Year: 1862

What Soldiers Want In Warm Weather.
The July number Of Halls Journal o


Health contains the following excellen


advice to those who are writing to soldier,


in the army:


"If you write to a soldier, friend or rel.


ative in the army, using common envel.


ope and sheet Of foolseap paper, you may


also add, without exceeding the weight for


which throe-cent postage stamp viii pay,
as much tea as q teaspoon will take up
twice, or as much black or cayenne pep
per, such as is obtained from a good drug
store under the name Of tcapsicum,' as YOU
can take up at once with a common tea
spoon, and the smaller envelope Of thin pa
per to hold either. Chewing the tea, a
pinch Of time, every hour or half hour
while keeping guard, or under ciroumstan-
ces of great thirst or Of excessive weari-
ness or sleepiness, will enliven, will mod
ify thirst will invigorate, or will waken
up to q grateful extent considering the
amount Of tea used, and its perfect safety
from ulterior i'll results, such as follow the
use Of alcoholic drinks.


"But a tea-spoonful Of genuine 'capsi-
cum is worth ten-fold its weight Of tea
leaves, especially in summer, in many
ways; for example; single quarter of a
pinch viii save man life-that quarter
Of pinch being put in a sleepy sentinel's
eye. If it don't waken him up and every
body else within an Indian yell's distance,
then Il is not prime article Of capsicum.
A single pinch in a glass Of fat or warmish
water, viii nullify these qualities, and be-
sides satisfying thirst, will invigorate and
efectually prevent that uncomfortable sen
sation arising from having drank largely
Of water. A good pinch, eaten at each
meal, or whenever cup Of coffee or tea
water is swallowed, willalways invigOrate
digestion, aids to prevent acidity, and is,
besides, great antagonist Of the diarrhea,
dysentery, fux and sloOseness, which are
the great SOURCES of all armies. A level
tea-spoonful Of oapsicum daily taken in
eating or drinking, or both, or if aiken a
pinch at time during the day or night,
would do more real good, and that without
any i'll results, than ten times the cost in
rum and quinine, as preventive against
chills and fever.


"Liquor and quinine initiate the soldier
into intemperate habits; they will wake up
a love, a craving, a slavery to strong drink
which pepper and water viii never do. The
latter invigOrates like food; the former
merely excites, then leaves weaker than
before. A pinch Of capsicum, which is sim
ply pure cayanne pepper, will do a great
deal more toward warming up soldier, to.
ward invigorating him, toward keeping him
vigilant on guard, toward modifying thirst
or fatigue, than the best glass of grog ever
swallowed Capsicum goes further, and is
more efficient for all purposes than black
pepper by express or privately, send
half pound at a time, in tin box. IfyOu
have nothing else to send in your letters,
send few pins or needles and some thread.
Many have seen the time when a string or
a pin would have been worth ten times its
ordinary value. Write often to the soldier.
Write long letters. Give all the news you
can think Of Let every line be full Oflove,
of kind, affectionate interest and encourage
ment Be sure to inculcate a generous mag
nanimity toward those who oppose, so as to
have as few obstacles as possible to cordial
coming together again, when that good time
comes, as it certainly will, before long