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vfcsg5 mr wte volume xii no ws5 is rrntiriik ivkky thursday mjining at tbs- rc pss power printimo house acton ontario isu8s0ripti0n rates om nwl i sl06 sis months 30 tw thukk months a it i nvariablji- in advance it not paid iu advauco i il per iu be charged no papr discon tinued till all arreani are paid except at the optftm of tbo publisher ivertisinq rates- i mhck ou wilmiiu h lit cvtluun vuartr cvmim one inch viottii 1 til 1 6jo i 8 mix l scaoo 1 wk000jw is no soon now 3000 1jim 700 i loo i 8jo1 a oo 1uio 700 850 a50 100 actonj ontario thursday august 516 188h acton banking coy 8torey chri8tic co baskkri- actoii ontario a qkivufial banking business transacted x0hvzjl0ast8d on approved n0ts3 notes discounted uid interest allowed on deposits casual ikdvfcititoments 8 cents per lino tor the fljit inortioujnml2iiticrlluefor eoh sub- ouucut luwtnon cash the nutubsr o hues rookoml bv the spaeooccfipied measured by a cure of solid nonpareil ilvojtisimnts without specific directions will ik inserted till torbid aud charged accord ing transitory advertisements mut jb paid an advance 1 chsiia for contract advertisements must bo m tlc ofllec b i am on mondays otherwise thei will be iet over until the following week hp moore editor and proprietor a tuic d1dcd mar found on flloat geo v ifllo rurcnrowcll clin newspaper ad sen urns burwkj sjpruce sij wbw adwttln jintrctnnarbemadefiirn in mtfokk- i business directory vt7 h lqwry m b m c p s t t graduate of trinity college mem- ber of college of physicians and surgeons office and residence at the head of frederick street actou g e staceymd cm graduate of trinity university fellow of trin- ltj medical school member of the college of ph siciaus and surgeons oitici campbells hotel l bensett lds dentist georgetown ontario ac- mckinlay l d s surgeon dentist georgetown ont uses the ae v system of nitrous oxide gas com- moalj called vitalized air for extracting teeth without pam having been demon strator and practical teacher in roal college of dental surgeons toronto pat rons ma j depend upon receiwugsatisf action tu au operation- performed will visit acton eery other wednesday of each month omce auews hotel albert college belleville ont cihaktered and opened in 1837 over 3000 persons have btcn in attendance 170 students enrolled last year representing british cotrunu mixitoiia mumikiav nkw yoiie ontario and qcebkcj 87 diplomas and certificates awarded including matric ulation music fine arts commercial science collegiate aud teachers courses nfew boods al- days bookstore cuelph busin jlfelp 7th fall term begins slit annual catalogue etc address rev dyer ma pres 1880 for w p ii ess college guelph ontario oung men and thoroughly prepared women are for positions as bookkeepers shorthand- writers cahgraph or telegraph operators students have been iu attendance from nine provinces and states within the past year oar graduates are meeting with marked suc cess iu the commercial centres of canada and the united states rates moderate accommoda ton excellent students may enter at any time forterms 4tc address bi maccormick 146m principal 4 john lawson graduate ofon- taro vetermarv college toronto vetennrv surgeon actouont ointfc in kenin bros boot and shoe store resi dence mlhe rear horses examined as to soundness and certificates gken all calls night or day promptu attend ed to ternis easj johnston a- mclean birnsters solicitors notaries coney- ancers ac pnvate punds to loan of mi town hall acton e f b johnston wh a mllpan e mitchell soljtlloe cos l lncee ac omh first door west of the champion office main street milton money to loan at 6 per cent o hilton allan baird barristers solicitors ac tonovro vnd geobgetows ornlts creelmans block georgetown and 6 king street east toronto w t ulw j shiltos bl j buhd ba lumber shingles and lath f piio uudursilneil desires to luforui the public x that be dbs uow on band aud will ker in stock a full hi e of 1luo and hemlock ab well as other kinds o lumber also kirst and second class pine sbi iglcs uatli coal wood having unrchascu tbo coal buync of mr c 1 an prepared to supply all kinds of smith stove coal hardwood as able prices have also a good stock of wood h cedar and mill wood at reason- wood and coal delivered j vmes brown 25000 rolls wall paper i i loo sets lawn croquet carload express waggons tnurtndav mohnino auouht 26 1880 poetry big std6k low prices day sells cheap guelph cloth hall b a1nla1dlawac0 buiasttrs solicitors officii over imperial bank 24 wel lington street east j entrance exchange allev toronto john ba q c c a misten william liinuvn r geuuoe kaipell atents secured- for inventions henry grist ottawa cofaiu 20 years practice no patent no pay mutual fire insurance company coratt of wellington i jlstuiushen 1810 i head office cuelph merchant tailors 11 we rf leiilli tiihk first instalment 01 new fall goods thanksgiving come one come nil cojroo homo oomo home i i from desort sands and ocean foam beuoatk the bonorod homo rooftroo join hands and hearts and you bliull boo sweet thoughts pure lovo and honest living flow from tho keeper of thanksgiving lis then tho dead becomu most dour tia then tbo living bring most cheer tis then tbo best within us seems aspiring toward our youthful dreams aud life looks really worth tho living in tho old homestead at thanksgiving thanks grim old puntaus to you who bmlded better than ye kuow i true ye were hard and stern tis said intolerant and bigoted but one sweet gift is of your giving thanks sad old pilgrims for thanks giving chloe maxwell our story w m hemstreet llctnto acctlonleli for the counties of wellington and halton orders ltf t at the vuiy pittss office acton or at dy residence in acton will be promptlyattended to terms reasonable j money to lon also mpney to loan on the most favor able terms and at the lowest rates of in terest in sums of 8500 and upwards oflv day architect greihi ont oitrrt queens hotel bloek market square tdirancis nunan successor to t f chapman booe3inder georges square guelph ontario st account books of alliinds made to order periodicals of every description carefully bound ruling neatly and promptly done john j daley successor to thompson jackson monej to loan on farm property at 6 per cent mortgages purchased money loaned for parties in mortgages and other security conveyancing in all its branches properly and neatly done charges low farms and city property for sale list with farms for sale sent to all parts of the dominion to intendingpurchasers aud cir culated iu europe european capitalists wanting farms in ontario will be sent di rections through our european agencies farms wanted for our lists correspon dence invited office near the post office guelph ont t he hanlan barber shop mill stkeet acrox insures buildings merchandize manu factories add all other descriptions of property on the premium note system p w- stone cnas- davidson president secretary john taylor affent hello i pausi and consider that it will be to your own interest to pat ronize home trade we would respectfully inform the inhabitants of acton and sur rounding country thkt we axe again in full rnnning order and in a better position than before the fire to fill all orders entrusted to us t6 parties building lumber will be dressed while you waat and mouldings ac made with neatness and despatch n we arc also prepared to fill all orders for pumps on short notice and from long experience in the business we feel confident that we can give satisfaction every time so eome on with your jorder and help to roll the ball along money makes the mare go whether she has legs ox no thos ebbace manager aoton livery sl sale stables john street acton wm e kmith proprietor mr 8mit i has purchased the livery business of w 1 h b mccarthy which he has remove d to his commodious stables in the centre of the business- town mr smith baa bad shaw grundy merchant tailors guelph wellington marble works qt7ss20 st gt7elth john h hamilton proprietor wholesale and retail dealer in marble granite and everything pertaining to cemetery work direct importer of all kindb of granite and marble t an easy shave a stylish haircut a good seafoam an exhilarating shampoo always given razors boned and put in firstclass condition ladies and childrens hai tastily cut j p wobdex tonsorial ar james stirton ld8 s dentist honor graduate and member of the ontario college of dental surgery painless extraction or no cnarffo artificial teeth perfect in appearance and use 6800 per set written guarantee with every set k omce tovellnblockopppoguelph having latclj visited the da of fuudygranito quarries and bavipr purchased the entire stock of grav and red granite momimcutfl heivlstoilis trosses urns etc of alexander taylor at less than cost i will until further notice sell at prices never before known iu ontario for in stancegranite monuments oft high t00 7 ft 7j 8 ft 0q 0 ft 1100 10 ft 120 all work and inutenal warranted firstclass parties wanting anytlmigin this lino will do well to call and see mo before purchasing elsewhere as i guarantee my prictm are from 30 to 50 per cent below all other dealers acton meat market rutledge crosson butchers ness of mr r share of public have purchased the holmes and solicit patronage the members of the firm are practical butchers and are prepared to ensure their customers thorough satisfaction there will always be found on hand a full stock of all kinds of meat ac in season we have settled in acton to stay and feel satisfied that by transacting business upon business principles we will win publio confidence aud support butjedge crosson aotou feb 9th 1880 that he can give satisfaction on john stree portion of the lengthy exper ence in this business and feels confident to every patroh anyone des ring a oommerdftl ploft- suro or own any riff can he supplied with a firstcllss turnout on the shortest notice horses boarded and 8old terms reasc nable i- wm b smith dont read this the undersigned k prepared to furnish on the shortest notice in any quantity and at bottom prices firstclass lumber lath 8taves head ing 8hingles wash tubs churns butter tubs pork barrels wood also 7l0to and f2ed and anything in the line of farmers house keepers or contractors necessities thos 0 moore curfew must not ring tonight englands sun bright setting on tho hills so far ataay filled tha laud with misty beauty at the close of day and tho last rays kissod tho forehead of a man and maiden fair- he with step so slow and weary sho with sunny golden hair he with bowed head sad nud thoughtful she frith lips so cold and white struggled to keep back the murmur cur few must not ring tonight there is a story in petersons magazine for september 1815 entitled lovo and loyalty it is thostory of bessie and her lover of the brave girl who dared and suf fered so ranch for one who was dearer than lite and it is this tale told in beautiful verse that has stirred tho hearts of millions of people in this country and europe tho author rose hartwick was born in indiana in the summer of 1850 and early eviuced a talent for poetry and wrote a very pretty little poem when but 10 years old but the crowning venture of her life was written at the romantic ago of sweet six- teen at which time her homo was at litchfield mich the complete poem was written in a few hours but many hours afterward were spent in correcting it so that now the first stanza reads very differ ently from tho one that hqads this article which is as it was first published it first appeared in the fall of 1870 more than three years after it was composed the next year after that of its publication she was led to the altar by edmond c thorpo since which happy event her full name rose hartwick thorpe has been used the poem is naturally a great favorite with the english people it has been pub- lished many times in england and the author hab received many letters and tokens from her admirers across the sea it remained for messrs lee shepard the wellknown boston publishers to bnng out the poem as finally corrected by the author including a new stanza never before printed it is hero given in fulr englands sun wob slowly setting oer the hilltops far away filling all the land with beauty at the close pf one sad day and its last rays kissed the forehead of a man and maiden fair- he with bteps bo slow and weary she with sunny floating hair he with bowed head sad and thoughtful she with lips so cold and white struggled to keep back the murmur cur few mast not ring tonight sexton bessies white lips faltered pointing to the prison old with its walls so tall and gloomy moss- grown walls dark damp and cold ive a lover in that prison doomed this very night to die at the ringing of the enrf ew and no earth ly help is nigh cromwell will not come till sunset and her lips grew strangely white as she spoke in husky whispers curfew must not ring tonight bessie calmly spoke the sexton every word pierced hor young heart like a gleaming deathwinged arrow hkoa deadly poisoned dart long jong years ive rung the curfow from that gloomy shaded tower every evening just at sunset it has tolled the twilight hour i have done my duty ever tried to do it just and right now im old i will not miss it curfew bell must ring tonight wild her eyes and pale her features stern and white her thoughtful brow and within her hearts deep centro bessie made a solemn vow she had listened while the judges read without a tear or sigh at the ringing of the curfew basil under wood mutt die and her breath came- fast and faster and her eyes grew large and bright one low murmur faintly spoken chrfew nwt not ring tonight 1 she with quickstep bounded forwardsprang within the old churoh door left the old man coming slowly paths hes trod so oft before not one moment paused tho maiden but with cheek and brow aglow staggered up the gloomy tower where the bell swung to and fro as she climbed the slimy ladder on which 1 fell no ray of light upwards still her pale lips saying cur few shall not ring tonight she has reached the topmost ladder oer her hangs the great dark bell awful 1b the gloom beneath her like the pathway down to hell seel the ponderous bell is swinging tis the nour of curfew now and the sight has chilled ber bosom stop ped her breath and paled her brow shall she let it ring no never 1 her eyes flash with sudden light as she springs and grasps it firmly cur few sltall not ring tonight 1 out she swung far out the city seemed a speck of light below there twixt heaven and- earth suspended as the bell swung to and fro and the sexton at the bellrope old and deaf heard not the bell sadly thought that twilight curfew rang young basils funeral knell still thp n aiden dinging firmly quivering lip i ud fair face white stilled hei frightened hearts wild beating ci rfew shall not rinff tonight it wub oei tho bll ceased swaying und the uaiden stopped once more firmly on tho damp old ladder whoro for hun ired years before human fot had not been planted the brai e deed that sho had done should bo told long ages after as the rays of si tting sun light the iky with golden boauty aged sires witt heads of white tell the ol ildren why the curfew did not ring that one sad night oer the distant hills comes cromwell best io sees him and her brow lately wh to with sickening horror has no auxi us shadow now at his feet she tells her story shows her ham is all bruised and torn and her weet young face still haggard with tho anguish it hod worn touched h s heart with sudden pity lit his eyes with misty light go you lover lives cried cromwell cu rfew shall not ring tonight wide thoy flung the massive portals led tho irisoner forth to die all his brif lit young life before him neath the c arkening english sky bessie can e with flying footsteps eyes aglot with lovelight sweet kneeling oi i tho turf beside him laid his pard m at his feet in his orav strong arms he clasped her kisse 1 tho face upturned and white whispered darling you have saved me curf w will not ring tonight tho volu no is ouo of the floral series and is illustrated with beautiful engravings by morrill jnd garret the poeir in itself is not free from those flights of fa icy which thoy say is a poets privilego to use we havo iu mind two two stanzas in one of which she says as she six se in husky whispers chrfew must not ring tonight the old si xton answers her husky wins pers saying that he had dono his duty over and t lat be could not miss this night girl tin curfow rings tonight and then these 1 nes occur and the hi if deaf sexton ringing yiors he had t heard the ml sadly thought tho twilight curfew rang yount basils funeral knell we must ear with the old gentlemans hearing wh ch one moment can detect a whisper am another cannot bear the bell it was most likely of that convenient order which hears only the agreeable side and is quietly ignoi ant of the disagreeable but we ar not writing a criticism and not a tirade we cannot find pbice tkjbee ce tfts pnblio rcadjira aud elocutionists of late hor health lias been quite poor and we believe she contemplate a removal from her presont home in texas to california in hopes that she may regain it she will boar with her the good wishes of thousands of readors to whom her work has given sincoro and wholesomepleasure j frank clarkin in tlie cottage hearth when he rea way from beauty in it our tirade is it in our lies rt to say aught in disfavor of this touchin poem it has held its place too long in t le hearts of the people and is as popular to day as ever every schoolboy nearly is fan liliar with it but we doubt if 1 it in his jingling schoolboyish is reader he recognized the it was perhaps after he had outgrown readers when ho had time to read at a mc derate pace and read for the pleasure ant instruction in reading that ho saw it mrs tho pe has written for the press constantly f the past twelve years her contribution of stories and poemb have ap peared at t mes in st nicholas wide awake yout hs companion golden days the interior and various sunday school periodicals iu 1881 si e edited three sunday school papers in ci icago and has written three books all si nday school works for the past few yea 8 she has confined her writ ings mostly o these and goldea days in order t understand the poem fully it must be rei lerabered that the curfew bell was an ieutly rung throughout parts of europe nt night as a 6ignal to the in habitants to oke up their fires and retire to rest the iword is derived from the french cour efeu cover fire the prac tice originate d in england from an order of william the conqueror who directed that at the r nging of jthe bell at 8 oclock every one sh mid put ont his light and go to bed who does not remember the exquisite lines of graj the ourfen tolls the knell of parting day the lowing 1 erdwinds slowly oer the lea this word curfew is not used iu amer ica although the practice of ringing a bell at 9 oclock c mtinnes in many plaoes and is considered in new england as a signal for people to retire from company to their own abodes end in general the signal is obeyed one recalls in this connection the sweet- tonid angelus which summons to evening pr yer in france md millets wonderful pic tnre of the two peasants with bowed head musing in their work afield at the sound if the faroff bell the severit r of basils sentence probably incurred for it me political offense against the protecton j is by no means exagger ated mens 1 ves were cheap in those days and sunnyha i red bessie knew that the axe would surely all at the first notes of the curfew a n ition that could publicly be head its mont rch would execute a paltry subject ab one crushes a fly the a small beginning lost year a bright looking young man entered a counting room in response to an advertisement for an assistant shipping clerk ho told the usual tale of how he desired a position more than wages for tho time being and- was willing to accept a nominal salary to start in on the old man was feeling in particularly good humor that afternoon and said pleasantly to the new comer well sir what would you consider a nomiual salary what would you he will ing to accept in beginning tho young man picked at tho lining of his hat with his fingers and deferentially replied i i want to show you sir that i mean business and i will work for one cent the remainder of this month providing you think it would not be too much to double my salary each month thereafter thats a novel proposition surely said the old man with a smile do you know wliat you are talking about tny dearboy well sir my prinoipal aim is to learn the business responded the young fellow and i would be almost willing to work for nothing but id like to feel and be able to say that i was earning something you know ill take you remarked the old man one cent two cents four cents eight cents sixteen cents ho enumerated you will not get much for a vfhileie added he took him up to the cashier this is john smith he baid he will go to work as assistant shippingclerk tomorrow his salary will be one cent this month double it every month from now on in consideration of my working for this small salary i might ask yon to assure me a position for a definite period en- quued john smith v we dont usually do that replied the governor but wecant lose much on you anyhow i guess and you look like an honest fellow how long do you want employment three years sir if agreeable to jou welluhe old man agreed aud young mr smith on pretence of wanting some evidence of stabdity of his place got the governor to write out and sign a paper that he had been guaranteed a position in the house for three years on the terms i have btated he worked along for six mouths without drawing a cent he said he would draw all his earnings at christmas the cashier thonght hed figure up how much would be coming to the young man he grew so in terested in the project that he kept multi plying for the three years the result al most staggered him this is the column of figures ho took to the old man first month lc 2 2c 3 4c 4 8c 5 16c 6 32c 7 64c 8 8128 9 8256 10 8513 11s1024 12 82048 13 91096 1488192 15 816384 16 832768 17865536 18 8131172 19 8262344 20 8524688 21 81049376 22 2098752 s3 4197401 24 8294808 25 816589616 268331 79232 27 866362624 28 8132725248 29 8265450496 307 8460900992 31 86180198432 81723603968 33 j34- 47207836 34 86894415672- 35 8137- 88831344 36 827577662688 total sa ary for three years 855255425365 j the governor nearly fainted when he understood how even if he were twice as rich as yanderbilt he would be ruined in paying john smiths salary he concluded to discharge the modest yonng man at once smith had figured tip low much would be due him aud reminded the old man of his written agreement rather than take the chances in court and let everybody know how he had been duped the governor paid smith 85000 and bade him goodby ccess there is only one way to succeed my boy there is only onu way to win just buckle right d wn to your reed my boy and with head a id with nandn pitch in i or the profits and rains of agrea success never ceme through the ways of idloness i i if your aim is a mountain to clim b my boy and youre striving to reach tt e top you must get there a foot at a tim 3 my boy and tis often youll have to st p for the mountain peaks where the now caps stay i b ave ot yet been r aached in a pi tent way if you wish in the fdrum to stand my boy and to rule with a statesman power you cannot learn ab in a week my boy though you tell all you know in in hour if youd be a webst jr or henry jlay you must grow in tie good old fashioned way it you would make fortune or f am e my boy if you would win toower or pla se you cannot win wealth oranambmyboy youll never come first inithe rice unless you start out with ateaojfast aim to fight for tho triumph that claim you may then if you would wish to succeed my boy and youd go in tl e fight to wife- just buckle right down to your treed my boy and with heart and with soul spitch in for theres no royal road to the goal success and no gains through tho waysof idleness dont cull your lot her always bo is bad enough but the old woman applied to ner who gave you life a id nureed your infancy is rude and utlund a writer has these reflections npon it once it was mother im very hungry mother mend my jacket mother put up my dinner and then mother with her loving hauls would si read the old woman old lady bread with butter luncheon and sew on heart brimming with and stow 4way the the great pitch her affection for the im petuous curly little pate that made her so many steps and nearly distrajcted her with his boisterous m irth now she is the old woman but she did not think it would ever come to that she looked on through the future- years and saw her boy to n anhood grown and he stoodvtransfigured own beautiful love in the liglt of her never was there a more noble son than le honor of tpe world and the staff of her declining yeai s ay he was her support even then but she did not know it i she never realized it was her little boy that gave her strength for daily toil that his blender form was all that upheld her over tpe brink o a dark despair she only knew that she loved t le child and felt that amid the mist of age his love would bear her gently through iti infirmi- ties to the dark hall leading to lif beyond but the sou has forgotten tie tender m inist rations now adrift from t tie tender moorings of home he is cold selfi ih heart less mother has no sacred meaning to the prodigal she s the old woman wrinkled and gray lame and blind pity her 0 grave and dry those tears that roll down her furrowed chiiekst have compas sion on ber sensitive heart and oi fer it thy quiet rest thaftit niav forget- how much it longed to be dear mtjther to tl te boy it nourished througlya careless c lildliood who in retunjorallthis wealth of tender ness has only given back reproach charaoter of that strange misunderstood man oliver c romwell comes plainly to the front in his re ception of the maidens plea somewhere uj idef the rough exterior beat a kindly hear anct above all a keen sense of justice aud basil was safe how the good citizens managed their households that night wit bout a eurfew bell we are not told it is a omfort to think at any rate that there has been one publio mnrder less for bessies gi llant deed an interesti ag collection might be made of poems deriving their inspiration from bells one od ild begin with poes famous rhapsody so lillers the bell is cer tainly one of t be most beautiful of his pro ductions grf ys masterpiece is ushered in by the curfew while in probe diokens chimes and in the drama the bells so naturally and fearfully rendered by irving might well be added among mrs thorpes later poems which sea the margaret have been ver successful drafted out to sea the soldiers reprieve and ire used a great deal by i told you so the raleigh nc spirit of the age prints the following two citizens of raleigh one a prohibi tionist the other an anti were discussing the merits of the local option movement here when the anti said that if raleigh went dry the country people would not come here but would carry their produce to some other market where they could get their jugs filled our prohibition friend seeing some countrymen standing tfear proposed that they should go and ask them about it they did so aud one of the countrymen answered j if you had had a prohibition law in raleigh i should not have beeu here today ah ha i told you so shouted the antiman slappingthe local option man on the shoulder no contiuued the countryman if you hod had a prohibition law in force here 1 should have stayed at home and sent my son but inasmuch as you have grog shops here whioh are all the time leading boys astray i was afraid to send my son so i hod to come myself and the loool option man i slapped the anti on the shoulder saying ahhal i told you so t the anti was dumbfounded it is an insult to the farmers for men to intimate that it is he grog shop that brings them here those farmers who trade only where grogshops entioe them are not worth much to the business of any community seven trifles orth remem bering for the disagreeables sensation inown- aa heartburn which bo often acompanies indigestion a saltspoonful of common salt dissolved in half a wireglass of water and drank is as effective a remedy as saleratos waiter and a muoh pletsanter and laferone rubbing a bruise in sweet oil ind then in spirits of turpentine will usual prevent the unsightly black at d blue spo t which not only tells tales but deforms when thore is an unpleasant oc or about the feet a small quan ity of a wt ak solu tion of salicylic acid in tile footbith is a sure destroyer of the offence many of the patent extracts an 1 bitters are compounded of an aloohol deri ved from wood and this is said to be a fecoliarly dangerous form of alcohol capable of pro ducing very serious brain disorder one of the most treacherous medicines in all the pharmacopoeia is the hydrate of chloral which is so commonly used cases are reported whore two hundred grains have been taken in safety and otl ter cases where ten grains hkve proved fatal or afforded only a narrow escape f re m death by timely aid and effort this dru g should never be taken but with the ad rioe and attendance of a physician iron articles will seldom rust have been cleansed from oil by water and afterward dipped in audwater and dried gollodionpirits of turpentine common salve called oxide of ziuo an invaluable l to apply and scolds before e physician can do better if better is t be done ai td sweet- oil and limewater bea ben up toget ier make a cooling and healing intment foi good as any medicament known bazar mother graves worm exterminator has np equal for destroying worms iu children and adults see that you get the genuine when purchasing if they blot soda- lot lime and the are each o burns arriyeto them as harpers guardians aid socratss at the meeting of tl e ashton i toard of guardians lost weekt le death we s report ed as having taken pla se in the wc rkjhoose of a- person named socrates some pf the members of the board are evide ntly not well up in ancient hisory or in classical nomenclature one f them asked jhe clerk mr clerk is that the na ue of a man or a woman i li we asked t lie guar dian on my right and he says iti but the one on my left says its a what do yousay tbaclerksaidlsoorates was of the same sex as plato but perhaps thinking that was no elaoidatiou or the same sexasadam anhtenq jieporttr a mam- woman