Arizona republican., 1901-06-15

any one who, after making what he
 thinks is a good shot, finds his ball se- curely embedded in a rut from which only course of hard digging with the
 niblick can release it, is privileged to
 indulge in language which, when trIn-
 scribed. looks something like this: ''---
 - etc; but if Mir
 Travis intends to inform us that
 vbgkqj. etc, Is more effective, we are
 grateful. If, however, he is merely
 adding to the technical language of the
 game We are most decidedly thankess.
 The game is overburdened with tech
 nicallties already.
 The London Times has just been giv- ing an interesting account of the Boer Notifications around Pretoria, and also of the new fortific1tions which the
 British have erected there. It caused
 great deal of surprise when the
 Boers, who are such stubborn fighters, evacuated their capital without firing a shot. for 1t had been generally under stood that Pretoria was commanded by
 fortrs sses which made the city practi- cally impregnable. IL turns out, how
 ever. that these much vaunted defenses consisted of four heavy guns, and
 whilh could have been annihiated in twenty-four hours by the siege arti lsry at the disposal of Lord Roberts. Since the British occupation, however Lord Kitchener has planned and actually con pleted an elaborate system of the most scientific defenses. Heavily armed block houses have been erected on an inner circle and in such positions that every inch of spare ground b. tween the forts and redoubts can be swept by gun and rifle fire. All except the four main roads leading to the town are closed and commanded by the d5- fense. and each line of fertilization is guarded by an encircllng labyrinth of Darbed wire" The wire entanglements are, moreover, charged with electricity. So that stray goat cannot b,under lgainst them without setting a bell ringing in the fortification itself, where an indicator at once points out the pre- cise spot whence the alarm has come. Furthermore, most of the attachments actually sleep in the gun emplacements fully dressed and with their rifles rsa1y at hand.
 The London Spectator is among the few influential British publications which not only approve and defend Mir. Cavn gie's motives in endowing the Scottish universities, but also beiiava hat their acceptance of the gift would be wise and in reality free from em- barrassment. We quote a paragraph or two:
 ''We think we can gusss 1t MT. Car negie's motives in this gift. and very honorable and generous they are. Like all Scotsmen, more especially s5lf-made Scotsmen. he Is proud of that ancient tradition of the Scottish colleges which made all men equal in the pursuit of learning. The fees were compare lively low. the tradition was all of la" Ship and pain living, the rewards Were great In Scottish eyes and open to al Knowledge was no legant privilegs, but an imperious necessity, and to strive after it by the light of farthing candle in a garr5t was the plain gath of duty. The university, in Stevenson NdS Io pulel bl til' Hh- elusive, studious and cultured no rot ten borough of the arts But changed times have brought changed conditions. It is becoming increasingly difficult for the boy from the plough-tail to com pete on anything like equal terms with the boy from good school. College education begins, So to speak. stage later in Knowledge than of old, ana t goes il! with him who has to forego the preceding stage. Again. living is learer lodgings are dearer. and in the growing stress of competition in mod ern life it is harder for the poor schoiar .o find the occasional employment dur ng leisure hours which he found be- Org More rigorous studies reInlre | greater application, and at the same lime the chances of the student sup porting himself by other work arg ewer. Therefore there is danger of his noble democracy of learning be- | coming a thing of the past, and to ar est decay while there is yet time Mir. | Carnegie comes forward with his | cheme.