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VOL. XIV., NO. XXIX. ESTABLISHHD IN 1880 PRICE FIVE CI NT LINCOLN, NBBU.. SATURDAY, JULY 22. 1800. rooj OBSERVATIONS. g 4vw,o&,i Kntkhko in the POBTOKFICB at Lincoln as 8ECOND CLAHB MATTER. PUBLISHED EVKRY SATURDAY THE COURIER PRINTING AND PUBLISHING CO Offlco 11.12 N Btroot, Up Stairs. Telephone 384. SARAH H. HARRIS, - Editor Subscription ltatcp In Advance. Per annum '. $1 00 Six months 75 Three months 50 One month 20 Single copioB 05 The Courier will not bo responsible for vol notary communications unless nccompauiod by roturn postHRo. Communications, to rocolvo attention, must bo eieuod by tho full nnmo of tho writor, not moroly as a Riinrnnteo of good faith, but for publication if advisable O The Reception to the First. The meeting at the Funke opera house last week to celebrate In song and cpeech the homo-coming of the First Nebraska and to awaken enthu siasm, accomplished its purpose. There have been criticisms from pop ulists and anti expansionists that the meeting was not non partisan The criticism may be deserved. It Is difll cult to repress the cheers which every mention of the First Nebraska causes because there are very good people In the state who think the boys have no business over there. It is difllcult to cheer the boys and repress approval for the administration who sent them there to put down rebellion; bclugdlftl cult neither tho speakers nor tho au dience accomplished it. For a lot of people gathered together for the pur pose of expressing their approval or disapproval of men and their conduct are quite likely to bo purely human and express themselves by cheers or hisses as the case may bo. When tho multitude is gathered to gether It expresses Itself with primi tive frankness. Even tho most self respecting and intelligent crowd of people has some of the characteristics of a mob, it is moved by clemcntnry emotions and expresses them vocif erously. Orators who speak to a multitude assembled for such u cele bration cannot be blamed for express ing the thought which each member of his audience is thinking, or for not ignoring the topic which lias brought them together. Orators are men and Y men are human. If Mr. Whedon, Mayor Wi illicit, Mr. Lainbortson, Mr. Manderson, and General Vifqiiain had not kindled the patriotism and the gratitude for soldiers who have offered their lives to the government and who have per. formed deeds of valor and self sacrifice which a world acknowledges, the skillful orator Mr. William .1. lirynii, who listened to them, must have dls approved of tholr failure to appreciate the opportunities "f an unusually happy situation. It was impossible to praise the boys for their bravery and devotion with out seeming to approve of the country they were lighting for and the kind of government their suppression of tho revolt will establish in Luzon. Thus there were those who thought tho meeting was political Quite the contrary it was on account of the lack of subtlety and consideration for feel ings which a crowd invariably ex hibits. Corn Prospects. The report of the agricultural de partment for July gives Nebraska credit for 8,240,000 acres or corn under cultivation and growing with a rapid ity and vigor not heretofore reached. Tho government statistician who compiles these reports, reckons that the yield of 1809 will be 282 000,000 Diishels. Ills reckoning is, of course, based on the acreage under cultiva tion, the stage of growth it has reach ed, and the absence of meteorological indications of drouth. The yield of Kansas Is guessed by the same secre tive official to be Jll)0,000,000 bushels. The yield of the whole country is a little more than four times the sum of Kansas and Nebraska. With the upward tendency of prices there is every indication that this trcmen dous crop will bring more money into the state than it possessed in the boomiest of boom times. Liquid Air. According to ohc latest improved process for making liquid air by Mr. Oscar P. Ostergren, a Swedish engi neer resident in New York, it can bo produced for from five to sixcentsagal Ion and "one gallon of it taking into account both Its expansive power and its latent cold, equals two horse power for one hour." "One gallon of it weighing seven and three quarter pounds has the cool lug power of eighty live pounds of ice, besides being abso lutely clean and absolutely dry." It can be used for whatever power, and intense heat and cold can bo used for. As a high explosive it has the energy and irresistlbloness of dynamite and may be safely transported. Mr. Nor denfeldt, tho greatSwedish gunmakcr, told Mr. Ostergren that liquid air would be used in the heavy ordnance of the future. As an illumiuant, the Gorman scientific reviews regard it as most important of all possibilities." They tell of complete success In pro ducing calcium carbide with liquid air without electricity. If the new force can be cheaply produced it will work a great revolution in prices and in pro viding the very poor with unseason able heat and cold and light. The very poor have not shared much in the telephone and tho telegraph and the several cold storage Instruments for the voice, such as the gramophone. They have been hired to climb tele phone poles and have been caught and burned to death in mid air by a live wire. Bless the Lord, this invention Ih almost as cheap as air and unless a trust buys the secret the poor can come into the luxuries of the rich at last Professionalism. Professionalism in all kinds of athlet ic sports is what the plague of grass hoppers is to a Hold of wheat abso lutely destructive of the wheat, but good for the grasshopper. Things must be kept separate. While the drummers who earn their living by selling jiolf oIuub, etc., are pursuing an honorable business, their presence in a business capacity on golf links, or In a golf or yacht club house Is an Intru sion and a menace to athletics. Like wise the man who makes his living by taking prizes for rowing, or in teach ing rowing for money, or in goltlng, or baseball or football playing is a pro fessional and his rivalry of others who engage in it for sport destroys its meaning The U. S. Golf Association has revised its by-laws concerning profes slonallsm in order to more closely de lino it. The revised version of section 0, reads: No person shall be considered an amateur golfer who has played for a money prize in a match or in an open competition, or who has received money for giving lessons or exhibi tions of bis skill in the game of golf; or laid out or taken charge of golf links; or who has ever carried clubs for hire, after attaining the age of tlfteen years, or who has ever personal ly made for sale golf clubs, balls, or any other articles connected with the game of golf; or who after tho adop tlon of this section as amended shall be classed as a professional in any ath letic sport." The rigid exclusion of commerce from all forms of athletic sport is a sign of health and of sane recognition of the causes of disease. For the pur pose of keeping things separate "pro fessionalism'' should be excluded from the game of politics, the game of law and statute making and from all other games which men have agreed to play together. It Is frequently said that business is business, the opposite should be emphasized and acted upon just as Insistently. House Rent Tho investigating committee has discovered that ex Governor Holcomb drew more money per month for rent than the landlady charged him. Not withstanding tho effect theso revela tions have had upon honest members of his party Mr. Holcomb still cherish es hopes of the nomination for the judgeship. He does not roa'lzo the shocking effect of such disclosures up on a party organized to ferret out the corruption of the republican party and whose only claim to the voters of the people is an uncompromising honesty and purity. In additlo'i, the position of a judge has more temptations than those which assail a governor and the populists arc confronted with the al ternative or suicide or the rejection of Mr. Holcomb. Lincoln en Fete. When the lighting Firt gets back from the war Lincoln will be dj-apod In red, white and blue from the humblest cottage to our lop sided state capitol There are a few very important services the women of Lin coln can perform for the boys who have done more to make Nebraska famous than all the political or other form of talent that has gone out of Nebraska to seek a fortune. There are other things which the women of L'ncoln can not perform for the soldiers that are returning. The women can see that the soldiers are fed. That Is tho most womanly, most precious, most grateful service they can perform and moreover it Is one that the soldier boys, who have eaten most any old thing for a year, will most appreciate. It is hoped that the plan of marching young women in the middle or the street In uniforms and carrying guns over tliclr shoulders to meet tho boys, will not mature. The boys who have dreamed of their mothers and sweet hearts have not thought of them in gaiters and uniforms, nor as carrying guns, and their ideals should not be destroyed by the appearance of a regiment of Amazons commanded by young women, shouting commands in imitation or real officers. Imita tion is never dignified and the dignity and I m press! ven ess or the occasion we are preparing for ought not to be interrupted and made ridiculous by female Imitation soldiers. In the presence or those who have masteicd the technique of drill and who have learned the horrors of war, such a feeble copy of a regiment can only make the sex ridiculous. It is through such parodies that men learn to laugh at women when they make just claim to the same pay Tor the same service. Doubtless these wo men volunteers have consented to this part with many misgivings as to Its propriety but yielded to their anxiety to express their patriotism, headed by a brass band. But the com munity will excuse them from mili tary service and gladly accept their help In passing refreshments to the real heroes of tho occasion tho boys from Manila. The American has been accused of brass-band Ism, of loving a parade and a uniform, and of supporting an un conscionable number of secret socie ties for the opportunity It gives him to wear a uniform and march In
