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paign against Richmond was worth all

paign against Richmond was worth all
it cost" and whether the same results
could not have been secured at much less
sacrifice of human life. General Grant
reached Cold Hakor in 1854 at tho cost
Of some 5000 mn. a point which Nc
Clellan had reached two years before
after trifling loss at Williamsburg. IL
is true that in making this desperate
rush on Richmond over long and dim
cult land route, attempting, as he Went
TO batter his way through an opposing
army, he inflicted loss on the enemy, but
the physical and moral effect producer
on the enemy was not commensurate
with the losses his own army SUFFERED
The Confederate army was still able to
hold him at bay for months after he had
settled down to the deliberate siege CT
Petersburg and he won at last simply
by the process Of patiently waiting till 1t
was so weakened by starvation and the
depletion of its ranks that it was ,mpos-
sble' any longer to hold its long line in
the face of the vastly superior force that
confronted II. With tho unlimited re-
sources in men and money at his COM
mand, the investment OF Petersburg could
have been made the starting point Of ac-
tive operations instead of the last chap
ter and many thousands of lives might
have been saved. Unfortunately most or
those who have undertaken to describe
General Grants campaign, or the cum
paigns OF other favorite commanders.
have written in a tone OF fulsome culogy
rather than of impartial criticism. What
is needed in the interests of truth Is the
genuine historical spirit, which will seek
out the facts honestly and present them
without partisan coloring. The present
generation is, perhaps, too near the e. eat
events Of the civil war and the great
actors in It to expect to see this desirable
historical contamination. But In the
mean time II would be well for all writer's
on the war to attempt to cultivate the
spirit Of impartiality and TO pave che way
for a history OF that conflict which VIII
fully measure up in every way 10 the de-
mands Of absolute truth. And 1t is 10 DO
hoped that we may see less IN such Sc
rious connection OF the glib phrase: 1T
was worth all that It cost" We ray
very heavily, even In everyday life, for
things which we pronounce worth all
they cost" but the phrase needs very
careful weighing indeed. before II Is ap-
piled to great military operations IN
volving thousands of lives and carving
lifelong sorrow. into numoerless homes.
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w. Fredcricks. -, I'd Regt.' puriea
J. 3. Weller. -, -. buried feo' =
1865. 1919
N. waites, Co. A. ssth Regt. pur'eu
MISSISSIPPI.
YIN. J. Clark, -. buried Dec. =. lso<.
David Ashbur. Co. H., 2ith Regt. pur'ea
James e. Jones. Co. C. 9Th Rest.. buried
" O. clark. -, buried March :, 1913.
r. W.Goodwin, Co. A, 18th Regt., purieo
Dec. 80. 1853. -.
John K. Minis, Co. r, 18th Regt.. buried
Mich. 10, 1864: aged "a years.
j. p. owen, -, buried Apl. Il, lsei.
T. Il. Steiger, -. buried Api. Il, 1864.
M. M. Jones, Co. e. 18th Regt., buried
Oct. 20, 1864.
B. ]. Downs. Co. d, 18th Regt.. buried
Nov. 2, 1864.
T. ]. Ashburn. -, soth Regt., buried
Nov. -. 1854
ARKANSAS.
VIM. Appling, -, 18th Regt' ou'ieN
Apl 10. 1863.
J. NJ. Lee, -. buried Feb. =, 1908.
>. n. STEVENSON, ". IL "eA o~'
ried Aug. 7, 1868.
j. Il. Love, Co. A. 9Th Regt'. oufieo
Aug. %, 1868; aged 81 years.
TENNESSEE.
Il. J. Hubbard, Co. Z, 7th Regt.. buried
Aug. 3. 1863.
]. b. crabtree, Co. d. Ath Regt.. buried
Oct. %. 1864.
b. H. Hardway. CO. A, LIST Rest., buried
Nov. =, 1864.
A. Stark (drummeD, -. attn hest''
buried Dec. -. 1854.
II. II. Wiseman, Co. 3. lst Regt., buried
Feb. II. 1866.
Lewis Horton, Co. X NawkinD, buried
Mch. 3. 1866
UNKNOWN.
John Scott. buried May IL. 1862.
Graham buried May IL. 1852.
John Money, buried May IA, 1867.
Theodore Spier, buried May Is, 1867
Dennis L. Goodwin, buried May ID, no.
James c. Weller, buried May 10, 1852.
j. X. Crawford, buried Dec. -, 1862.
r. Wanzer, buried Jan. -, 1868.
Hyatt Hank, buried Apl. TO- 1863.
John 3. Tilly, buried Jne. 20, 1853.
Unknown, reed from Martiinsburg,
buried Oct. -, 1864.
w. j. Simons, buried Oct. 81. 1854
II. III. Patten, JEFF. Davis Artillery,
buried Nov. -. 1854.
r F.. Mackintoff. Co. d, Thos. Le-
gion, buried Nov. 1864.
Michall. buried Nov. -, 1864.
T.. y. Gentree, buried Dec. =, 1854.
c. Irons, buried Dec. =, 1851
G. p. Blunt, Co. X, buried Dec. =, 1854.
John r. Bass, Philips's Legion, buried
Jan. Is. 1865.
Three Unknown, buried Feb. 1. 1865.
Five Unknown, buried Feb. 3d. 1866.
James o. Morgan. buried Feb. "a, 1865.
James w. Brown, Co. X, Colonel
Kitchens, buried Feb. %. 1865.
j. NJ Nolan, JEFF. Davis Artillery,
buried Feb. Il, 1866.
j. A. Hagen, buried Feb. =. 1865
Five Unknown, buried Mch. 4, 1865.
c. d. Ruckman, buried July Z. 1865.
- Glbbins, buried Dec. 80, 1865.
Robt. H. Parkinson, Co. b. Hoods
Batln., buried Oct. H. 1864.
r. NJ. Daniels. Archer's Batty.. buried
Dec %. 1854
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For the Sunday Dispatch.)
Tenderly touch thy keys,
Softly as the summer breeze;
Whispering In the dark TO thee
Secrets sweet and dear to me.
And for sorrows that depress,
And for joys that sometimes bless,
Thou hast sweetest sympathy,
Always, when come TO thee.
All my follies. too, I bring,
Yet no censures from thee ring;
Only counsel. comfort. light,
Cheer my soul and make all bright.
And when torn with passions Wild.
Thou canst sooth me like a child:
Answ'ring I'm thy grand. clear voice,
Bidding me look up-rejoice.
So to me thou art a friend,
One whom God TO me did send,
Speaking truth and peace aid love
AS the angels do above.
NJ. GOODALE TUCKER
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-12
CASUALTIES IN THE THIRTY-FIRST
VIRGINIA REGIMENT - CONFEDE-
pate

The following is list Of the casualties
In the Thirty-first Regiment OF Virginia
Infantry for the year 1864:
Field and Staff-Iieutenant-Col j.
s. x. McCutchen and Major William +.
Cooper. twice wounded; Adjutant Thomas
W. Hoffman, died from wounds; Ensign
w. w. Warner. killed.
Company A-Killed: Privates j. s. Kerr,
Francis Mundell, 3. Il. Piles. Uriah A.
Tucker. Died from wounds: Morgan
Jolin. Permanently disabled: Sergeant
NJ. Y. Hall, Private Horatio Barker.
Wounded Captain A. G. Stringer, Lieu
tenant e. j. A. Armstrong. Sergeants
Samuel Rutherford. George w. Cooper.
Robert Henderson twice); Privates II. b.
Curry (twice), S. t. Curry, j. j. Danly
twice. Josh Fast, Enoch Ney (three
times), John c. Rutherford, NJ. B. Ruth
erford. Benjamin u. Shafer Thomas
West. Taken prisoners: Captain A. e.
Stringer, Privates Horatio Barker, JOSH
Fast, Enoch Ney, John C. Rutherford,
NJ b. Rutherford. ]. B. Tucker, Thomas
West. Captured and escaped: Lieutenant
Samuel Rutherford. Missing: Sergeant
George w. Cooper, Private William IL.
Vincent. Total-Killed, 4; died OF wounds.
1; permanently disabled, q; wounded. 20;
taken prisoners. 8; captured and escaped.
/; missing, 2. Effective strength Of COM
pany during the campaign, 2 officers and
80 arms-bearing men.
Company B-I<illcd Private s. McRay.
Died OF wounds: Sergeant ]. S. Davis,
III. II. Carroll, ]. V. Hupman. j. II.
Leach. Charles e. Stewart. Permanently
disabled: NJ. NJ. Pullen. Wounded: Lieu
tenant w. c. Kincaid, Lieutenant II. B.
Pullen, Sergeants Il. V. Eryine. ]. S.
Helms, II. @. Britton. A. +. Gum, Cor
porals William Fl. Beath. NJ. l.. Williams.
Joseph T. Bonde, p. II. Hupman, James
Leach, ]. Props, j. a. Ralston, s. A.
Ralston. Taken prisoners: sergeants
III. @. Britton and A. F.. Gum, Corporal
J. A. Gardner. Privates Charles II. Car
roll, Charles III. Chewing. Jacob c.
Doyle. James Leach, Abel Sirom. Hez
Wilson, Thomas DeInericks. Captured
and escaped: Lieutenant w. c. Kin
caid, II. c. Stewart twice. Missing:
None. Totai-kiiled, 4: died from wounds.
s.: permanently disabled. ]; wounded IA;
taken prisoners, 10: captured and es-
capped. 8. Effective strength OF company
during the campaign. Officers and 10
arms-bearing men.
Company Chilled: Sergeant c. sny-
der, Privates II. L. Dawson. 8. n. West.
Died from wounds: PrIvates Powell
Knisley. Asa Young. Wounded: Ser
geants F. N. Golden. s. s. Dennison
twice. Corporal John w. Reutor, Pri-
Yates J. J. Post. o. w. Queen. A. w.
Lang. q. w. ]. Smith. Asbury Davis.
Taken prisoners: sergeants +. 81. Col
den. A. w. Lang. G. w. J. Smith. Cap
tured and escaped: Asbury Davis. Miss ]
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Thirty-First Virginia Regiment.
philippi, w. Va.

To the Editor OF the Dispatch:
Please insert the names Of the list en-
closed for the benefit OF old Confederates
who knew the men mentioned, and so
that thelr names may be preserved as
defenders of southern SOIL This would
be but justice to them and to their sur
viyors.
Many OF them lie in graves and trenches
unmarked. but their memory is Sacred 10
those Of the regiment and friends who
knew them well. and in your paper 1t
will reach many of the survivors ana
friends. With highest regards, &c,
j. w. BOSWORTH.
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a thousand exquisite fortunes which q
coarser nature can never experience OF
comprehend.
The least arrangement or disorder OF the
delicate special organism of their sex over
whelms the whole physical and mental be-
ing with weakness and wretchedness.
But II 10 mistake to suffer these troubles
in silence. They may be cured in the per-
feet privacy of home, without the repugnsnt
ordeal of examinations and local treat
ment," which the family doctor is sure to
insist upon.
No physician in the world has had wider
or more successful experience in the treat
fnent of womau's diseases than DR.. X. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician to the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, OF
Buffalo N. Y. His Favorite Prescription
Is positive cure for the most obstinate aud
complicated feminine difficulties.
1t is the only medicine of its kind pre-
pared by an educated, skilled physician.
Mr.. T. r. sneed, of Omen, Texas, writes my
wifi. was badly afflicted with female weakness.
We tried three Of the best physicians in the
country without benefit, but at greas expense.
My wife grew worse, and we gave up In de-
SPAR. She could not get In and out OF doors
lorg at tine. complained Of dragging down
pains In abdomen. Nothing but al untirnsly
death seemed awaiting her, when - happy
thought the name Of DR.. Pierce came 10 my
miud. wrote TO Pr Pierce received his advice,
followed 1t, my wife improved perceptibly from
the first two weeks treatment, continued the
treatment six months, and pronounced the ea,s
complete, ct a cost of less than one months treat
ment by the last physician we employed before
consulting DR.. Pierce. She used Dr. Pieree's Pa.
yorit. prescription and the lotions recon- nended
by bin. II has been two years since, and the
good effect IS permanent"
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| ings of women are more
than half unknown and ufi.
appreciated. The refined
sensitiveness Of their or.
qauism laws them liable to
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-12

That Is the way ell druggists sell
Groves Tssteless Chill Tonic Tor Chllls
and Malaria II In simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. Children love
1t. Adults prefer It to bitter. narseat-
ing tonics. Price. zoe.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-12
THE LOVING WORK OF THE MARY
LAND c0NFEDERATEs.
HEROES GRAVES KEPT CRBEH.
"A LIST or THE sLEEPERS By
STATES.
THE TRUTHS OF HISTORY.
How Efforts Are Made to Hoe
Them--Tbe Tbir;y-Grst Virginia
Regiment-A Roll OF That Gallant
Command.
Baltimore. Md. September l. iss'

Baltimore, Nd September !, 1881.
To the Editor OF the Dispatch
Our society has noted With Interest
the movement to put monuments in the
grounds where the Confederate prisoners
were buried and has already commune
Gated with Lee Camp, expressing a de-
sire to cooperate In the work.
During the war the devoted southern
svmpathizer5 here purchased lot In
Ioudon Park Cemetery where they
buried all the Confederate prisoners VINO
died in and about Baltimore.
Our society assumed the charge OF TINS
work, purchased additional ground and
At Is now the most beautiful Confederate
lot in the cemetery. II is adorned by the
statue OF the Confederate soldiers by
volck and by several fine individual
monuments.
Each body is buried in a separate grave
md marked by q marble maidstone, con-
tanning the soldiers name. State. and regi-
moat, wherever known. The bodies
at Fort AlcHenry mentioned in your LIST
have been removed 20 this cemetery.
All OF our Maryland Confederate dead
who wero not already In regular ceme-
tories were gathered from battle-helds
and camping-grounds and brought to This
cemetery, where they lie alongside their
comrades from the other States
We annex list OF the latter and 1t may
be that surviving relatives and friends
NAV find names of those dear to them
amongst them.
To them we can say that their graves
are kept green and covered with flowers
on every recurring Memorial-Day
GEORGE w. BOOTH,
First Vice-President,
acting PRESIDENT,
JOHN T.. HAYDEN.
Corresponding Secretary,
+. M. COLSTON,
Treasurer.
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VIRGINIA..

Nlh0lNlfhs
George Fl. Givans. -, 18th Regt, bu-
ried May Is. 1862.
Thomas Brinston. -. 18th .Regt, bu-
ried Sept. -, 1862.
George w. Light. CO. II, 18th Regt.,
buried July 10. 1855.
d. W. Bauler. Co. q. 6ath Regt., pu-
fied July 20, 1868.
W. T. Lancaster, Co. r. 80. Regt., bu-
ried Aug. II. 1863; aged 80 years.
II. j.. Baber. Co. A, Sth Reyt., buried
Aug. IA, 1868.
Willis NJ. Vesh, Co c. 9th Regt.. bu-
ried Aug. 10. 1868; aged q years.
". II. Gibson, Co. II. 56th Regt., bu-
ried Aug. %. 1858; aged n years.
Thomas Church. Co. c, saith Regt., bu-
ried oct IS 1885,.
NJ. c. Austin. Co. y. 2lst Regt., bu-
ried Dec 3, 1868: aged "a years.
]. II. Rice, Co. II. Ssth Regt.. buried
Jan Il, 1861; aged ~ years.
Hugh Price. -, buried May IL. 1854.
Archibald Edward, Co. f. 2lst Regt,
buried Aug /. 1854 aged IA years.
Thomas Cox, Co. A. 2lst Regt. buried
Aug. Is, 1864; aged 80 years.
r. p. Shining. Co. Il, 14th Regt., bu-
ried Oct. IA, 1864
John Gilpin, Co. T.. 22d Regt., buried
Oct. Is. 1864,
W. T. Bellington, Co. ]. AID Regt.. bu-
ried Oct. is. 1864.
q. A. Alien, Co. G. I'D Regt.. buried
Oct IS, 1864.
G. $. Lewis, Co. II. 4th Rest.. buried
Oct IS. 1864.
C. NJ. Lawson. Co. X, Goth Rgt., buried
Oct. 10. 1864.
James A. Lively Co. II. 26th Regt.. bu-
ried Oct. q. 1864.
Richard Beasely. Co. X, 18th Regt., bu-
ried Oct. a. 1864.
Robert A. Huckeby Co. /, SD Regt..
buried Oct. q, 1864.
Franklin Oliver. Co. c, 26th Regt.. bu-
John Hasley, Co. c. 2st Regt.. buried
Oct rs. 1864.
j. NJ. Johnston, Co. X, 44th Regt., bu-
rled Nov. l. 1864.
T. c. Rice, Co. c, 18th ,Regt.. buried
Nov. 8. 1864.
George N. Matherly, Co. f, 42d Regt.,
buried Nov 6. 1854.
Y. r. Nelson. Co. X. Goth Regt.. buried
Nov. TO- 1854.
II. c. Kelly. Co. X, isth Regt.. buried
Nov. -. 1864.
John Brackley. Co. f. 9th Regt, bu-
ried Dec 49, 1854.
I. J. Scott. Co. b, 5lth Regt.. buried
Dee. -. ls6i.
b. r. Walker, Co. b. seth Regt., bu-
ried Feb. 4, 1856.
Eugene Kennedy. Co. e. 18th Regt, bu-
yied Feb. is. 1865.
j. G. Wood. Co. X. 42d Regt, buried
Mch. z. 1865.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Tobias NJ. Manning, -, 5th Regt..
buried May IL. 1862.
John Hubbard. Co. I, 5tn Regt., buried
May 10. 1862
James Tomlinson, -. sth Regt, buried
Mas II. 1852.
Blake b. Adams, -. 9Th Regt, buried
May 20. 1862.
Thomas j. Jones. Co. II, 9Th Regt..
buried May %. 1862.
Aaron Moore. Co. A. 9Th Regt.. buried
May "A. 1862.
Patrick Haggerty. Co. Il, 9Th Regt..
buried May %. 1885,.
Jonathan J. Lestre, -, 5th Regt..
buried ----
Elijah Atkinson. Co. C, 9TH Regt.,
buried May 2S, 1862
Wh'tmill Clark. -. 9TH Regs.. buried
June II. 1859.
.. Warner, Co. II. 18th Regt. buried
sept. -, 1852; aged So years
stephen BeYan. -. 18th Rogi.. buried
=: 3. ssysps, -. 4th Regt.. buried
n, News z T, Rowe. Co. X. sth Rest.. buried
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-12
Total casualties

This statement is very nearly correct
and shows that during the past single
campaign the number of casualties 1t has
suffered were only nineteen less than the
whole number Of officers and men in the
regiment. This regiment was engaged In
twelve regular battles and twenty-nine
skirmishes in the campaign OF 1864. The
attention of these who are disposed to
traduce the men from that section OF the
State is called to the fact that this is
Northwestern Virginia regiment.-Pre-
served and Corrected by j. w. Bosworth.
Commanding Company II, Thirty-frst
Virginia Regiment.
The Republican., 1897-10-14
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A splendid ear, but very poor
voice." as the organ grinder said to the
donkey.-Tit-Bits
He (bitterly)-"Have you the heart,
to refuse me?" She-'No. I have given
it to another man. Brooklyn Life.
AS He Looked at It She-'I Won.
der who first said: 1T is better to be
born lucky than rich?'" He-"Some
old fool whose wife married him for
his money, guess.'-Cleveland Leader.
Mistress Bridget, didn't your
company stay until rather a late hour
last night?" Bridget-''Its all right,
mem; he be on the foorce, an he
couldn't go to bid, annyway."- boston
Transcript.
Might Change Her Mind.-'Do you
take instantaneous photographs here?S
"Yes." well, get in your work quick,
then, before my wife takes a notion to
go to some other gallery" Chicago
Record.
Little Arthur had been to church.
How did you like the sermon?' asked
his sister. pretty well" responded the
youthful critic. THE beginning was
very good, and so was the end, but it had
too much middle" e."-Tit-Bits
An Alibi.-"I hear that the crowd
assailed you when you appeared at the
Plunkville opera house" False, me
boy, false" replied the eminent tragedi-
an, Mr.. Barnes former. "All false
There was no crowd" indianapolis
| Journal
Money in Races.-"You don't mean
to say you've found a sure way to make
money at the races?" Jinks-"Sure as
shooting. | never fail" Blinks-"My!
My! Do you buy tips?" Jinks-"No,
sell them. N. Y. Weekly.
The Republican., 1897-10-14
Keen Their Mouths Shut.

The oyster stands as a model for hu
manity, in that he can easily be taught
to shut his mouth. There is only one
correct way to accomplish this, how
ever and it is done in this fashion: The
newly y-dredged oysters are placed ii
water; then occasionally during the
day the water is run off, leaving th'
oysters uncovered and otherwise incom
moded. During the first time the oys
ters are uncovered great rMmber o
them open their shells, and these prob
ably feel very uncomfortable until th'
water covers them again. After few
lessons of this kind the oysters slowly
learn not to open their shells when they
are expected to keep them closed.-N
Y. Journal.
The Republican., 1897-10-14
THE SECRET OF THE WOOD.

The bards of old sang Already,
Where nimble dryads tripped the glen;
All, would our hearts could wiser be,
Yet keep the olden joy of men!
For me the woods still weave a spell
Within their aisles of fragrant green,
And fancies come no doubt can quell,
And whisper oft of forms unseen.
Or nymphs or elves, not mine to name
The beings strange I feel so near;
A quiver steals along my frame,
An eerie thrill too faint for fear.
All, what was that? A leafet? No!
That glided through the dappled air.
I felt it come. felt it go;
1t touched my cheek and stroked my hair,
'Tis fled and now a murmur swells
Companioned by a scent so sweet,
OF rites mysterious it tells,
And viewless Censors frail and fleet.
l strive to catch the whispered prayer
That floats along the forest nook
Before 1t fades in cadence rare
Blent with the tinkle of the brook.
Still deeper down the verdant way
A quaking leaf, not Zephyr-fanned,
Lures on my feet 1 must obey
The beckoning of an unseen hand.
Such slender film two worlds divides,
No longer far that finer air
Within whose depths a secret hides
Illimitably great and fair.
A secret tits to soothe and bless
The aching thirst of restless hearts
Who only feel life's bitterness,
Unanswered longings, poisoned smarts
A secret tits no chemists fire,
No philosophic search can wrest;
Twill only gladden. his desire
Who kneeIs and lists at Natures breast
Though much be known, still more re.
mains;
We cannot tell what yet may be.
We dull our senses with fruitless gains;
With clouded eyes how can we see?
The Heaven we deem so faint and far,
Past planet mild or Milky Way,
Who knows 1t lies in some fair star,
And not around our path to-day?
Perhaps not in the sulled mart,
Where priests OF fraud and Mammor
meet,
But in some purer place apart,
Where blossoms blow and light wind!
greet;
Where hills and wales in verdure new
Stretch meath a sky of perfect peace,
Or mid the isles of ocean blue,
Whose tuneful murmurs never cease.
1t may be so; and when we go
Far from the crush of moiling men,
Where green boughs wave and brooklet
flow,
There may be forms around us then
BY us unseen, whose bosoms yearn
To minister and soothe our pain;
And that is why refreshed we turn
To lift the daily cross again.
Mid woods and fields how sweet it were,
At dewy morn and twilight bland,
To feel in summer winds astir
Caresses of some vanished hand;
To know the haunting fragrance mild
Was not the 'fowerets gift alone,
But came from lips that loved and smiled
And love us still though silent grown.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in N. Y. Independ
ent.
The Republican., 1897-10-14
Why People Forget names.

Many persons are especially forgetful
with regard to names. They are en-
barrassed to find that they cannot, on
the spur of the moment recall the name
of an acquaintance, or that of some fa-
mliar object, although, in other re.
spects, their memory is not treacher-
Gus. DR.. Bastian, in discussing such
defects. recently quoted, with approval
this explanation: "The more concrete
the idea the more readily is the word
used to designate it forgotten when
the memory fails. We easily represent
persons and things to ourselves with.
out their names. More absence con.
ceptions, on the contrary, are attained
only with the aid of words, which alone
give them their exact shape in oul
minds" Hence verbs, adiectives, pro
nouns, adverbs, propositions and con
functions are more intimately related
to thought than nouns are, and can bt
remembered when nouns, or names
slip from the mind.-Youth's Compan
ion