Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-16
THE DEFEATED GENER AIS

Tough old fellows they were, and brave
ly had they "held the fort" 1t was not SO
much in active campaigning that they e1-
celled, but in that persistent grip which
conquers by showing the assailed party
that it means never to retire. Instead of
throwing big bomb-shells into their enc
my's camp, these generals tried the starva
ton plan. To them delay was nothing,
nor we're long terms of watching. By
blockading all the avenues and thus cut
ting off the supplies, they could accom-
plish more worriment to their victims with
less cost and trouble to themselves than by
sharp and decisive conflict. These gener-
ais seemed to fatten on the woes of those
whom they subdued, and to grow stronger
and holder with each victory gained. Cruel
old fellows they were, as well as tough, and
they delighted to put their vanquished foes
to protracted torture. They would tie them
hand and foot and leave them to writhe
in pain, to worry in weakness and to die
slow deaths of lingering torment. They
were more like Old Giant Despair, whom
John Bunyan tells about, than any other
unpleasant tormentor of the human race.
But their time came. The boldest ty-
| rants cannot forever exercise their tyranny.
| They may rule with a rod of iron, but
there are circumstances under which the
iron becomes too much for them. So it
was with these defeated generals. Iron
did the business for them. There were
three of them. There was old General
Debility, a shady looking tormentor whose
chiof delight was to make his victims
poorly and pale and thin. Then there was
| General Prostration. He knocked his en-
emies flat by making them weak in the
knees and tender in the stomach. He
hated to see anybody enjoy full r~ations,
and therefore he took away their appetite
and fixed them so that instead of eating a
| square meal they would nibble at half a
slice of toast and sip a quarter of a cup of
thin tea. General Misery was the worst of
the lot. He abhorred to see anybody happy.
Grabbed and crusty-faced old humiliator
of the human race, his JOY was III every
thing that made people supremacy wretch
ed. As each of these Generals gained a
victory over some member of the great
human family, it was that much of the
sum-total of human grief and suffering.
They loved to see the iron go into the soul
of their victims. They rejoiced in distress
and clapped their hands over the ravages
Of slow diseases.
The Giant Generals were put to rout by
iron. It was not in form of.sword or spear,
or battle-axe. The iron came in subtle form
and through the wondrous power of chem
istry. It was in the preparation of that
metal which forms an important element
in Browns Iron Bitters. A bitter day it was
for General Debility, General Prostitution
and General Misery when after the expendi-
ture of much time and money, the discov-
cry was at last made of this method of
using iron. The iron was given in the form
Of Browns Iron Bitters to the debilitated,
Frustrated and the miserable. who had long
been the tornmnted victims of the tyranny
OF the three Generals. The debilitated be-
gan to be of good cheer, and take courage.
The FRUSTRATED, who had long been looking
upward because it was the only way they
could look when they were lying OF their
backs, stood erect and had the abstraction
Of seeing their tOrmentors run away. The
miserable looked in each others faces and
laughed aloud with a hearty and grateful
laugh. The cause of the trouble was gone.
Misery, debility and prostration were
banished.
Was it a bloody conflict? Yes. Blood
blood had q good deal to do with it. "The
is the Life" A man may almost as well
be robbed of his blood by letting it flow
out of a wound as have it thinned and
made poor by the thousand causes which
operate to produce weakness, languor and
decay. There are thousands of miserable
people who need not be miserable, but
might as we'll be strong. They may be
made strong if they will take Browns Iron
Bitters. This is the medicine to give life
strength, vigor and victory. Those who
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