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not bulge until they did. No arguments
were of any avail, and the money had to
be sent for and distributed, after which the
men weighed anchor with a cheer and gave
up the ship again.
The Sultan, however, reflected that what
transport had done peaceably heavily
armed man-of-war might do with evil in
tent, and calling Hassan Pasha to him, he
declared that he wanted no more navy. In
this light-hearted manner branch of ma
tiona defense which had been the.priGe of
its officers was sacrificed to the royal fears
for personal safety, and Hassan Pasha,
who has steadily carried out his masters
programme, has ever since been in high
favor and is, to all intents and purposes,
Minister for life.-London Standard.
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ABig Black Diamond

Henri Moisson recently exhibited at the
French Academy of Sciences a black
diamond as large as a mans fist, which is
valued at about $4,000. 1t is said to be
the largest black diamond ever found, and
was picked up in Brazil by a miner work.
ing in private grounds. 1t weighed 5000
carats, or about twice as much as the
largest stone of the kind hitherto dis
covered. Within short time after its
discovery, about five months ago, it lost
nineteen grammes of its weight, evidently
by the evaporation OF water contained in
it. but this loss has now ceased. It's
crystalline form is nearly perfect. re-
sem bling that of the artificial black
diamonds formed by the capitalization of
carbon in silver crucibIes.
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A STORY ABOUT THE SULTAN
1t Is offered as Explaining why Turkeys
Navy Is Useless.

Navy Is Useless.
why does the Sultan allow what was
once respectable feet to rot to pieces an
chored OFF Stamboul? Simply because he
considers an ironclad dangerous instru-
,neht IN the hands of any Minister or zeso-
lu'e commander. 1t is true that there are
no snlps TO guard his coasts, but also there
are none to steam up the Bosphorus and
throw she'll into his palace. and that is
'ne nrst thing to be thought OF.
The incident which leo 70 tho order for
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OUR PRICE LIST

That will paraIyze the Shoe
Market. We have the goods
and are going to sell them.
Price no object. We want to
flood the market with SHOES.
Cut the following Price List
out and save it to order by.
We VIII Sell
Ladies Kid Button pointed or
We Will Sell
Ladies' Fine Paris Kid Button, cloth or kid
tops, pointed or square toes, patent-leather tips
...................... .........At 81 so per pair
We VIII Sell
Our Own Make fades Fine Imperial Kid
Button, cloth kid tops pointed square
toes, patent-leather tips, widths "A to EE...:.
........................... 81 7o per paiH
We VIII Sell
Our Own Make-Lades French Kid Button,
cloth or kid tops, pointed or square toes, patent
leather tips. AT 81 per pair
We Will Sell
Our Own Make-Ladies' extra quality French
Kid, seamless fOxed, button. cloth or kid tops,
pointed or square toes, patent-leather tips.
..........-..............A .At 9z oO per pax
We VIII Sell
Ladies' Fine French Kid Button, hand-turn
soles, cloth or kid tops. extreme pointed or
narrow square toes patent-leather tips.
.......................... So per pair
LADIES' LACE SHOES.
We VIII SelI
Ladies' Extra Quality Fine Kid CIoth-top Lace
Shoes, very pointed toes patent-leather tips
....At ~ oO per pair
We VIII Sell
Ladies' Fine French Kid Cloth-top Lace Shoes,
hand-turn soes extreme pointed toes, patent
LADIES' SPRING HEEL SHOES.
We Will Sell
Ladies' Fine Paris Kid Button, spring heel
square toes, patentleather tips, widths A to EE
AT 81 % per pair
We VIII Sell
Our Own Make-Ladies' French Kid Button,
cloth or kid tops spring heel, square toes,
patentleather tips, widths AA to Ek .......:.
AL @Z per palr
LADIES' LoW-CUT SHOES.
We VIII Sell
Ladies' French Kid oxford Ties, cloth or kid
tops, hand-turn soles, pointed or square toes,
We VIII Sell
Ladies' French Kid Cloth-top Southern ties,
hand-turn soles, pointed or square toes. ......:.
....................... .........At$ 81 so per pair
OUR LIFE-SAVING Shoes
Are all the rage. Every lady should
have pair for winter wear.
Made in all the latest styles, prices So and 81
per pair.
We VIII Sell
chill AND MISSES
Fine Paris Kid Button, kid or cloth tops, square
toes, patent-leather tips spring heels.
Sizes to oS............................. 900
Sizes S12 TO 11..........-.............$1 81 90
Sizes 111s 10 2................-.......$1 rs
We Will Sell
chill DREN'S AND MISSES
Heavy Pebble Goat Button, solid double soles,
standard screwed, cannot rip, sOle-leather
tips.
Sizes to 715.......................... 715 90c
Sizes to 1912 015.........................$1 81 90
Sizes Il 10 2. .........................$1 25
Send us your address and will send you q
catalogue, showing all the latest style shoes at
lowest prices.
We have no Branch Store on Market
Street. Don't be misled by misleading
signs.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
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PALo ALTOS SKELETON

What Became of the Remains of the
Famous Racehorse.
When the great stallion Palo Alto died
about four years ago hundreds of thou
sands of horse-lovers felt real grief for a
short time. But the feeling of sorrow did
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BY THOMAS aRHaoRx.

My SHIP WENT Our ACROSS BAR
DAYS GOLDEN CAR
SWEPT THROUGH THE WEsT-THE LIGHT WENT LING RING Y
THE WHITE Foo FLUNG
FOLDS
The CLIFFs-THE BUOY BELLS GLANCED DREARY GLEE.
THE FoAMY BREAKERS WRITHED AND KISSED
BELOW MIST
PALE GULL, LIKE PASSING GHOST
FLED Down COAST,
AND EERIE NOISES ISSUED FROM THE SEA
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The city having the longest blocks is
said to be Louisville, KY.
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MY SHIP WENT Our Across THE BAR
DRIFTING SPAR
|As ALL THE DISMAL WAVES RETURNED TO Me.
1T TOLD No TALE
OF REEF OR GALE
NO WORD OF OCEANS TEMPEST TRAGEDY
NO GHosTLY CADENCE OF THE STRONG,
WILD SAILOR SONG.
The PALE GULL POISED ON LEVEL WING,
LOOKED WONDERING
Down ON THE WAIF, TOSSED BY THE CRUEL SEA.
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MY SHIP WENT OUT ACROSS THE BAR
The SHADOWS ARE
Now FALLING DARKLY OVER MAIN AND LEA
The Buoy BELLS RING
THE DAMP Foes FLING
AMONG THE CLIFFS Their PALL1D DRAPERY
The STEELY, Kissing BREAKERS REACH
ALONG THE BEACH,
Their FoAMING CURLING CREsTs OF Snow
THE NIGHT STooPs Low
Upon THE WEIRD, UNCANNY, STAINLESS SEA
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My SHIP WENT Our Across THE BAR
FEEL THE JAR
OF OCEANS MIGHTY THUNDER SYMPHONY
A MONOTONE
AGAINST THE STONE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE HILLS. A MINOR KEY
Is IN THE VOICEFUL WIND AS WHEN
The DROWNING MEN
Go MOANING DOWNWARD IN THE Waves
Down IN THEIR GRAVES
AND SOUNDS OF SORROW CONE FROM OFF THE. SEA
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A
Down
A
AND GALES @ THAT 5EAvE THE THE PLuNo1No SURGE AlEE
SAW FLEs
Beyond Dr1EGR
EN
B LIGHrH EER
Our TO HER
Across THE GLOOMY TEHPEsT-DARKENED SEA
MY SHIP
OF
AGAINST THE STONE
FOUNDATIONS HILLS
Ism VoCEFUL
MEN
GRAVES
OFF THESE
MY AcRossr
ARE
The DAnpFo
PII DRAPERY
The STEELY Kissing BREAKERS
ALONG
CURL1N GCREsTo Snow
TooPs slow
STAR1E
MY Our Across THE BAR
al
7As Waves REruRNED ITO ME
NO WORD OF OCEANS TEMPEST
CADENCE THE EsrRoNe,
WILD
The on
LOOKED WONDERING
Down
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My SHIP WENT Our ACROSS THE BAR
PEERING STAR
THROUGH WREATHs OF WHIRLING FoGBANKs S.
AWAY, AWAY,
BEYOND THE GRAY,
EW FLUSHING WEsT-BEYOND MORTALITY.
THE Rays FROM OFF THE HARRoR-HEAD
For HER WERE DEAD,
No GUIDING BEAM FROM LIGHTHOUSE E'E
WENT Our TO HER
Across THE GLOOMY, TEMPEsT-DARKENED SEA
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LADIES' LOW-CUT SHOES.
We VIII Sell
Ladies' French Kid oxford Ties, clo.h or kid
tops, hand-turn soles, pointed square toes
patent-leather tips. 81 80 per pair
We VIII Sell
Ladies' French Kid Cloth-top Southern ties
hand-turn soes pointed or square toes. .........
-. ....- AT 81 so per pair
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NEW TO-DAY.

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TWO KINDS OF SILVER ME,


There are two kinds of free silver.
ties. There is one kind who believe
that under the free coinage the pres
ent silver dollar would become of
equal value with a gold dollar /. e.
that because 371 grains of silver could
be taken to the mint by anybody
Chat has the silver) and have it
stamped into legal dollar, therefore
every 81 grams of silver in the land
would become of a little less value
than "a grains o: gold; Just the same
as now, that a little less than "a
grains Of gold is worth dollar wheth-
er in coin or bullion.
The other kind of free coinage men
don't want or expect silver bullion to
advance in price equal to the ratio of
16 to l. Their argument is that gold
is too high. We want a new and low
er standard of money. The gold dol
lars are 200 cent dollars, it is 100 cent
dollars that we want, /. e., silver dol.
lars Of half the present value of gold
dollars.
II anv Of our readers have occasion
to argue with free coinage people it
would be we'll to have them explain
on the start, what kind of silver dol
lars they want, whether dollars as
good as gold dollars are now or dollars
half as good.
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PAYABLE IN COIN.

A large part of the United States
promises to pay" whether bonds OF
bills are payable sin coin,,'. There
are millions and millions of silver dol
lars in the treasury while the gold re-
serve is hard to keep up. Why don't
the government pay out silver and re-
fuse gold to those who present its
bills for redemption'
Simply because in one hours time
after the government had by this
means expressed its inability to pay
gold, nobody else would pay gold, and
gold as a currency would disappear
from the channels Of trade. Presi-
dent Cleveland has it in his power to
put this s'country on a silver basis to-
morrow by simply directing the U. S.
treasurer to pay out only silver for
the redemption of paper money and
bonds. The only reason that silver
dollars to-day pass on an equality
with gold IS because the government
Of the United States guarantee their
exchange one for the other. At pres.
ent, government is at sore straits to
keep gold enough on hand to keep up
the exchange. It would be impossible
under free coinage, and gold would
necessarily disappear. One half our
present coinage Is gold. Hence only
those who favor the gold standard
are in favor of bimetalism. Free
coinage of silver is mon0metallsm
and nothing else.
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NO HALF MEASURES FOR HIM.

NO HALF MEASURES FOR HIM.
Among the many letters received
to-day by Mr.. Mckinley, was one from
A p. Hull, of Atlanta, Go. Mr.. Hull
declares that he is a l6 to man. but
does not want any half way measures.
II am in favor" says Mr.. Hull, "of
the free and unlimited coinage of pig
iron ut ratio of 16 to by the United
States. The stamp of the govern
ment would make it bullion value the
same as its mint value. Wages would
be compelled to rise, because no man
would be fool enough to work for q
dollar day, who could make 81 600 q
day picking up rusty nails and old
horse shoes, and taking them to the
mint for coinage"
Major Mckinley was much amused
by this lie tter, and thinks 1T one of the
happfest hits envolved by the present
situation.
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BANKS.

In the pep platform elsewhere
printed there is a clause against ma
tlonal banks issuing money. The in
sinuation is that by their power of is
suing money, banks have great and
much abused power, when as a fact
very few national banks issue more
notes than they are compelled to do,
and iti is fnrther fact, that few Of
them would issue notes at all If they
could helpit. This statement needs
no other proof than the public adver-
tisement made every two months or
$50 by every national bank in the coun-
try.
The true and principal business Of
every bank is not making bank notes.
Their legitimate business is receiving
money on deposit and loaning it out.
They are practically commission mer.
chants Of money. Instead OF the pri-
vate individual lending his surplus
money he puts it in a bank. When
another individual wants to borrow,
instead of looking round for some
body who has spare cash. he goes to
the bank. The bank is a mutual con-
venience. It,makes a business of TAX
Ing In the surplus cash of its deposit
ors and baning it to others.
Now as to postal banks" Postal
banks are all right. AS "savings
bank" they are in operation In Eng
land and some other countries and are
q convenience and benefit. But they
can never take the place of the busi-
ness mems banks and can never sup.
ply the ordinary mercantile needs Of
financial Recommendations" Gov
ernment could never 60 into the bank
ing business proper. So far as issu-
ing paper money is concerned, govern
ment can do that, and government
might possibly with benefit, start
postal savings banks, but when it
comes to discounting '.sight," 30, 60
or 80 day" business paper, that's an
other business and is no more gov
ernment business than is raising
wheat or corn.
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Seven of the twelve delegates from
Maine to the democratic national con.
vention, including the democratic
candidate tor governor of that state,
refused to vote for Mr.. Sewall as vice
president. and had before that time
turned him down from his former po.
sition as democratic committee man.
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MRS. JUDGE xREKELs.

Mrs. Krekels spoke at the court
house on Tuesday evening. There
was a good sized audience. present
many of them ladies. Only a small
part of the audience were In sym.
pathy with the doctrines.
We have space but for a very short
review, and will confine our criticism
mostly to the statements made or I'm.
pressions given either Intentionally
or unintentionally, to the audie nee.
Mrs. Krekels spent about two thirds
Of her time in proving that 'life, lib.
erty, and pursuit of happyness''0 was
the object Of government. That la
bor under this government was no
better of than in any other govern
ment. That here it was human slav-
cry. Hence this government was a
failure, and all governments are fail
ures, and as this is the exact reason
ing of Herr Nest, we NAV conclude
that anarchy is the only remedy.
The conclusion is ours the premises
are Mrs. Krekels' and yet she has
been addressing audiences for the
last month, of whom nine-tenths
were born either on foreign soil, or
their fathers were, who came here to
better their condition and have bet
tered 1t. I'd,
Mrs. Krekels claims that all her
early Affiliations and love were with
the republican party. That party re-
deemed the government from the
slave holding aristocrocy OF the South.
Mrs. Krekels rather inferred that the
populistic party is also to perform a
like mission with the capitalistic aris-
tOcrats of to-day, but as she also
proved that Grant was ignorant, that
John Sherman was q traitor and most
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THE DEMAaoauE SIDE.

One stock argument" will be
found in every free silver speech.
from the "boy orator of the Platte"
down to the silver-tongued screecher
of the country school house. 1t is
''pity the sorrows of the poor laboring
man." '"The rich have formed gi-
gantic conspiracy to enslaye the
poor" Mr.. Bryan puts it, that the
rich are ''presslng down crown of
thorns on the poor mans brow" and
that they also ''crucify" said poor fel-
low on cross of gold" All of which
would be more lucid, IL one were in
formed as to whom the ''rich" are and
clearer definition given as to whom
the ''poor" are. II riches is crime,
then every such speaker accuses every
hearer of being u criminal, for If the
ehearer is not rich he desires to be.
Rich men are just as human as poor
men, and poor man who becomes
rich does not change his nature. II
you are pursuaded that all rich men
are tyrants and strive to enslave the
poorer class, you thereby acknowledge
that Is what you would do II you be.
came rich.
(. A more sensible idea IS that riches
are the result Of general prosperity.
That the capitalist has two great rea.
sons to assist the poor man. First,
that prosperity for the poor man il
also prosperity for the capitalist.
Second. that in any country where
the rich are getting richer and the
poor poorer. there is bound to be q
smash, and 1t is the rich man who has
the farthest to fall, and as few fools
get rich, we may ut least give the
wealthy class SONS credit for common
sense II not for common honesty.
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WHAT. FIAT MONEY IS

Sou A0uSteCOs y uly 1O.-Gs W.. war.
dell. chairman Of the popullst central
committee Of California. and j. Tay-
lOr Rogers, Mayor Sutre's secretary,
have prepared a platform which is pro-
posed to present to the national pOpu-
list convention to be held In st. Louis
next week. The financial plank is an
follows:
"We demand a national money, is
sued directly by the general govern
mOpt only, as q full legal tender for
all debts and issued without the agen.
cY Of any private corporation or bank,
and In circulating volume subject to
law and respective TO our needs and
speedily to be increased to $50 per
capita Of the entire people.
"Such money shall consist of gold,
silver and paper, each dollar thereof
endowed with the same function, lm-
parted solely from the stamp thereon
and not dependent for its money value
upon the price of the material used.
Each dollar shall be interchangeable
with, but not redeemable In the other
and shall be den0minated respective
", gold, silver or paper money-all ma
tiOnal debts being payable in either
at the option Of the government.
"As the United States is a free and
powerful nation, and the financial and
industrial liberty of its citizens should
be independent OF the action of any
other government, we demand the
free and unlimited coinage of gold
and silver by the United States at
their present legal ratio Of IL to /,
without reference to the course of any
foreign nation.
1--WE demand that all national
banks be abolished and in lieu of them
that the government esta ablIsh a post
al bank in each city, town and village
of the United States containing a
population of l, 600 or more.''
The above is the true financial poll.
cy of the populists. We wish every
democratic, and populistic reader
would study its expression and mean.
ing carefully. for it means great
deal, though to our minds, it may be
expressed much more simply; to wit,
That piece Of paper with a govern.
ment stamp thereon" shall have all
the Functions of money" and shall
be illegal tender for all debts public
and private" Don't misuhderstand
this pop paper "moneY" is not a green
back, a silver or gold certificate, OF
bank note, it Is not a promise to pay
'money" or 'coin." 1t is "money'
itself. but not "redeemable' in any
thing, or by anything and by its own
terms of no value, except for the
''stamp thereon"
1t is the logical sequence of "free
coinage of silver" tits as reasonable
to make. the whole face value "fiat'
as it is to make Al cents out of tht
100 "fiat value5'.
Do you believe that IL the govern
ment stamps pasteboard gun-wat
zone dollar'' that IT. will be worth 1Ol
cents in gold orrsilver? If you do yol
are pop. do you believe that th,
government stamp on a silver dollal
makes the bullion value of the sllve
therein 100 cents in gold? II you d,
you are Bryan democrat.
fyou believe 10 paying the nation
al debt 10 ''gun.wads" you are q pop
II you believe ia paying your debts J..
dollars Of which the present market
price is SO cents, you are in fact q sill
yer democrat and IN theory q pop. i
you are an honest man you ought t,
vote for McKinlAv.
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We have no space this week except
to give the result Of the ticket select
ed at the republican state convention,
and to say in. brief that the, ticket is
generallya very satisfactory one.
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state Ticket.

State Ticket.
For Congress,
n. N. JOHNSON, of Nelson.
For Governor.
FRANK A. BRIGGS, of Morton.
]. n. DEviEE, Of L.Moure.
FRED FALLEY, Of Richland.
For Treasurer,
For Auditor,
~. HANNUM, of Ransom.
For Attorney General,
j. F. COWAN, of Ramsey.
For Commissioner Of Insurance,
FRED FANCHER, of Stutsman
Fof Superintendent fPubltc Instruction.
j. G.. HALLAND, of Tralll.
For Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor,
81. u. THOMAS. of Benson.
For Railroad Commissioners,
GEO. H. KEYES, of Dickey;
L. l.. WALTERS. of Wells,
j. r. GIBSON, of Pembina.
JOHN B. pYsTE, Of Sargent:
C. NJ. WHEELER, of Cass;
C. +. WILBUR, of Rolette,
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of the rest OF the leaders 'sconspira
tors'' In less than ten years after they
came into political power, the logical
inference is, that the pop-party lead
ers will also Become traitors aud con.
spiritOrs as soon as they get the
chance.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Krekels for.
mer republican affiliations she de-
clares that the tariff question is q
humbug, and is not nor ever was q
real issue, and that the party have
been financially wrong, and worse, for
30 years and that John Sherman is
"the father of the dishonest dollar",
and that in 1867 he went to England
and sold this whole country, to the
Jews. That the decentralization of
the silver dollar was done by fraud
and stealth, Notwithstanding the
fact that the bill was before con-
gress three years.
Mrs. Krekels said twice, that silver
is not legal tender for oyer $500"
and she spoke repeatedly of silver
being "demonetized" in the present
tense. We do not think that Mrs.
Krekels can make these statements
intending to deceive. She simply
forgets to give the period. Silver
dollars were not coined from 1873 to
1873. In 1873 they were made legal
tender to any amount and are so now.
During the time mentioned 1873 to
1873, and back to 1861. there was no
silver or any other coin in use in this
country. We were using paper mon
ey. Hence, for the time given. the
decentralization Of silver' could not
Cut much figure. Before 1860 only
about 100000 silver dollars had been
coined altogether. To-day there are
about SO, 900, 900 dollars in circulation
and three or four hundred millions in
the government vaults which nobody
wants.
Mrs. Krekels stated and repeated
that the population was growing
and thei money was decreasing. A
statement that only needs quotation
to show it's error to any intelligent
person.
Mrs. Krekels juggles with the sup.
ply of silver. She says, in some early
period, silver production was to gold
product as so to 1. In about 1860 the
ratio was 6 to l, and then she stops
Mrs. Krekel knew where to stop in
that comparison. II she had come
on to 1890 she would have had to say
the ratio was 20 to and that the an
nual production of silver has since
1860 has increased four fold.
One more statement and we are
through with Mrs. Krekels. ''The
crop from the mine is only one crop
your wheat crop is annual and contln
ual, when the silver mine is dug Out
production stops"
AS the production of silver has in
creased four fold in about 30 years, 1,
is evident that the mines are not YET
dug out, while on the other hand ths
annual and continuous product o
wheat is annually and continual,
eaten, while the product of the minel
being practically indestructable
piles up year after year, no less thar
1.500, ,000, 900 ounces being produced
since 1871 most of which is still OF
hand in the world in some form o.
other.
Personally Mrs. Krekels is a lady O
middle age, of good appearance, ,
strong voice, and uses good language
She has but little originality, uses to,
many complex sentences, but on tn
whole is a good stump speaker. W.
do not think her talk will do much t,
cdnYince anyone who is not alread!
Dreiudiced in favor of her doctrines.