The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-09-04
Soldiers Remembered.

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II YOU write to soldier, friend, or
relative in the army, using a common
envelope and sheet Of fovlscap paper.
you may also add, without exceeding the
weight for which three ccat POSTAGE
stamp will pay, as much tea as a tea
spoon will take up twice, or as much
black or cayenne pepper, such as is OBJ
tanned from good drug store under tie
name of 'Capsicum,' as you can take up
at once with common teaspoon, and the
smaller envelope of thin paper to hold
either. Chewing the tea, pinch at IL
time, every hour or half hour, while
keeping guard, or under circumstances
OF great thirst, or OF excessive WEAKNESS
or s'ecpincSs, will cnliven, will modify
thirst, will invigoratc, or will wahen un
to grateful extent, considering the
amount of tea used, and its perfect safe
ty from Interior i'll results, such rs follow
the use Of alcoholic drinks. But heap
ing teaspc onful of genuine "Capsicum'
is worth ten fold its weight Of tea. leaves,
especially in summer, in many ways for
example, single quarter of a pinch will
save mans llte-,hat quarter of pinch
being put in sleepy scntincrs eye. If
it don't wakcn him up, and every body
else within an Indian yell's distance,
then it is not prime article of capsiclm
A single pinch in a lass of fiat or warm
ish water will nulIity these qualities, and
besides satisfying thirst, will invigoratc
and etfectualIy prevent that uncomfor.a-
BILE sensation arising from having drank
largely of water. A good pinch, eaten
at each meal, or whenever cup of coffee
or tea or water is swallowed, will always
invigorate digestion, aids to prevent
acidity, and is, besides, great antaso-
mist Of the darrhea. dy>entery, flux, and
"looseness,' which are the great scourycs
of all armies. A level teaspoon of capsi.
cum daily, taken in eating or drinking,
or both, or if taken pinch at a time
during the day or night, would do more
real good, and that without any i'll re-
suits, than ten times the cost in rum and
qulnne, as a preventive against chills
and fcvers. Liquor and quinine initiate
the soldier into incorporate habits; they
will wake up love, a craving, a slavery
to strong drink, which pepper and water
will never do. The latter inyigorates
like food, the former merely ex.ites.
then leaves weaker than before. A pinch
Of eapsicum, which is simply pure cay.
ennc pepper, will do great deal more
toward warming up soldier, toward iu-
MIGRATING him, toward keeping him Wig
liant on guard, and toward modifying
thirst or fatigue, than the best glass of
grog ever swallowed. Capsicum goes
farther, and is more efficient for all pur-
poses, than black pepper; if by express
or privately, send half pound at time,
in tin box. If you have nothing else
to send in your letters, send few pins,
or needle and some thread Many have
seen the time when string or a pin
would have been worth ten times its or.
binary value. Write often to the SOL
der. Write long letters. Give all the
news you can think Of Let every line
be full of love; Of kind, aifectionate in
terest and encouragement BE sure to
lnculcate a generous magnanimiiy toward
those who oppose, SO as 10 hare as fer
obstnc(rs as possible to cor,liui cominy
foy,thcr again, when that good time
comes, as it certainly will, before long.
We are all brethren, presently cstranged,
sons of the same sircs, and, taking an
enlarged view, the aggregate character is
pretty we'll balanced