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HTML

<div id="mgf_165" class="mg_filter mg_new_filters"
    <a rel="163" id="163"  class="left_menu" href="#">Bathrooms Sinks</a>

    <a id="164" rel="164" class="left_menu" href="#">Bowed</a>

</div>

<div id="category">
</div>

JavaScript

jQuery(document).ready(function(){
    jQuery("a.left_menu").click(function(){
         var txt = jQuery(this).text();
         //$(this).attr('rel');
         alert("click");
         jQuery("#category").text(txt);
    });
});