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Furnier Dennis's Story. OR, THE PASHA'S MORAL 81 UVB. Under the locust-trees, one summer noon. Throe stalwart swains were resting from tho scythe. And, for the want of other topic, being young And overfull of bounding blood, they told. Each to the others, just ".hat sort of maid Would suit, their fancies for a w ife. One would not wed unlcs the girl had wealth. Another would have Beauty till his arms With ever ready dilliunce. The third und last, Beardless and junior of the other twain,? Who Boomed to carry, in each full, frank eyo, A beating heart,?said Love was all he crav cd; For was not lovo both Sewing-maid and queen Of happy homes, content with serving whom It loves, and yet inspiring service from the same. Tho farmer Dennis, owner of tho fields. And master of tho day, had heard it all; And now arose among the three, In nil the grizzly glory of a patriarch. Ho was a walking-book of talcs to fit All times and seasons, und a hint would touch The copious tap-spring of his appositcnossJ' "Tho dial gives us yet ten minutes, boys/' He said, "If all agreed. I'll tell a tale." 4'We're all agreed," they answered in a breath, And straight the tongue of Dennis started off. Wise Ozmun Eli, Pnsha of Bagdad, Upon the hill sides had long herds of sheep: And mnny camels trod the torrid sands. To bring him wealth of gold, atid spice; and slaves, From far off coasts and all the midland marts. But these to him were common things of life. Not holding in their dusty claims his heart. He had a daughter, fairer than a flower,? Tho gift of Allah to his favorite house,? Who moved, ubovc theso vnpois like a star, And hid his being with a ray of love. As bulbuls'come to |court the moon-kissed roso, So came the Princes of adjneent lands To woo the Pasha's daughter. She, disturb ' ed By so much wooing, could not fix her thoughts Upon a choice; for liko the passive roso "Whoso petals are kept trembling all the wdiilo By constant waft of w ing succeeding wring; So fluttered her joung heart besot with loves, Yet homelsss 'mid tho pleading multitude' Not much the wonder, then, that she should droop, And havo recourse, quite oft, to secret tears: Nor that old Ozmun AH should look stern. To sec so many horses haltered at his gate. And all his ground a court of serenades By night, and nothing coming of it all. "Light of mine eyes!" he ccicd, "Why, day by day, Come all these jrrinccs hither ! Intcndcst thou, 0 boncy of my soul ' to wed them all ? And wherefore on thy checks, that shame the rose, So oft arc seen the tell-talo marks of tears?" i She answered, with arising gush of sobs: "O'iiro, beloved of my utmost soul ! 1 cannot make a choice, among the crowd ?Of soft eyed princes all professing love With equnl tongues, and all so grand and i'air.' !'By Allah ! then I'll help thee, 0 my soul !'* ?Said Ozmun AH. while a frown of sage, Parental wisdom overcame his face? "Within my hall, to-night, let all be met: And let thy maid proclaim, so all mny hear, Thou shalt not wed !?that if thou disobey, Thou goest naked to thy husband's house, Without a robe, a jewel, or a sheep,? Save only thou shalt^takc a bleating Jamb To be thy portion, to the law be tilled !' Next morning, soon as e'er the risen sun Had chased tho early vupoi'S from tho hills. The I'asha met his daughter walking out, Among the flowers: yot wet and cool with dew "Hail, spouse of the morning come to tnec t Thy Lord; the Sun ! How faro the moon struck youth?" He asked, "How took they my decree?" "Father, Am\ wise protector of my simple soul!" She spake, und blushed, "As thou comman ded mo It hath been done. While yet my Haiden spake. There was a mutter, as of distant winds, Among my lovers; when I looked again, Behold! one more than half the whole had gouc;' ^Alluh is great, my daaghtcr !" Ali said. "Yet. still there is a host, what gshall I do, Aly father, to decide among ^thc rest?" 4Thie night, bind all thy locks in cloth of tow," Sold Ozmun Ali. "So that all lie hid. And o er it draw the close-clipped wig I got In traffic with the shaven Frankish infidel, And o'er thino eyes, like evening stars, ar range One of thine arms in bnndago to thy neck Tio deftly also limp upon a crutch Into the court, where all thy lovers are; Then let thy maul proclain, so all may hear, Behold our mis'.iess, scarred with luckless fire, To-day, while trifling with a Chinese toy, Then, Btumbllng in blind fright, a fall hath wrought Tho rest. Who takos her now takes hclp lcssncsa,? A cripplo, blind and charmless all her lifo.' E'en as commanded, so the thing was done; Wso Ozmun Ali,*from a garden walk, Saw all the wild-cyed lovers fly to horse, Like men discomfit led in rush of war,? Save one, wlio, lull an I firm, ami ?aithful, stayed With arms extended to protect l?is love, And eyes that spake eternal sympathy. Next morn, His faithful daughter told him all; How all had flown savo one (as he had seen.) "Alah he praised ! False playing hatli un masked The false. Him take, O rosebud! and be blest V Radiant with jewels, dowered with fullv half Her faMter's glory, to Thy Faithful arms The Pasha's daughter went, a per fee I bride. KITTY'S STRATAGEM. Such a little witch as sho was, this Knty Day, of whom I write. Sho couldn't, help flirting if sho tried, and it wasn't her fault, of course, if men wore taken in by the round, childish face nnd great innocent blue eyes For they were, SCoros of the in, nnd Kitty wint on her way rejoicing?Completing their bewilderment by tho shy looks, and smiles, and blush's, that really meant nothing, but were very effective nevertheless. Rut, in an unlucky hour for Kitty, she s-tid "Yes" to a dark, melancholy young man, who had been her shadow for months. She wasn't in earnest, but did it for the "fun of the thing," and because she wanted to know how it felt to he "'engaged." It resulted seriously, however, lor, in spite of express com mnndd to the contrary, the accepted suitor went di eetly to her father and told him nil about it. Mr. Day looked at his daughter mischievously that night, as she sit behind the tea urn with such a comical assumption of dignity. '?So I'm to lose my little housekeeper befure hmg, am IV questioned he, significantly. "Why, papa, what do you mean ?" and Kitty blushed scarlet. "Mr. Gilbert called on inoto?day. lie is an excellent young man, and the son of one of toy oldest friends. I heartily approve your choice, my dear." "Ho promised to keep the engage ment a secret," said Kitty, iu a vexed tone. "So he told me, but concluded after word to break his promise rather than act dishonestly. For it wouldn't have been quite fair to have concealed the engagement from me." "I dnu't know why, I'm sure. It's ouly a bit. of my fun, anyway, [never meat.l to marry him." Mr. Day looked at her sternly. "I'm not jesting," she added, pettish ly, "lie threw himself into such a passion that I was fairly frightened into saying "Yes.' and sorry en ?u^h I've been fur it since." "Arcyour iu earnest, Kitty V "Yes, I Mil," and tho blue eyes fl: shod defiantly. "Is it possible that a daughter of mine has so little feeling and prin ciple:" "Now, p'tpa, what is the use of lecturing. Vou know me of old. I'm in trouble aud want you to help mo out of it." "Put you've given your word, Kitty, and must abide by it." "Didu't lie break Iiis ?" "Yes, and Was justified in doing so Hut you are not. Still, I'll give you n choice of two evils, if you think of mar rying voting Gilbert one Few girls would Kit her keep your promise an 1 make the best nl circumstances, <"? break it. and pass the winter in th-j tp?ntry with your aunt Dorothy. For I'm nut going to have you play fust and loose with men's lte.trts after this fashion." Kitty h oked up in her father's fa CO d.s bclicviugly, but was determination wi it ten there; and, filled with sudden dis may, she begati to plead for a reprieve of the sentence. Put Mr. Day wouldn't listen. "You can stay in tho ei y and par lieipate in its gayeties o i one conditio i only, and that I've mentioned," said he. "Was ever anything so provoking V* muttered Kitty, nftor her lather ha 1 j ?ronc down town. "Aunt Dorothy lives in a forlorn-looking old place, and it's a perfect wilderness around her, and papa knows that she is thq crosses:t old maid in existence. Put I'll be even with him yet." Tho next morning Kitty announced her intention of remaining in the city. "Put, papa, if Mr. Gilbert himself should grow tired of the engagement, alter knowing mo better, you'll not punish nie for that, will you '(" and her eyes trembled mischievously. "Certainly not, child. What a question to ask." Put Kitty hud a motive in it. A plan had suggested itself to her mind for outwitting both father and lover. Put she didu't menu to hurry, and be gan to pave the way for it success cautiously. As gi od luck would havo it, who should call on her that morning but her cousin i' . the firm ally and abettor of her childish mischief, und as ready to help her now as then. ' Oh, Joe, such trouble as I'm iir?" an<i she clasped her hands with a pretty little cost uro of appeal '?What, you, Kitty? Ts your canary bird fractious, or is it something ah tut a new dross or bonnet that don't equal your expectations ?" Kitty looked at. him so reproachfully that Ito was sobered in a iniuuto. "Tell nie all about it," whispered ho. '?T'.u engaged," and if.she had been nnnouhciug her own fun 'rul, >ho couldu't have dune it tu a more solemn voice. doc Hushed up to tho roots of his kair. and clasped and unclusnod his h inds in d nervous sort ol way, bi t. didn't, say anything. Kitty watched hi hi maliciously. ''It s to that young Gilbert, lie's a splendid fellow, und has great dark eyes and the dearest little moustache. You know him. don't you.'' '?.\i>?yes?a little." stammered Joo, to iho delight of his listener. -'Hut what's the trouble about '! Won't your father consent?" and he looked so tit terly wretched that Kitty, with a faint twinge of remorse, ha.slot.ed to toll him the tiue state of the case. Ho brightened up wonderfully. "Then you don 't love the man, after nil ?" heasked "Well, I don't know," she answered, meditatively. '?! never looked into thu mutter much. I suppose he's as good as any one, but I'm not in a marrying mood at present" doc's countenance foil again. "Will y<u tell me just what you want?" Slid lie, a little sternly. '?Now don't be cross, Joe ; you're the only friend I've got in tho world," and Kitty r.ised her soft oy cs imploringly. lie was mollified at once. "Why not break wi h Gilbert and accept the alternative ?" sug^citjd ho. "Twon't be so very dull at Ann:. I) orothy's. I've a colloga friend in tho neighborhood and can visit you occasionally." ? Poor Joe ! Tho idea of having her all to himself was delightful, an 1 hu waited lbr her answer with subdued eagerness '?Is th.it. the only plan that has oecuned to you 7" answered Kitty sarcasMcally j "you haven't- .tnu.h i.i genuity if y?u oan d tviso n i othar w iy ill* getting me out of this dilom tu. I 'vo no intention of bico.ning an auim ttod fossil. Now listeu to what I propose." Then Kitty disclosed her plot, nud Joo listened approvingly, und tho two heads were still henfc close together when young Gilbert called tin hour later. Ho entered unannounced, and Kitty give such a start au I a blush at him that. Joe's hopes again sank to zero. Hut if he'd boon sensible he'd known that her cmburrnssm ut was the result of Burprisc rathur than emotion. She was very arch an I winning th it morning until alter Joo left (the little witch know he was on nettles all Iho time), then she changed her tactics and grew cold and distant. 1 'So you hail to tell papa, after all," she sneered, "men can't keep a socict.." Her lovor tried to explain, but she wouldn't listen, and gave him such a rasping as w nil 1 !i ive done ere lie to the shrillest, and noitdest of viragos. ? Is this a specimen of her temper ?" thought he, escaping into thu street"as soon as possible "Who'd have thought her soft eyes could flash so, or the lines of her faoa sharpen in such a curious Way i She really looked dangerous." Had he seen Kitty laugh and clap her ha ids. as she vanished from the scene, he'd have been in ire puizlu I than over. Tl-.e next tiui'j they met she greeted him with such a charming smile, an 1 looked so naive and unconscious th it this little episode would have passed from his memory ii'it hi In': bce.i for one circumstance. He accidentally (?) overheard aeon versation betwoou her cousin nnd another gentleman. Kitty was the theme of tho discourse. ??.She's a lieur little girl, b it a rogu lar virago," said Joe. ''Everybody's afraid of her when she gets into one of her tantrums. She just raves and goes on in a way tint's perfectly frightful. There's utuintol insanity in the blood, you know ; her aunt and grandmother died in tin insane asylum." Young Gilbert listened, shuddering. These, worth, explained the scene that hud puzzled him before and awakeuu I forebodings for the future. " You saw her lather come down town last week with his head till bandaged up, and heard hint tell, perhaps, how terribly bo's ofllictcd with neuralgia," continued Jo,;. "Poor bid gentleman! 'twas Kitty did the mischief, lor in one of her angry lits she threw tho flatiron across tho table, and it hit him in the temple. He's anxious to marry her off, ami I hear, Gilbert's to bo the happy man." 'I hat individual turned pale. lie remembered Mr. Pay's eagerness in forwarding his suit, and the wish that hu had expressed that his daughter's marriage should take place at an early* date. Though his love for Kitty was us strong us his shallow nature was capable* of feeling, a vixenish wile would be unendurable. Put wasn't it possible that her cousin was mistiketl^ ,ir4 bau colored Liu: picture n little too h(g%rjt?4Jjg EflSgtg^j L^jy^L'LiiL1' farther developments. -k They came spec-lily. A week la tor he called on Kitty?just at dusk?and was ushered by mistake (?) into the library. The door between that and the dinui groom stood slightly ajar ; a wo man's shrill voice reached hi n from thence Was it Kitty's? Yes. he re cognized it ; ho had heard it once before, pitched i>i the same high key. "Don't, tell me you don't moan to," sho screeched, more like a in id wo n to than anything else. "You did, you did, you wretched little imp !" Thon there iViilj the sound of a heavy blow and the shriek of a child. '?Oh ! don't, don't, Miss Kitty !" willed a pitiful voice. "'Twas so dirk I couldn't see when you run up against mo, and then I stumbled tin 1 fell und the pitcher got broker', an 1 I tried to keep the milk off your pretty dress, but couldn't." "You stumbled and fell, ' mimicked Kitty. "Well, I'll teach you id: to another lime. Take that, au I that, an 1 .that," giving the child blow'after blow tint rosounnod through the room. "Bio.p your snivelling, too. Do you hear ! I'll make you if you do i't." 'I he sobs were hushed'up, nnd Kitty wen! on : ??'Twas the prettiest dress 1 had, and its spoilt completely j and all through your carelessness, you little imp ! Oh ! if I'd only a cowhide '. 'twould do me good to give 3*011 such a whipping as you deserve " "Kitty, let that child alone," said a new voice ; and Gilbert recognized it as her cousin's. 'I shall do no such thing (let out "I tl.c way. and mind your own business !" she shrieked, nnd there was somethinj; that sounded like a buttle whi'.zing tjinngh tho room and crashing; up against the wall. Then a in tn's gr.ni i was heard distinctly. ' t)!i! Ki;ty, how could you ?" sai.l her cousin, reproachfully. "You've cut my cheek terribly; see how the blojd runs." Gilbert didn't wait to hear any more, 'on: tied from the. house, resolved that lie'wouldn't marry.such a vixci, thoug'.i jliO hid 'he lac: and form of a lieb* The Iroiit don- had no sooner closed 'ii him, then th ; actors in the :ib ?V0 ) drama went oil"into spasms of mcrriui snt Kilty, stood revealed iu the gis light, with dross uninjured, there was not a cot t<> be seen on doe's lace ; the child was no??.h oe visible. ??Oh! oli! 'twas too funny gapped Kitty ; "that whine would hive de coived anybody, 'twas so natural. 1 hall started myself, thinking'twas really a child's voioo ^instead of yours. Yo i deserve,n reward of merit fur such splen did acting " "Give mo one then, nnd theo let me chouse it. myself," whispered Joo. " Well, what will yii;i h ive V an 1 sho looke I up archly. "What a modest demand." There was a mocking smile on Iiis lips but her e) es fell beneath his. ? i> > you think so?" air] taking the misch ievoiH little f.tea between Iiis hands he scumed it closely. Wii.it he saw there was evidently satisfactory, lot he kissed it over and ov o- md Kitty, though she resisted a little at lir.st, finally submitted with a very g?ol grace. "'Tis well to be oil'with the old love before you are ou with the new," whispered ho slyly. "Gilbert's done fur, and I've stepped into hi> place." "Hut he didn't treat mo in this way," pouted she. "1 hope not. 'Twould be worse for him if he had. I'd .'?hoot hi in in a minute ;" and Joe tried to look belliger ent, but failed wofully. Mr D.iy was surpris >d the next morn ing by a call from Kilty's late suitor. J he voting man seemed ill at ease, and stammered n good deal in making his errand known. "1 understand, s:r, that insanity i-. hereditary in your family," he began, awkwardly, and ? and ? " ho paused and tried to collect his ideas ? "that Kilty's aunt and grandmother died in a lunatic asylum." "All ti mistake," responded Mr. Day, pompously. "There never was a COSO Of insanity either among my own kindred or that of my late wile." "Hut your daughter, sir, has a pecu liar disposition, ami I lind it isn't suited to miiiw at till. ?? e should be miserable together. 1 desire, therefore, to with draw from the ougugemeut." "Ami have you told her this?" thutid crcd his listener, white with rage. I'or Mr. Day really had a violent (Olliycr, and didn't need to feign its I possession, liko Kitty. "Dear nie 1 the lather is WOi'30 then the daughter," thought the young mail. Aloud he answered, "Oh, no ; J came to you Hist." rTlio fact was lie didn't dare face Kitty with nny such proposition ) "Well, sir, nil I have to s ly is that jou'icn mean, contemptible villi in, nnd If you don't got out of my office this sfuiuto, I'll kick you down stairs," and bci?l'? the words were fairly out of Mr. Day's mouth ho started to make his j threat good. Young Gilbert made a hasty retro?I?, convinced that not only Kitty, but Day, also, was particularly ius.iuj. K ilty list cued demurely to h ;r fithor's "v>tSMij of* the affair, and tho anathemas ho hiii fcTt -^rjf ij'.lsC her recreant lover . OliCO, though, durTflrg*' i-rrrt-ijarratin sh > shook so with laughter that ne^fettjtod at her suspiciously. Uut she put on aT"1 once* such an air of wrctchodnc3S that he ascribe;! il'to wounded pride. It was not till two years afterward thit he learned tho truth, and Kitty was mar ried to Joe, who, I Ibrg >t. to say, wa uot her own cousin, though she called him so, but a sort of distant rcl ttion . .Mr. Day received his revelation good liutuorcdly (Joe had always bean his special favorite), und ho was ready enough to laugh with the rjst over 'ho way in which he had been outwitted. Paw Pres higinthe Cars. Wo have but little sympathy for a man who will barter away the alloc lion he should feel for a wile !or th ! fi :klo smiles and favor of other wo nan, whose characters are not th : purest, an I wh ?3: moral stamina is not strong enough to keep them afll >at 6a the dark witcrs of sin. Therefore, wo c ml 1 only smile when wo the other d iy, learned the details o!' the lollowing little opsio I s. \V. L , of this city, is a young mar lied man of ni ne than ordinary attrac tion, and, nf course he knows it, lie id a regular lady like?in his estimation. A lew years ago In: won tho heart an i the haul of an in toll i ;cnt girl from a neighboring town; but In cannot resi-t the fascinations of his ol I ways among he .opposite sex, and he never lets an opportunity slip ol unking himself agree able to them, an 1 ingratiates himself into their confidence as lar :?.??> posst? hie. Last week hi.i wife was visifvl by nn acquaintance of Itcr girl'iooJ from the country?a smart, fresh looking damsel, hut not over scrupulous about her con duct?rather loose in her ways,showing poor bringing up. During her visit here, Mr. D , his wife stud their visitor to >k occasion run up to Nicholson for a day of pleasure, whieh pusol of to the appureut uujoym.mt of all on corn ed. Hut it. was on tin return trip that th > fan commence 1 ? for the w'.'e. The throe passengers occupied twj seats in the ear opp site to oi.dt other, t!t i hits bind an 1 a low necessary articlet of baggage on ouo seat, and the lad ic3 lacing him. Laughter, merriment and jokes, inter sporsed with comments on the events of the day were freely indulged in. and everything was g dug on swimmingly, until at, length Mrs. L. thought she caught a glimpse- in thu dark corner o! the car, of her husband's hand reaching that of her companion, which lay pari Iy concealed under her shawl. h was the careful movement ofa mo men! to place her own hand where his was likely to fall. The next instaut she felt the real old time pressure of her youthful lover's palm, which she roluru ed with the ardor that she had done ia the days |ong gone. Kvcn'followed a half liaur of more than usually lively conversation on tho pai t of her husband, and it. was inter sperse 1 at every significant point, as commas, with hoarty grasps of his wifei little ban I, which were oft antim ts len j;t.'i ened into a downright Squoosoj and cv cry one was returned with equal far.' ir by his wife-, who was delighted bayou 1 measure at the success of her little g l n :. Nothing interforred with the pro gramme, until at I mgth tho o t in st suddenly burst open the door within a low IV'ct of them, when the full glare of his lantern fell oh the discomlitted wight and the laughing wife, She hoi I slon'ly to her husband's hand and Ii.: 1 it as high us her hea l, until there o itil I n ) l inger b.- a d tu t in i 'io thin 1 of one of the three as to tha sit t iti );l of affairs. n 'I'lo: man d' talk worth a e n: the rest of tho trio, and as every; hing has happened serene around their Inarth ever since, it is presumed tint he li i 1 begged lorgivoiicss?and is looking for another chance. One of Those- Slips. A most ingenious device for carrying on :t clandestine courtship was brought to light by a grape skin, Friday evening The young udy lives with her parents and a brother on Pino street. The young man whom .she favored is a trill : obnox ious to the rest of t! o family, und it has been their aim to keep him at a distance. As he had not been to the llOUSC fur soiiiu time, and us shohad not beoti tlis covered with him on the Bli'Oet, tho family fluttered themselves that tho ill. stalled match was broken up. On r.i day evening the brother arrayed himself iu his be.it suit and wont down street . Ah hour later, while passing along the dark side ol the street, ho enoeuuiered the objectionable suitor engaged iu clOiO conversation with another man. Not wishing to iuolicc him, he lifted his oyes abov*j the level of tho other party's he id, tuid was preparing to sail by with an uti eouscious demeanor, when ho unfortun ately stepped upon tho skin of a grapo, and losing his balance, shot violently into the strange gentleman's legs, Dring ing him down upon himself. The young man's embarrassment was chin zed to and astonishment, when the straUgCF cried out i:i the voice of bis sister, "Ohj'Tom, bow could you ?" IIo sprung to his feet lo.au instant. Tho stranger w:ts also getting n;?md pre sonting a most reratirkublo nflriiraaos. Iiis face was as red as sc arlcWand his glossy moustache was turned haljarouud, one halt' laying across his mouth, and the other half hugging tllO: leelsidoof noso. '^Why, Mary!" oxclaimsw tho shocked brother. 11 at M irv sai?3f noth ing', and held her heal, while hcrMovor made himself soiree. Tho broth jr^wfc-? his sister bom?, and her mother cscartsd her to her room, where she was at oicj undressed and put t) bod, with hot bricks to her fcotj and a quart of hot boncsct down her throat. Elcr mother, who couid n >t b Hove it of her daughter, declared ir. was a case of bilious fever, and dulormipod to get the host of it. The lover has secured worlc in New Haven for the wiuter.?D in'jmy NM\. An Unexpected Answer. The -St. Louis Democrat relates the following : hitting the progress of tho trial of the cast-of W idow .Matthews against the HIcv.itor Company, iu the Circuit Court she other day, Col. Slaybaek, c mo -el for th ! defendant, cotieoivcd th.2 i lei tli it .tie Murphy, a witness forths plaintiff, was a suitor for the hand of the wid ?w, an I on tho ovo of leading bar to tlio altar. tl citing Murphy oa the staud, tho lawyer endeavored to brnig this fact b.dbrj tho jury, and this was th ? upshot of tho examination : 'Mr. M urphy, are.you any relation to the pi uiti.T'r" '.No, sir, I urn not.' 'Don't you evpeot to bo V S ieh a thing might happen.' ?Now, are you not going to mtrry her?' 'I'm afraid net.' ?Yon are afraid you won't eh; ?Well now d m't you expect to marry hor-?' 'If my wife should die, and tho wid ow remain single till then, such a thing ' might happen.' The jurors,and spectators burst into a roar of laughter; aud Murphy chuck led at the cunniug manner iu which he he h:id drawn the lawyer on. Tho Col incl had nothing nurd to say ou the m itrinioui il qubstiou, a ?2000 Parrot. 'He was nineteen. yo;rs old, could talk like a lawyer, uu I was the hand somest bird that ever lived.' That was John Enright's description of his parrot iu tlio Special Sessions yesterday. 'How much"is ho worth ?' asked Juf tiee hedwith, ?K'dring to fix the grade o! crime that Tlioaias Miller,accused of si taling the birJ, was guilty. Nothing could itiduce Mr. I7tiright to lessen his valuation, and ho was allowed to tell his story of the thelt. iMiller h id with a hook and string fished up the cage from where it dangled lrora a fourth story window, and hurried away with it over the roof's. Mr. Enright he:.ring the cries of the sacred bird had chased the thief .and caught hint, Mil lor was soutenocd to tho .penltoatiary for three m j;ith?. 'If the cussed parrot had kept his mouth shut,'he told the oilier wh> escorted him to th j blick nnria, 'I'd h ive been ell right. Ho ke;jt b-oller in - out 'Hi! hi!' and 'Dolly's a bully boy!' and whoti I sworo at him ho oal/ kept it up the louder. It's my opinion that n parrot's a d?d poor thing to steal.' A Cum-: von Consumption.?A cor respondent writes as follows about tho sanitary power of a well known plant: ?? I have discovered a remedy for pulmon ttry consumption, it has cured a nutu b r of cases after they had cotnmcuccd 1 bleeding at the lungs and the hoctio flush *was already ou the chock. Aftor trying this remedy to my owu satisfac tion, I have thought, philanthropy re quired that I should let it bo kuowu to tho world. It is the common mullen, i ( pe I strong and sweetened with coffoa sugar, an 1 drank freely. The horb should bo gathered before tho cudol July, if con von iont. Y"oung or. old plants are good dried in the shade, aud kept iu clean paper bags. The medicine must be continued IVovn three to six mouths, according^6 tlio nature of the disease. It is goevfl lor the blood vessels also It strengtiions tho system, and bu?lds up instead of taking away strength. It makes good blood, and lakes inllam tCion from the lungs. It is iho wish of the writer thatcvury period ieil iu the United States, Canada and lOuropo should publish thin rcoipo for the benefit of tho human family. Lay this up, and keep iu the house ready for ii5j. ? UhrUf?Xii .Advocacc,