'Gals didn't go sparkin' round at your age when I was a pal,' said Granny Three score, severely ; 'they didn't know what A beau was till long after they; were, grown women.' -•_ ! ' Girls, had Boaz, in the time of Ruth, long before you were born, grandma, said Edith,,demurely? . , . i i 'Ruth was a widder woman,' wd grandma, triumphantly, and then' she fent her lead and peered over her spwtl&Tttj, wailing for someone else to tackli her on Bible ground. - '

Stranger (to young manJ—You are not looking well this morning, my young friend.
Young Man—No, sir. I toyed with too much Jersey lightning last night. Stranger—Ah ! And how does this lightning, as you call if, make youfecl ? Young Man —It makes me feel like thunder, sir. .^ * . ;

LOVERS' PUNS.
