Of quarts yearly. The
brewers and butchers OF the city are almost all
milonairos. Four sorts OF beer are fashion,
able. Salvador beer, book beer, weiss beer, and
winter beer-each being drunk In Its special and
appropriate season OF the year, and inthe brew
cries conversation generally turns on eating and
drinking rather than on any other subject.
In South Germany, where wine Is abundant
and hops aud potatoes flourish, the people dsink,
eat, and smoke abundantly. The south Is the
belly, the North the head OF the land. In the
North there arc no cathcdrals, but plenty Of
barracks and arsenals, and the finest house In
the village Is school In the South the finest
house In the will ge Is always the hotel, and the
churches are both numerous and splendid. With
these essential differences, the North
aud South have always been lukewarm
toward each other A prussian travelling
In the South always writes after his name on the
hotel register North German" to distinguish
himself from South German" whom he re-
CARDS as belonging to an inferior variety Of the
race. The Mandarns Of Berlin are almost mas
| tiers OF Munich, and the present Ministry OF the
King were appointed at the suggestion
| Of Bismarck. He holds In his hands
not only the chiefs Of the Kings Cabinet. but
the chiefs Of the army, whose uud r officers are
| all Prussian. Prussia being ever eager for more
soldiers, the new Prussianzin2 school system
inculcates thinking, feeling, aud learning only
in the German language feeding the mind only
on German ideas and history banishing espe-
clally French and religion from all schools,
whether private or public.
| immortality Is almost as widespread at Munich
as at Berlin; the English Garden" OF evenings
| Is thu theatre OF Saturnalian festivities AMI
statistics show that OF all the States OF tue
Fatherland, Bavaria is the one In which the
number Of illcgltimatc births ia the largest.
King Louis II. has few partisans outside OF
the rural regions; the peasluts are devoted to
him. He is a small sized King, but not an ordl-
| nary one Surrounded on all sides hy iiisuprck =
bayoncts and spiked helmets, he resembl a
bird of paradise trans ported into the midst Of the
Black Forest. Indeed, one is tempted always to
imagine him on stage, with gaudy scenes, w ag-
ners music, q Gothic dungeon, and properties
to correspond. A theatrical king, he is eccentric
and whimsical, and one moment has fancy
for the nne arts, aud the next for kcaard Wag-
ner aud beer. lie was born Ia 1915 at Nymphen-
burg, the Castle OF Nynphs.