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the western metropolis, for instance: "Chicago now claims to have 

 been the birthplace of Homer." Here is one, one that will repay 

 reading, from Cincinnati: "Frederick William, the exiled Crown 

 Prince of Germany, has opened a ham curing establishment in this 

 city. His father, the old Emperor who found it advisable to leave 

 Germany in a hurry, is trotting about town in a plug hat, a linen 

 duster, white flannel trousers and low cut shoes, trying to drum up 

 trade for his boy Freddy. The old gentleman's military training has 

 been so severe that it has developed his natural sternness, which is 

 said to be so great that the infliction of punishment appears to afford 

 him pleasure ; that he spares no object and has been known even to 

 punish vast quantities of beer. His Imperial Nibs is no slouch at 

 piloting " schooners." This is the only branch of navigation he thor- 

 oughly understands." 



"His Imperial Nibs!" Just think of it, my fellow Bohemian ! Who 

 would have spoken of an exiled emperor so irreverently in the 

 nineteenth century. The most radical Republican would have used 

 other and more respectful terms. 



Note that foreign dispatches received at the office of the Citizen as 

 late as 3:15 a. m. appear in its columns. Here under the head of 

 "Washington News" is an account of a reception tendered by the 

 President to Mr. Parnell, the minister from Ireland, sent here to dis- 

 cuss with our Secretary of State the details of a projected reciprocity 

 treaty between the United States and that country. Nor does the 

 Citizen, published in this busy, thriving city, neglect the gentle art of 

 literature. Here are some original verses contributed to its columns : 



THE COLOR LINE. 



Her eyes were large and luminous, 



Her tresses dark as night, 

 Her skin, I think, you'd call brunette- 



I loved her? No, not quite. 



Her teeth were perfect, every one 



A pearl of purest white, 

 And faultless was this maiden's form- 



I loved her? No, not quite. 



