Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
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tan of Greek education. who lived about
300 b. c., and. by command OF Ptole
maus Phladelphus. translated the old
Egyptian history into Greek. He says
the Egyptians, thousands OF years before,
had beer and that its invention was at
tribllted to Osiris a divinity representing
all the henefcent principles: also that
celebrated breweries existed at the time
of FL Kahirch, the Cairo of Europeans.
and at Potassium. on the river Nile.
their wine of barley. Zenophon. in his
account of the Retreat Of the Ten
Thousand" written 400 B. c.. mentions
that the inhabitants of Armenia used fer
mented drinks made from barley.
The Romans had their beer. but with
them 1t was a special luxury. julius Gaze
sar was noted admirer OF It, and P1u-
tarch 5o A. d, and Supetonius. each OF
whom wrote of Caesar, tell us that after
he had crossed the Rubicon (49 b. c. he
gave a great feast to his leaders, at
which the principal beverage used was
"cerevisia"-beer.T The biographers OF Lu-
culuS tell us that at his magnificent en-
tertainments beer was served to his
guests in golden goblets of the most
costly device.
In Germany beer was known about the
same time. 1t seems the Roman general
Narius, who was sent by Augustus to
conquer the country and subdue the in
habjtants. but was defeated by Arminius,
the leader of the Teutons, attributed the
desperate valor Of the Germans and
their complete success In great measure
to their free use of beer. The Alleman-
nj large German tribe GLIB A. d. who
occupied the country between the river
Main and the Danube, were formidable
enemies both to the Romans and the
Gauls. They attached great Importance
to, their beer. which was brewed under
the supervision of the priests and before
use blessed with many solemn rites
The Old Saxons In the seventh and
eighth centuries, when sitting in council
to consider questions of great Importance,
would deliberate only after drinking beer,
which they took in common out of large
humpen-stone mugs.
Beer seems to have been the favorite
drink of the ancents, and from the
eighth century was in common use. In
the thirteenth century. during the reign
of Louis TX in the year 126S. there was
an old law of France which shows how
highly beer was esteemed. and that laws
were made, even at that early date, to
secure the purity of beer.
This law is curiously appropriate to the
present agitation regarding pure beer. 1t
fits in we'll with pure food laws Of today.
The law reads:
or otherwise on Sundays or on the solemn feasts
OF the Holy Virgin.
Notnlng snail enter into the composition OF
beer but good malt and hops, well gathered.
picked and cured, without any mixture OF buck
wheat, darnel, etc. and the hops shall be in
spected lay juries 10 that they not used
after being heated moldy. damp or otherwise
damaged.
Peer Yeast brought by foreigners shall he in
spected by jury before 1t is exposed for sale.
''No brewer shall Keep in about the brew
house any cows. oxen. hogs. geese. ducks or
poultry, being inconsistent with cleanliness
Casks. barrels and other vessels made to hold
beer shall he marked with the brewers mark
in the presence OF jury.
''No brewer shall take away from house he