The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-11-12
= a.,:5n oE HONEY.



BL:stins ~ tn q ,re Powder spl ssear-
lug s"vr-s. Il. -p1red rouuaI
County. , a.. aear liie famous San
Jacinto Ia miae there is veritable
mine OF honey. I.lsre is q large force
OF mea c,n,ioye1 at the tin nine and
they pat il their idle tins in prospect
ing n the hills in the vicinity. One
Sunday hal; u 20 en Of the miners APP
pied TO Coz. Eobir ,on. the superintcn-
dent for the priv lege of usirg home
giant Powder and few tobls. He
ns!sc1 what they wanted 70 do and
they replied th:. tScy had forud a
honey mine snd psoposei to tap it
Laughing. he gave his consent and an
o,,:or on the sto:Skeeper for the de-
sired articles. and with Il supply Of
pals and tubs the r1er set out on their
eArcIiiio1.
They were gonc nil day and along
toward sundown "a sorry-lool:ing pro-
cession c.,,ne over the bill and made
lis way 10 the employees headquarters.
They had tapped the mirc .here could
be no question about that Ifcir clothes
werc literally piestered with Il mixture
of honey and mud; there WAS honey
every where. Eut the tubs aad buck
cts were fnil OF honey as vel. fJr u
Fich lead had indeel been struck.
Ths raen i appeared. had found a
erevice in the roc.s ghonce issued q
constant stream of hoes and from this
they jt,dYcri tha; there must be large
quantity OF hoIay in the roceSses OF
the clif. The opening used by the
bees MAS too small TO admit OF the
passage Of human being. and utter
carefully examining the place tun-
mel ws1 commenced little way frcH
she entrance, and after this had been
run the right distance an upra!se was
put Ia, which by good luck struck the
i-dso Of hoa~y in it's center. After q
ho, contest with the bees several hun
drsd pounds o! COMB honey were tat.
en- out and tie tunnel war then closed
up. Several times since additional
surpiies O: the sweet material have
boom taken from the cavc.-Chiclgo
News
TIGERS AND THEIR PREY. ;
II. Cruel Animal Display, Tr.ly Phs-
nomsasl htrsngth-
How do tigers secure their preyi A.
. general rule ara inclined TO doubt
the truth OF the commonly accepted
theory that tie tiger. after lurking In
ambush, springs onto the unsuspecting
victim and. tearing sayasely at its
throat. eogerly drinks its blood. This
method Of attack may sometimes be
adopted but it is far more often the
exception than the rule- In approach
ing his prey the tiger makes the best
possible use Of cover. but when further
concealment Is impossible he will
course q deer or other swift-footed ami
NAL with quite an extraordinary turn
Of speed.
A sudden dash Of 200 yards in the
open IL nothing uncommon. One IT,
gress with which l was at one time
quite intimately acquainted. used TO
catch hog or deer almost daily on .
perfectly open and burned-up plain.
Small animals are for the most part
dispatched with q blow OF the paw,
but In the case Of the mora bulky. the
experienced tiger. leaping on the back
Of his viotim- grips the neck in front
Of the witheip with his jaws. ono FORE
paw olasping the shoulder Of the ami
mai and the otaar fully extended un-
der tie throat. Should he be unable
10 crush the spine with his jaws, he
will then jerk the head back violently
and there5y break the neck.
] have examined hundreds Of AM.
mails killed by tigers and have never
yet detected in. 81 to tho blocd-vessels
ct the throat but invariably marks at
tribu:able to the above mentioned
method. In removing his prey the
tiger frequently displays almost phe-
nomeual strength and activity. A
young tigress once leaped up q per-
pendicular rock some six feet high
with nan weighing nearly eleven
stoae in her jnws; and on another oc-
casion know Of q male tiger dragging
M exceptionally large buffalo up q
bank at least ten feet high