The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-10

looking in a little while They cannot be
induced to stay longer than three months.
The doctors call this nostalgia, but it is
merely longing for pepper. Ii is a fact
that when a Mexican sheep herder dies
alone on the range, as often happens, the
VultureS will not feed upon his flesh He
is soaked through and through with chilli
patlh II man living in the Rio Graude
part of the United States, or in Mexico.
will take chilli paths at each meal he
Will never have anything the matter with
his liver, nor will that organ grow until
1t nils up all one side of him. This is a
fact discovered long ago, but even now it
does not seem to be gene rally known
Or. Taylor, at one time a health official
Oh New York city, bought a ranch on Dew
II river, in Western Texas, on the upper
edge of the chill patin belt He found
forty cowboys on it, and half of them
were on the sick list. That seemed to be
the normal condition of affairs on the
ranch. They We're living as they had been
living for years, on ten cups of strong
black coffee day, fried bacon three times
a day and flour bread baked in a frying
pan. Taylor watched them while, saw
that he was paying forty mems wages for
twenty mems work, and set out to alter
things. He cut down the coffee allowance
to three cups a day a man. allowed ba-
con only three times a week and dispens-
ed with -four altogether. Instead he gave
them corn bread and tortillas. beef with
chill paths, goats flesh with chilli paths
mutton with chill paths, and such game
as he could STAY with chill paths. He had
a riot or two on his hands, but he held
them down, and in three months there
was not sick man on the range TAYLOR
was killed by a fall from a horse five wears
ago, but up to the day of his death he
carried always the dried chill patin pellets
riQbJ-band
swallowed one like a pill every hour or
two White men first introduced TO Mex
lean cookery notice the strong Durgative
effect of it, but do not know that the af
feet is due wholly 10 the small but power.
full peppers.
The strength of this PEPPER is past the
belief of any one accustomed to ID. lis fla
vor is peculiar to itself and proves al
tractive to almost all palates. There is
some of this flavor, but moi much of il. in
the manufactured sauce. 1t is 100 much
disguised by vinegar. Each sphere of il
contains three or four seeds not so large
as the mead OF pin. One of these seeds
dropped INTO bowl of oyster stew wild
make the stew hotter than the unframed
mouth would care to encounter A niece
of the dried skin as large as an apple seed
VIII have The me effect. Men who have
been eating chilli rat'n for some davs
are able to stand a half pepper in a plate
OF soup, but it calls for their self-control
A whole pepper dropped into soup intend
ed for 10 persons viii make 1t very hot in
deed. 1t is easy, however for the stranger
here 10 build up a tolerance of the Denper
In a little 9hi.e ne will find himself re-
curing q whole one for his SOUP and then
two of them, but he never gets any CHER.
lie viii find himself also putting the peD-
per into pretty much everything he eats.
because the habit of it is rapidly acquired
m
habit is one of the few habils positively
beneficial to the possessor. So far as il
known here, the Pepper is never sent
NO tn in its natural Stale, though it is GER
tain 10 become popular in New York and
other large cities once it is taken to them
In Mexican restauran $, and in most
American restaurants through tn s rec. on.
saucer of dried chill palms in the center
of the table is as much part of the reeu-
lar condiments as the sa t. II is used here
on pretty much everything to eat, and is
of especial value with fish of all kinds
This pepper is gathered by Mexicans
when the berries are fully formed, but are
still green. 1t is taken by the simple pro-
cess of breaking off the branches, or some
times pulling up the entire plant. The
branches are hung up i'm Kitchens or in
harms. The leaves fail off in little while.
but the berries remain on the stems The
skin Of them wrinkles Slightly and they
turn bright red. In This condition they
may be readily crumbied between the
thumb and foreiinger and so are especial
~ convenient for use at the table. The
pepper is as hot when green and tender
as when dp, but is not so readily used.
1t exudes, when broken at this sage. a
slight juice. If man gets some of This
moisture on his fingers and then ruhs his
eyes, he is in for an interesting time last
ing at least for twenty-four hours 1t is
stated by Mexicans that If the dust from
powdered chill paths is thrown in mans
eyes he will. lose his sight There is no
reccr5ed instance of its eng put 10 this
use, but the statement is accepted gener-
ally at its fece value. It will pain fearful
ly If IL be rubbed On the skin, and a pull
tloe Of it would S IMPLY set the sufferer on
fire.