Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-08-19
Soldiers Remembered.

1t you write to soldier, friend, or rela
i've In the army, using common envelope
ana sheet OF foolscap paper. you may also
add, without exceeding the weight for
which three cent postage stamp will nav.
as much tea as tea spoon will take up
twice, or as much cayenne pepper, such
as is obtained from good drug store under
tue name OF "Capsicum," as you can take
up at once with common tea spoup. and
the smaller envelope of thin paper to hold
eitner. chewing the tea, pinch at time,
every hour or half hour, while keepino
guard, or under circumstances of great
tnirst, or WEAKNESS or sleepiness, will en-
iiven, will modify thirst, will invigorate, or
Will waken up to grateful extent, consid-
ing the amount OF tea used and its perfect
safety from Interior i'll results, such as fol
low the use of alcoholic drinks. But
heafing teaspoOnful 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 life-that quarter of a pinch
being put in sleep sentinels eye. If it
don't wake him up, and everybody else in
an Indian yells distance, then it is not a
prime article Of Capsicum A single pinch
in glass Of fat or warmisb water
will nu'lify these qualities, and besides
satisfying thirst, will nvigorate anc effect
ualiy prevent that uncomfortable sensation
arising from having drank largely of water
good pinch eaten at each meal. or when
ever cup Of coffee or tea or water ia
swallowed, will always invigurate digestion.
aids 20 prevent acidity, and is, besides a
great antagonist Of the diarrhoea .dysenterv
fux, Land loOseness which are great seourees
Of all armes.
level teaspoon of Capsicum daily. ta-
ken in eating or drinking, or both iftaken
a pinch at time during the day or night.
would do more real good, and that without
any result, that ten times the cost in rum
and qulnine, as a preventative against
chills and fever. Liquor and auinine inj
tate 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
Ike food, the former merely excites, then
leaves weaker than before. A pinch of
CapsicuD, which Is simply pure cayenne
pepper, will do great deal more towards
warming up soldier, toward invigorating
him, toward keeping him vigilant on guard
and towards modifying thirst or fatigue,
than the best glass of grog ever swal
lowed. Capsicum goes further, and is more
ethclent tor all purposes, than black pepper;
II by express or privately send half pound
at time, IN tin box If you have noth-
ing else to send in your letters, send few
pms; or needle and some thread. Many
have seen the times when string or a
PIN would have been worth ten times its
ordinary value Write often tn the soId;ar
Write long letters. Give all the news you
can think of. Let every line be full of love;
OF KIND attectionate interest and encourage
ment. BE sure to inculcate a generous
magnauimity towards those who oppose, so
as to have as few obstacles as possible to a
cordial coming together again, when that
good time comes, as 1t certainly will, before
loDg.-HaUs Journal of Health.