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No. . Em Ton's Taiilk. 337 happy wiry of expressing his thoughts, and while ho exercises great care in the cltli- ing i)f his ideas yet there is u strict adher ence to the reasoning and rules of rheto. rk Such an article is refreshing alter having read a gushing effusion very nice ly worded and arranged, but possessing no thought and with a sacrifice of all logic. The February number of the Trinity Tablet is an improvement upon any mini her we have had lately. The editorial on the strife between student and professor is sensible, and has the key to the entire matter when it places the blame on both sides, if the facts of the case are as repre sented. The Tablet makes no claim to literary merit but simply chronicles the affairs of the school. The 'lurgum is here with its growls, reports of crooked doings in the college, its plea for the Inter-Collegiate Literary Contest, its base ball and boating clubs, and the terrible familiarity of the Fresh men. It would be delightful to open the Targtim sometime and find something that we did not expect, but its contents have become stereot) ped, so to call it. The success of the literary department of an industrial University is shown in the lllini. It is replete with articles on art, science, history, education, supple meuted by an able editorial department and University Notes. The J'roDi'nco published at Knoxville Illinois, is a vast improvement on the Diuretic, from which it comes, for although the latter, in a literary p'intof view, was up to the standard, yet the Province is much larger and contains much more matter than before it was rechristend. The department devoted to flic interests of St. Mary's school is always full of wis. dom and sparkling with vivacity. All the exchange editors seem to bo ag. itating the question of the best manner of reviewing the numerous journals that as pire to the name of college papers. Each one has his theory, all of them plaus ible enough if they vould only put them in practice. The exchange man on the College Herald occupies an immense amount of space in giving advice and making wise suggestions and we hasten on to his review of different journals. Here we find the "cry things which he condemns. He is opposed to the editois expressing their individual opinions without giving all the reasons, while he calls the essays in the lllini longwindcd and unreadable and docs nothing but make the assertion, lie then criticises the use ol the word alumnus in speaking of a young lad' grad uate, and this comprises his review of the lllini. A criticism of the Pennsylvania College Monthly, in which he accuses it. of " blowing its own horn." completes (his wonderful dissertation on the demerits of two papers. He does not profess to be perfect in his maimer of reviewing but since he sees so much room for improve, nieiit in others and understands so well how to remedy the faults why does he not avail himself of his superior knowl edge and give us better reviews ? CLIPPINGS. Statistics go to prove that short men are longest for this world. "Can marine animals talk?" Cer tainly; seal skin. Unknown 12 x. Breeches of promise: Those that are likely to last through the season. Recitation in Evidences of Christianity Professor: "Mr. N., pass on to the Fu ture Life.'- Mr. N.: "Not prepared." Mailisoncnsis. It is written in the Talmud: "make but one sale and thou art called a mer chant." That was said before men had a chance to advertise in the papers. Sympathy is good, but it is cabbage in its raw state. It needs boiling and put ting with soinlhing bettor to makes it of value to anyone. Detroit Free Press. Pop-corn regularly oaten will cure dy- m25.