The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-12-13
SPIRIT OF TUE PRESS.
AN ATLANTA TRIBUTE.

AN ATLANTA lRlBl lie.
Saturdays Atlanta Joulnal; Maryland
is in splendid evidence in Atlanta to-
day.
We have thousands of her citizens here,
and finer lot of men cannot be found
anywhere.
Among them are illustrious leaders in
professional and commercial life, men who
have helped to make Baltimore and Mary
land great.
And what shall we say of the soldiers,
God bless their handsome souls.
The military of Maryland has been ia
nous in every war our country ever went
into American manhood never had a
higher illustration than Maryland valor
has given it,
1t was a spectacle to thrill every patrl-
otto heart with pride to see that magnlfl-
cent line move along our streets to day,
We have had many fine exhibitions of cit
izen soldery during the exposition, but
we do Injustice to none when we say that
MARYLAND has simply beaten the record.
The largest and most soldierly body of
troops that has trodden our streets was
that splendid array of Maryland boys this
morning. "
Baltimore and Maryland have won our
hearts, and when their great exposition
comes on in 1897 they can count on ten
thouaand Atlanta visitors.
HAND-WRIT!NG REFORM.
The New York World saws: The con-
test now going on among educators as to
the kind of handwriting they shall teach
the children is of larger public conse-
quence than may at first appear. Its out
come will determine an important result of
education. The Spencerian system which
is at present taught in the most of the
schools-has the beauty of symmetry when
perfectly executed. But symmetry in hand
writing is as much vice as a yiture. 1t
robs the writing of character. 1t deprives
written words of that physiognomy which
facilitates rapid reading. Every person
who has much manuscript reading to do
knows that there is no greater WEAKNESS
than the prolonged perusal of a manuscript
that resembles copper plate. On 1.-THE other
hand the round nearly perpendicular hand
is easily and quickly acquired. When
acquired it is as legible as print and as
rapidly written as it is possible for any
hand to be. All the telegraph operators
write it because their sole concern is to
write rapidly in hand that anybody can
read who can read at all. These ought to
be the dominant considerations in all
teaching of peumanship."
THE DELAWARE sENAToRSHIP.
The Boston Herald says: AN impress
sive comment upon the condition to which
politics in this country has attained is fur
nished in the Washington correspondence
| of the Advertiser of Monday morning. The
writer of this states that there are num-
Der of republicans from Delaware at the
national capital demonstrating against the
seat in the Senate claimed by the repubIi-
can, Colonel Du Pont, of that State, being
accorded him. on the ground that if he is
seated, Mr.. Addicks and other wealthy re-
publicans who have sought the place will
fail to put up the money that is necessary
to carry Delaware for the republicans in
the election next year. They say that if
the money is not forthcoming the demo
Gratis will probably prevail in Delaware
but if the senatorship is left open there
will be enough rich republicans like Ad,
dicks, who are seeking the place, to buy
the State away from the democrats and
give it to their party. This is the testi
mony CT republican correspondent, and
in it there is a confession that may well
engage public attention. 1t is frank dis,
closure of a disgraceful state of facts and
there seems to be no doubt of its truth