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Furnier Dennis's Story. OR, THE PASHA'S MOHAI. 81 EVE. Tinder the locust-trees, 0110 summer noon. Three stalwart swains wore resting from the 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 wife. One would not wed miles the girl had wealth. Another would have Beauty fill his arma With ever ready dilliance. The third und last, Beardless and junior of the other twain,? Who Bccmcd to carry, in each full, frank eye, A beating heart,?said Love was all he crav ed; For was not love both sewing-maid and queen Of happy homes, content with serving whom It loves, nnd yet inspiring service from the same. The farmer Dennis, owner of the fields. And master of the day, had heard it nil; And now arose among the three. In all the grizzly glory of a patriarch, lie was a walking-book of talcs to fit. All times nnd seasons, and a hint would touch The copious tap-spring of his nppos'.tcness.' ?'The dial gives us yet ten minutes, boys," He said, "If all agreed. I'll tell a tale." ?"We're all agreed,'' they answered in a breath, And straight the tongue of Dennis started off. "Wise Ozmtin Eli, Pasha of Bagdad, Upon the bill sides bad long herds of sheep; And many camels trod the torrid sands. To bring him wealth of gold, and spice; nnd 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, lie bad a daughter, fairer than a flower,? The gift of Allah to his favorit'j house,? Who moved above theso vapois like a star, 1 And hid bis being with n ray of love. As bulbuls come to |court tho moon-kissed rose, So came the Princes of adjacent lands To woo the Pasha's daughter. She, disturb ed By so much wooing, could not fix hor thoughts Upon n choice; for liko the passiv? rose "Whoso petals are kept, trembling all the while By constant, waft of wing succeeding wine;, So fluttered her joung heart beset with loves, Yet homclsss 'mid tho pleading multitude Not much the wonder, then, that she should droop, ?And have recourse, quite oft, to secret tears: Nor that old Ozmun Ali should look stern. To sec so many horsc3 haltered at his gate. And nil his ground a court of serenades By night, aud nothing coming of it all. "Light of mine eyes !" he ceied, "Why, day by day, Como all these |Princcs hither! Intended thou, 0 honey of my soul ! to wed them all ? And wherefore on thy cheeks, that shame the rose, So oft arc seen the tell-tale marks of tears?" Sho answered, wit h arising gush of sobs: "(Tairo, beloved ot my utmost soul ! 1 cannot make a cboico among the crowd Of soft eyed princes all professing love With equal tongues, und all so grand and fair.' ?'By Allah ! then I'll help thee, 0 my soul !'' ?Said Ozmun Ali. while n frown of sage, Parental wisdom overcame his face? ??Within my hall, to-night, let all be met: And let thy maid proclaim, so all inny hear, Thou shall not wed !?that if thou disobey, Thou gocst nuked to thy husband's bouse, "Without n robe, a jewel, or a sheep,? Savoonly thou Bhaltjjjtukc a bleating lamb To be thy portion, to the law be tilled !' Next morning, soon as e'er tin risen sun Had chased the early v:ipors from the hills. The Pasha met his daughter walking out, Among the flowers: yet wet and cool with dew "Hail, spouso of the morning come to nice t Tby Lord; the Suu I How faro the moon struck youth?" Ho asked, "How took they my decree?" "Father, And wise protector of my simple soul !" Sho spake, and blushed, "As thou comman ded mo It hath been done. While yet my Haiden spak.0. Thero was a mutter, ns of distant winds, Among my lovers; when 1 looked again, Behold! one more than half the whole had gone;' "Alluh is great, my daaghtcr !" Ali sai l. "Yet still there is a host, what |shall I do, ?ly father, to decldo uuiong [the rest?" ??This night, bind all thy locks in cloth of tow," Said Ozmun Ali. "So that all be bid. ' And 0 cr it draw tho close-clipped wig I got In traffic with the shaven Prankish infidel, And o'er tbino eyes, like evening stars, ar range Ono of thine nrins in bnndago to thy neck Tio deftly also limp upon a crutch Into the court, where all thy lovers are; Then let thy maid prdclniti, so all may hear, Behold our misti ess, scarred with luckless fire, To-day, while trifling with a Chinese toy, Then, stumbling in blind fright, a fall bath wrought Tho rest. Who takos her now takes help lessness)? A crlpplo, blind and charmless all her life.' E'en as commanded, so tho thing was done; Wiso Ozmun Ali.'from a garden walk, Sow all the wild-eyed lovers fly to horso, Like men discomfit ted in rush of war,? Save one, who, tull ana firm, and tiaithful, stayed With arms extended (o protect his love, And eyes that spake eternal sympathy. Next morn, his faithful daughter told him all; How all had flown save one (as he had seen.) "Alah be praised ! False playing hath un masked The false. Him take, O rosebud! and be bleht ?" lludiant with jewels, dowered with fully half Her fa*tier's glory, to Thy Faithful arms The Pasha's daughter went, a perfect bride. KITTY'S STRATAGEM. Such a little witch ns she was, this Katy Day, of whom I write. She couldn't help flirting if she tried, ami it wasn't her fault, of course, if men were taken in by the round, childish face and great innocent blue eyes. For they were, scores of them, and Kitty wint on her way rejoicing?completing their bewilderment by the shy looks, and smiles, ami blush08, that really meant nothing, but were very effective nevertheless. But, in nn unlucky hour for Kitty, she said "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." und because she wanted to know how it felt to be "engaged." It resulted seriously, however, for, in spite of express com mauds to the contrary, the accepted | suitor went, di colly to her father and told him all about it. Mr. Day looked at his daughter mischievously that night, as she sat behind the tea urn with such a comical assumption id'dignity. "So I'm to lose my little housekeeper before long, am 17" questioned he, significantly. "Why, papa, what do you mean '!" and Kitty blushed scarlet. '?Mr. Gilbert called on me to-day. He is an excellent young man. ami the son of one of my oldest friends. 1 heartily approve your choice, my dear." "lie promised to keep the engage ment a secret," said Kilty, in a vexed tone. "So he told me, but concluded after ward to break his promise rather than act dishonestly. For it wouldn't have been quite fair to have concealed the engagement from me." "1 diiu't know why. I'm sure it's only abitofiuy fun, .anyway. 1 never meant to marry him." Mr. Day looked at her sternly. '?I'm not jesting," site added, pettish ly, "lie threw himself into such a passion that I Was fairly frightened into saying ?Y'cs.' and sorry en >ugh L've I been for it since " "Areyour in earnest, Kitty?" "Yes, I am," and the blue eyes fl: shed defiantly. "Is it possible that a daughter of mine has so Hille feeling and prin ciple r "Now, papa, what is the use of lecturing. You know me of old. I'm in trouble and want you to help me out of it." "Hut you've given your word,. Kitty, I and must abide by it." "Didu't lie break his ?" "Yes, and was justified in doing so Hut you uro not. Still, I'll give you a choice of two evils, if you think of mar rying young Hilbert one Few girls would Either keep your promise and make the best ol circumstances, or break it and pass tho winter iu tin touutry with your nuut Dorothy. For I'm not going to have you play fast und loose with men's hearts after this fashion." Kitty looked up in her father's face d'.s bolicviugly, but was determination wiil ten there; and, filled with sudden dis may, she began to plead lor arcpriavo of the sentence, Hut Mr. Day wouldn't listen. "You can slay iu the ei y anil par tieipate in its gayetias o i one conditio i ouly, and that I've mentioned," said hu. "Was ever anything so provoking ?" muttered Kitty, after her father ha 1 gone down town. "Aunt Dorothy lives iu a forlorn-looking old plaae, and it's a perfect w ilderness around her, and papa knows that she is tho.crossost old maid iu existence. Hut I'll'bo even with him yet." The next morning Kitty announced her intention of remaining in the eity. "Hut, papa, if Mr. Gilbert himself should grow tired of tho engagement, alter knowing mu better, you'll not punish mc Iu'- that, will your" and her eyes trembled mischievously. "Certainly not, child. What a question to ask." Hut Kitty had a motive in it. A plan had suggested itself to her mind for outwitting botfi father and lover. Hut she didu't mean to hurry, and be gan to pave thu way for it success cautiously. As gi od luck would have it, who should call on her that morning but her cousin Joe, the Gnu ally and abettor of her childish mischief, und as ready tu help her now us then. I ' Oli, Joe, such trouble as I'm in*," and she clasped her hands with a pretty little ?renture ol' appeal "What, you, Kitty? Ts your canary bird tractions, or is it so nelhio x ah nit a new dress or bonnet that don't equal your expectations?" Kilty looked at him so reproaoHFully that ho was sobered in a minute. "Tell mo nil about it," whispered he. "I'm engaged," and if she had been announcing her own fun srul, she couldn't have done "u iu a more solemn video. Joe flushed up to tho roots of his katr, and clasped and unclusoed his hands in n nervous sort ol way, but didn't, say anything. Kitty watched him maliciously. "It's to thai young Gilbert. He's a splendid follow, and has great dark eyes and the dearest little moustache. You know him, don't you." "No?yes?a little." stammered Joe. to tho delight of Iiis listener. "Hut what's the trouble about, ? ' Won't your father consent ?" and he looked so ut terly wretched that. Kitty, with a faint twinge of remorse, hastened to tell him the Hue state of the cuso. lie brightened up wonderfully. "Then you don't love the man, after all ?" heusked "Well. I don't know," i'ic nnswerod, meditatively. "I never looked into the mutter much. 1 suppose bo's as good as any one, but I 'm nut in a marrying mood at present" Joe's countenance foil again. "Will you tell mo just what you want?" said In1, a little sternly. "Now doo't be cross, Joe ; you're the only friend I've got iu the world," ami Kitty r.ised her soft eyes imploringly. 11 e was mollified at once. "Why not break wi ll Gilbert and accept, the alternative?" sug^estjd ho. "Twon't be so very dull at Ann:, I) orothy's. I've a colloge friend in the neighborhood aud can visit you occasionally." ? Poor Joe ! Tho idea of having her all to himself was delightful, and hu waited for her answer with subdued eagerness ??Is that, the only plan that has occurred to you?" answered Kitty sarcastically ; "'you haven't, ,inu..ii i j i gunuity if you can duvise no other way uf getting me out of this dilomna. I've no intention of beco.niug an auiiuited Ibssil. Now listen to what I propose." Then Kitty disclosed her plot, and Joo listened approvingly, an 1 the two bends were still bent close together when young Gilbert called an hour later. lie entered unannounced, and Kilty nave such a start and a blush at htm thai Joe's hopes again sank to zero. Hut if ho d been sensible he'd known that her embarrassment was ihe result of surprise rather than emotion. She was very arch and winning that morning until after Joe left (tin; little witch knew he was on nut ties all tho time), then sho changed her tactics and grew cold and distant.. 1 'So you had to tell pap:, after all," she sneered, "nun can't keep a seeiet." ller IoV'.t trie 1 to c x plain, but sue wouldn't listen, and gave him such a rasping as would have done ere lit to the shrillest and noiticst of viragos. "Is this u specimen of her temper ?'' thought he, escaping into the street "as soon as possible. "Who'd have thought bur soft eyes e mid flash so, or the lines of her fuea sharpen in such a curious Way ? She really looked dang?rous." Had he seeu Kitty laugh and clap her ha i ls, as she Vanished fron the scene, he'd have been m >ro puzzle 1 than over. Tho next time they met she greeted him with such a charming smile, and looked so naive ami unconscious thai this little cpisodu would have passed from his memory if it lia-ln't bce i for one circumstance. lie accidentally (?) overheard a bun vcrsation between her cousin and another gentleman. Kitty was t!i ? theme, of th i disc ?Urse. ?'She's a dear little girl, but a regu lar virago," said Joe. ''Everybody's a! raid of her when she gets into one of her tantrums. She just raves and goes on in a way that's perfectly frightful. There's u taint of insanity in the bio id, you know ; her aunt aud grandmother died iu an insane asylum." Young Hilbert listened, shuddering. These word.', explained (he scene that had puzzled him before and awakened foreboliiigs for the future. "You saw her lather COII10 down town last we. k with his head all bandaged up, and heard him tell, perhaps, how terribly he's ofllicted with neuralgia," continued Joe. ??I'oor old gentleman 1 'twas Kitty did the mischief, lor iu one of her angry fits she threw the flatil'Oll across the table, aud it hit him in the temple. He's anxious to marry her oil, and I hear, Gilbert'? to bo the happy man." 'I hat individual turned pale. Ho remembered Mr. Hay's eagerness in forwarding his suit, and the wish that, ho had expressed that his daughter's marriage should take place at an early" date. Though his love for Kitty was us Btroug ns his shallow nature was capable* of feeling, a vixenish wilo would be unendurable. Hut wasn't it possible that her cousin was mistaken'] had colored tlio picture a litt le too hfcwrj-'r-Mg iSfiglggd f^jvajL^L1' further developments. They came speedily. A weak'la tor he called on Kitty?just at dusk ? :i nd was ushered by mist ike (?) into the library. The door between thar, and the ditiin groom stood slightly ajar ; a wo man's shrill voice reached Iii n fro in thence. Was it Kitty's? Yes. he ro cognized it ; he had heard it once before, pitched in the same high key. "Don't tell me you don't mean to," she screeched, more like a mad woman limn 'anything else. "You did, you did, you wretched little imp !" Thon there \rajt the .sound of a heavy blow and tho shriek of a child. "Oh ! don't, don't, Mi*s Kitty !" wailed a pitiful voice. "'Twas so dirk f' cculdn't sec when you run up against me, and then I stumbled and fell and the pitcher got broken, and ! tried to keep tlio milk off your pretty dress, but couldn't." "You stumbled and fell, ' mimicked Kitty. "Well, I'll loach you not to another time. Take that, an 1 th ir. in 1 .that," giving the child blow'after blow tint rcsou lined through the room. "Stqp your snivelling, too. Do you hoar ! I'll make you if you do t't." The sobs were hushed'up, and Kitty went on : '?'Twas the prettiest dress I had. and its spoilt completely; and till through y?ur carelessness, you little imp ! Oh ! if I'd only a cowhide ! 'twould do mo flood to give you such a whipping as you deserve " "Kitty, lot that child alone," said a new voice ; and Gilbert recognized it as her cousin's ?'I shall do no such thing. Get out ol the way. and mind your own business !" she shrieked, and there was something that sounded like u bottle whi'.zing through the room and crashing up against the wall. Then a m ill's groan was heard distinctly. "Oh: Lvitty, how could you ?" said her cousin, reproachfully. "You've cut my cheek terribly; see how the b!o id runs." (filbert didn't wait to hour any more, but lied from the. hoilSO, resolved that he .vouldn't marry such a vixen, though jilt! hid the face and form of a ilcbo The front door had no sooner closed on hltn, then tho actors in the above drama wcut oil'into spasms of. merriment. Kit y. stood reveahd iu the gas light, with dress uninjured, thoro was not a cut to be seen oil doe's face ; the chihl was no .-. hero visible. "Oh ! oh ! 'twas too fanny I" gasped Kitty ; "that whine would hive de coived anybody, 'twas s > natural. I h ill stavtcd myself, thinking'twas really a child's voice ^instead of yours. You deserve,a reward of merit for such splon did acting " j "Give me ono then, nnd then let nie choose it myself," whispered doe. '? Well, what will you h ive if" an I sho look-: 1 up archly, i "What a modest, demand." There I was n mocking smile on Iiis lips but her eyes fell beneath his. "Do you think so?" and taking tlio mischievous little f.iee between h'.s bauds ho scanned it closely. Wii.it he saw there was evidently satisfactory, for he kissed it over and over nod Kitty, though she resisted a. little at first, finally .submitted with a very g >o 1 grace. "'Tis well to be oir with the old love before you are on with the new," whispered he slyly. "Gilbert's done for, and I've stepped into his place." * * 11111 he didn't treat me in this way," pouted she. '?1 hope net. 'Twould be worse for him if ho had. I'd shoot bi n in a minute j" and Joe tried to look belliger ent, but failed wofully. Mr l).iy was surpris d the next morn ing by a cail front Kitty's late suitor. I he young man seemed ill at ease, and stammered a good deal in making his errand known. '?1 understand, sir, that insanity is hereditary iu your family," he began, awkwardly, and? and ? " he paused and tried to collect his ideas ? "that Kitty's aunt and grandmother died in a lunatic asylum." ??All a mistake," responded Mr. Day, pompously. "There never was a e.iso of insanity either among my oivu kindred or that of my late wile." "lint your daughter, sir, has a pecu liar disposition, ami 1 I'm 1 it isn't suited to niliij at nil. S\ o should be miserable together. I desiro, thereforo, to with draw IV nn the engagement." "And have you toll her this?'' thutid cred his listener, white with rage. I'or Mr. Day really had a violent (Olliycr, and didn't need to feign its possession, like Kitty. ' Dear nie! the lather is worse then the daughter," thought, the young man. ? Aloud hu answered, "(Hi, no ; J came to you liist..'' (Tho fact was lie didn't dare face lvitty with tiny such proposition ) "Well, sir, all [ have to say is that jou'ie a mean, contemptible villian, and if you don't get out of my oflioo this minute, I'll kick you down stairs," and before the words were fairly out of .Mr. Day's mouth ho started to make bis threat good. Young Gilbert made a hasty retro>t, | convinced that not only Kitty, but Day, also, was particularly iniane. Kilty listened dciuuroiyto Inr father's v'eTrrj-Jji of the affair, und the anathemas ho hu;:r0^"~-ttfUuse bei* recreant lovdr . Ouco, though, dui/'fiTg-i'fr^ sh ?. shook so with laughter tha(7li(TiSw^tod at her suspiciously. Hut she put on a?"^ once* such an uir of wrctchodhc3? that he ascribed it'to wounded pride. It was not till two yens afterward that ho learned the truth, and Kitty was mar ried to Joe, who, 1 forgot to say, was not her own cousin, though she called him so, but a sort of distant rol itioti. .Mr. Day received his revelation good hunioredly (Joe had always been his special favorite), and ho was ready enough to laugh with tho rest over the way iu which he had been outwitted. Paw LVcS-.ing in the Car-;. Wc have but little sympathy* for a man who will barter away the a Hoc io i he should feel for a wile lor the fickle smiles and favor of oilier wo n m, whose characters arc n it tho purest, an 1 wh >;. moral stamina is not strong enough to keep them a'U ?at on the dirk witers of sin. Thcrcforb, we c ??ld only smile when we the other day, learned t'i: details of the following little epsio 11. \y. Ij , of this city, is a young mar ried man of more than ordinary ai.tr.ie ti m, and, nf course he knows it. lie i< :i regular lady liko?in his estimatio i. A few years ago he.wou tho heart and ' the band of an intelligent girl from a ^ neighboring town; but In cannot resist t!ie fascinations of his ol I ways a uon ?' he.opposite ses, and ho never lets an opportunity slip id m iking himself ugro j able to them, at) 1 ingratiates himself into their conlidcnco as jar as possi ble. Last week his wife wi- viiife 1 by an j acquaintance of her girlti > 11 from the country?a smart, fresh looking damiel, but not overscrupulous about her con duct?rather taosu in li >r ways,sli ?wihg poor bringing up. During her visit here, Mi. L , his wife and their visitor to >k occasion to run up to Nicholson for a day of pleasure, wiiieh pissed of to tho apparent enjoyment uf all civaocrn ed. " ? ? j>ut it was on the return trip that th ; run comnicncol?'lor the wife. The three passengers occupied two seats in the car opp site to caoh other, the has bind an la lew n.-es-irv article* of baggage on one seat, and the ladies facing him. Daughter, merriment and jokes, inter spersod with comments on tho events of the day were freely indulged in, and everything was going on swimmingly, until at length Mrs. li. thought she caught a glimpse in tho dark corner ul tho car, of her husband's haul reaching that of her companion, which lay pari Iy conccale 1 under her shawl. li was the careful inoveuionl of a mo incut to place her own hand whore his was likely to fill. The next instant she felt the real old time prcisuro of her youthful lover'.- palm, which she return ed with the ardor that she had done ia the days long gone. Kvcn followed a half hour of more tl.au usually lively conversation o i tho pat t of her husband, and it. was inter spersed at every significant point, as commas, with hearty grasps ol' his wifei little h ind, which wcreoftuntim ts length encd into a downright * pinil uv cry ?nie Was retained with onuil lortf ir by his wife, w li i was delighted b sy i i 1 measure at tho success of her little g i n Nothing iutcrfcrred with the prj gramme, until at length the cud let >.? suddenly burst open the door within a [ few IVct of them, when the full glare of his lantern fell on th e discoailittcd wight and the la ighitig wife, She Ii il I slowly to her husband's hand and lifted it sis high as her head, until there could no lunger be a d iu t i i tho min I of one of the three as to tin sit uti u of affairs. . The iu in di lot talk worth a e or. th u rest of tho trio, a id as everything has happeucd screiio around thoir In irth ever since, it, is presumed that ho had begged forgiveness?and is looking for another chance. One of Those Slips A most ingenious device for carrying on a clandestine courtship was brought to light by a grape skin, I ri '.ay evening The young ady lives with her parents aud a brother oh Pino street. The young man whom she favored is a tritle obnox ious to the re t of t! e family, and it has beott their aim to keep 1.iut at a distance As be had not been to the house for some time, and as shuhad not b en dis covered with him on the street, the family (loitered themselves that the ill starred match was broken up. On Fri day evening the brother arrayed himself iu his best suit und wont, down street. An hour later, while passing along the dark Mile ol the street, he encountered tho objectionable suitor engaged in close conversation with another mau. Not wishing to tiiotiec him, he lifted his oyes abovsj the level of tho other party's head, and was preparing to sail by with an an conscious demeanor, when ha unfortun ately stepped upon the skin of a grape, and losing bis balance, shot violently into the strange gentleman's legs, Dring ing him down upon himself. Tho young man's embarrassment was changed to Jaorror an 1 astonishment, when -tho stTorr^c." cried out in the voice of his !sister, "Oh, i'om, how could you?" Ho sprang to bis (cent! an instaafc. The stranger was also getting irnnil pro se itiug a m ist, remarkable njMearauoe. H is lace was as red as sc irleMaad his glossy moustache was turned hal^around, one hali' laying across his mouth, and the other half hugging the leelsideof noso. "Why, Mary \" exclaim^W tho shocked brother, lint M irv saidjnoth ing', and licld hor heal, while hcr\lovor m l ie himself sc iron. The brother^wt his sister home, and her mother oscortod her t ) her room, where she was at oicj undressed nod put t) bed, with hot bricks to her feet, and a quart of hot b ; t down her throat. Her mother, who coui 1 n )t b .diovc it of her daughter, declared it, was :i case of bilious fever, and determined to get tho best of it. 'l'he lover has secured worlc in New ! faven for t'.i i winter. ?D tiiburjjf iVitoh An Unexpected Answer. The St. Louis Democrat relates the following : Dining tho progress of tho trial of the case of Widow Matthews against the Elevator Company, in the Circuit Court she other day, Col. Slayback, counccl for the defendant, coneetved the i lo i th it 2no Murp'.iy, a witness for tho pi lintiff, was a suitor for the hand of the wid iw, an I on the eve of leading bar to the altar. Uniting Murphy oa the 3tnnd, the lawyer endeavored ti brnig this fact before the jury; and this was th : upshot of tho examination : ?Mr. .Murphy, are.you any relation to the pd mtiff 'Mo, sir, 1 tun not.' ? i lon't you expect to bo V 'Such a thing might happen.' 'Now, are you not going to marry her?' 'I'm afraid nr>t.' ?You are afraid you won't eh; ?Well now d m't you expeet to marry heri" 'If thy wife should dio, and tho wid ow remain si igle till then, such a thing might happen.' The ji'.rots and spectators burst into a r mi-?i'I l ighter, and Murphy chuck i ? ! at the cunning manner iu which he he hud drawn tho lawyer on. Tho Col mcl had nothing nioro tosay on the mi itrim ?ui.il questiou. A $2000 Parrot. 'He was nineteen. yo;rs old, could talk like a lawyer, und was the hand somcst bird that ever lived.' Thatwas Johu Euright'a description of his parrot iu the Special Sessions yesterday. I How much is iie worth ?' asked Jus tice Lcdwith, dvsiring to fix tho grade ? >! crima that Thomas Miller, aecusol of stealing the bird, was guilty. Nothing con! 1 induce Mr. En right to lessen bis valuation, and bo was allowed to tell his story of the theTt. iMiller had with a hook and string fished up the cage from where it dangled from a fourth story window, and hurried away with it over the roofs. Mr. Enright bearing the cries of the sacred bird had chased the thief and canght him. Mil lor was seutcnood to tiro .penltoatiary for thrco months. 'If the cus3C-d parrot had kopt his mouth -!i it,' he told the olieer wh? escorted him to the blick inaria, 'I'd have boon rll right. Ho kopt boiler tug but Uli! liif aud 'Doily's a bully boy!' an 1 when I swore at Ifun ho oal/ kept i: up the louder. It's my opinioa i!i.tt n parrot's a d?d poor thing to steal.' A Cure for Consumption.?A cor respondent writes as follows about tho sanitary power of a Well known plant : ? I have discovered a remedy for pulmon ary consumption. It has cured a nutn !> ir of eases after they had commcuced bleeding at the lungs and tho hoctic ! Hush - was already on the chock. Aftor trying this remedy to my owu satisfac tion, I. have thought, philanthropy ro il uirod that I si) mid let it be kuotfu to the. woil 1. It is the common mullcn, t icped strong and sweetened with ootfoo sngnr, an I diank freely. Tho herb should be gathered beforo thoeudot July, if convenient. Young or. old plants are good dried in the shado, and kept in eK an p iper bags. The medicine mils! be continued from threo to six months, according to tho nature of tho disease. It is good for tho blood vessols a ho It strengthens tho system,and bu'lda up instead of taking away strength, -it makes good blood, and takes ititlaniation from tho lungs. It is i he wish of t he writer that every period ioiil in the United States, Canada and Europe should publish thin recipe for the benefit of tho human family. Lay this up, ami keep in the bouse ready for use.? Christum .Aduocacc.