Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1888 — An Excellent Substitute. [ARTICLE]

An Excellent Substitute.

New York Sun. Woman (to tramp)—Why don’t yo buy your food ’stead o’ beggin’ it? Tramp —Madam, Fm too poor to buy even toothpicks. Wpman—That so? What d’ye do for toothpicks? ' ‘ L Tramp—l have to use barbed wire fences. J .. _i . ■. ' In 1883 California only produced 5,070,000 pounds of dried fruit. In 1887 the yield was 26,605,000 pounds.