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Beer, its history and its economic value as a national beverage

INDEX.

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Adulteration of Beer, 62

Alcohol in bread, 61

in malt liquors, 97

in spirits, 97

Alcoholism not caused by beer, 145

Ale, American, 70

development of, 68

Analysis of barley and malt, 60

of beer, 60, 170

of spirits, 97

of wines, 95

Army use of beer, 84

Artevelde, Jacob van, 21

Austro-Hungary, 47

Authorities, evidence of, see Evidence of authorities.

Balling, Prof., 61

Barley, analyses, 60

product and import, 102

Basilius Valentinus, 35

Bavaria, ancient, 31

and Maine, 87

Bavarian and Munich beer, 44

Beecher, Rev. Henry Ward, 90

Beer, adulteration of, 62

“ “ “ according to English investigation, 63

allowance for noble ladies, 43

American, improvements in, 70

analysis of, 60

as check to intemperance, 55

at Coney Island, 83

at first most esteemed in North Germany, 41

consumption of, in Paris, 52

cost of, in England, 56

earliest use of, 16

effects in France, 52

encouraged by Swedish government, 50

fermentation of, 69

first book concerning, 36

free of license in Pennsylvania until 1847, 27

general use of, diminishes crime, 51

“ “ “ “ drunkenness, 50

how made, 60

import and export of, 80

in malarial fever, 82

in the army, 84

its making resembles that of bread, 60

laws concerning, 19

made without hops, 28

materials for, 68

not destructive, 48

nutritive, 142

prepared with religious ceremonies, 17

product in foreign countries, 166

“ “ United States, 75

“ by states, 77

quantity used, 32

restorative and tonic, 86

should be fostered by government, 151

taxation on, 51

tends to good order, 83

transportation of, in early times, 42

versus coffee, 24

“whisky, 11, 92

varieties of, 68

bill, 55

drinking, advantages of, 91

“does not cause degeneration, 147

epoch, first in Europe, 32

“second in Europe, 32, 36

privileges granted by Russia, 51

tax, 43

Beet-root, 106

Belgium, 49

Bock beer, 44

Bohemia, 13, 31

Bowditch, Henry J. Report to Mass. Board of Health, 137

Brabant, 21

Braunschweiger Mumme, 24, 41

Breweries and dairy farms, 105

description of, 177

“ “ U. S. list of, 185

Brewers, generosity of, 56

privileges granted to, 24

returns, publishing of, 185

Brewery at Dobraw, 21

Brewing, capital invested in, 76

Budweis, brewery at, 17

Burton on Trent, 22

Chambers, Prof. T. K., 86

Charlemagne, 17

Chemistry becomes practical, 33

Club-rooms in Maine, 116

Coffee and beer manifesto, 25

Coffee versus beer, 24

Coney Island, 83

Consumption of malt liquors in U. S., 100

of spirits, wines and liquors, 100

Coppinger, Joseph, 82

Crime under prohibitory law, 115

Crosby, Rev. Dr. Howard, 94

Cruelty of bigotry, 125

Dairy farms and breweries, 105

Danes, ancient, 18

Death in consequence of excess, 53

Degeneration charged to beer drinking, 147

Denmark, modern, 50

Distilled and fermented liquors, 94

Duke of Wellington, 55

Egypt, modern, 57

Egyptians, 16, 31

Embecker beer, 39, 44

England, ancient, 22, 30

imported beer from Germany, 42

modern, 55

English beer bill, 55

colonies, brewing in, 72

Evidence of authorities, ch. XI.—Dr. Abercrombie, 143

Dr. A. Baer, 143

George Bancroft, 143

Dr. Albert J. Bernay, 146

Dr. Henry J. Bowditch, 128

Contemporary Review, 146

Consulate general at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 131

Editor of Chicago Tribune, 132

Prof. Griesinger, 145

Dr. Harvey, 143

ch. XI.—Y. G. Hurd, 132

Prof. Huxley, 143

John Jay, 131

Sir Henry Labouchere, 143

Prof. Liebig, 131

Prof. Mulder, 141

Dr. Willard Parker, 140

Physician of a public institution, 134

Dr. Riley, 146

Prof. Roller, 145

Dr. Schlaeger, 132

Dr. Schoellamer, 144

Prof. Schreiber-Berzelius, 145

A. Schwarz, 103, 135

Dr. Selman, 145

Society of medical officers of insane asylums in Germany, 145

Prof. Stahlschmied, 141

Bayard Taylor, 143

Prof. Ure, 143

Excess restrained by civilization, 122

Exports of beer, 80

Fairs and markets, 40

“Fancy drinks,” 90

Farming, specialties in New England, 104

Ferment of alchemists, 34

Fermentation, 34

of lager beer, 71

Fermented and distilled liquors, 94

Flanders, 21, 30

France, 52

Franco Prussian war, 84

Frederick the Great, 24

French brewers’ association, 53

influence in Germany, 45

Gambrinus, 21

Garcelon, Gov., 112

Germany, ancient, 17

modern, 47

Gladstone, Hon. Wm. E., 55

Grains, 103

Greece, ancient, 16

modern, 52

Hammond, Dr. Wm. A., 94

Hofbrauhaus at Munich, 43

Holland, 48

gin sent to U. S., 49

Hops, amount exported, 101

“used, 102

Imports of beer, 80

Intemperance in England, 55

Massachusetts Board of Health on, 117

Jacobus, 25

Japan, 58

Jefferson, Thomas, 15

Knaust, Dr. Heinrich, 37

Lager beer, fermentation of, 71

introduction in America, 75

Lauer, Hon. Frederick, 148, 178

Legislators, duty of, 14, 152

Libarius, 36

Liebig, Prof. His views, 67

misrepresented, 66

Liquor, legal and illegal sale of, 120

agencies in Maine, 111

Longevity in beer-drinking countries, 86

Lull, Raymond, 34

Luther, Martin, 39, 156

Maine and Bavaria, 87

law, proposed amendment, 108

Malt, analysis of, 60

liquors, alcohol in, 97

Monasteries lose beer privileges, 42

Monks as brewers, 21

Moleschott, Prof., 85

Munich court brewery, 43

beer, 45

National habits of drinking, 89

Netherlandish painters, 40

Newark, Sunday at, 162

brewers and a prohibitory speaker, 64

Noble brewers, 48

Norway, 50

Opium, use of, increased by prohibitory laws, 124

Paris, siege of, 85

Parker, Dr. Willard, 94

Pauperism and prohibitory law, 87

decreases with increasing use of beer, 88

Penn, William, 25

Persia, 58

Petrus Bonus, 34

Poland, 31

Porter, 71

Population in beer-drinking countries, 88

Prohibition and license compared, 119

in Maine, 109

papers and speakers, 63

Prohibitory laws, 108

“ and their cost, 114

“ and their results, 87, 115, 127

“ crime under, 115

“ ineffective, 13

views, 65

Prussia, 31

Putnam, Gen. Israel, 27

Rathskeller, origin of name, 24

Revenue from beer in U. S., 78

Romans, 16

Russia, 51

Saxons, ancient, 71

Sheen, Richmond, 86

Signs announcing sale of beer, 39

Social enjoyment, 152

Spain, 49

Specialties in New England farming, 104

Spirits, alcohol in, 97

Sprouts, 103

Stimulants universal, 111

Strychnine, 62

Sugar beet, 106

Sunday, according to the New Testament, 154

address of emperor of Germany, 157

at Chicago, 133

at Newark, N. J., 162

laws and customs, 153

laws in England, 158

letter from Ben. Franklin, 156

observance according to Archbishop Whately, John Bunyan, John Milton, Melancthon, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Grotius, 155

Sweden, 50

Swett, Ch. F., speech of, 113

Tea intoxication, 146

Tobacco introduced in Germany, 41

Treating, 90

Turkey, 58

Under-ferment, 31

United States, beer product of, 15

early brewers, 25

Upper-ferment, 31

Valentinus, Basilius, 35

Wellington, Duke of, 55

Wines, alcohol in, 95

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