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"On Wednesday evening a fire broke out in Mr. J. Elkin's scutch
mill at Kilmore, near Omagh, which resulted in the complete
destruction of the premises. It is surmised in the absence of
anything which would indicate the origin of the outbreak that it
resulted from a heated journal."--_Belfast News Letter_.

An unusual quantity of inflammatory matter has been observed recently
in the Irish Press.

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[Illustration: _Past_. THE ARTIST AND THE VILLAGE MAID.

_Present_. THE VILLAGE MAID AND THE ARTIST.]

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=HEART-TO-HEART TALKS.=

(_Marshal VON HINDENBURG; a Telephone_.)

_The Telephone_. RR-RR-RR-RR.

_The Marshal_. Curse the infernal telephone! A man doesn't get a
moment's peace. Tush, what am I talking about? Who wants peace? If we
were all to be quite candid there might be--