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THE PHONOGRAM. Origin of Beer. is stated that these lamps and dynamos will be supplied from the Chicago office of The Revue Scientifique furnishes a long the Thomson-llouston Company, but will account of the origin of beer, and many be constructed at the Lynn factories, details as to its manufacture in different A hearing has been granted to Mr. countries and epochs. Two thousand George Westinghouse, jr., by Chairman years before the present era beer was Higginbotham, of the Committee of Ways known to the Egyptians, and it is said and Means, and Vice-Chairman- W. I', that the Bible contains mention of it; still Ketcham, of the Committee on Grounds the Greeks and Romans, though having a and Buildings in view of the complaint of knowledge of it, scorned it, and left the Mr. Westinghouse that he was not treated barbarians of the North to make use of it. fairly when the Committee on Grounds About the year 1200 Jean Primus, king and Buildings recently let the contract to of Flanders and Brabant, taught his sub the Edison General Electric Company for jects to orew it, and from him proceeds furnishing the 92,000 incandescent elec- the name Gambrinus, as patron of this trie lights needed at Jackson Park. The beverage. At first it was called Cervoise, bid of the Edison Company was $5.95 a from Ceres, the patroness of agriculture, light. After all tlie first bids had been and contained no hops. The hop plant rejected, Mr. Westinghouse says he handed originated in Russia. Nearly all European in a written proposal for the work at some-