Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1906 — The India Rubber Tiger. [ARTICLE]

The India Rubber Tiger.

On one of the Perak rublnir estates run by a canny Scot they have been rather short of labor and as sapping Is In fifll swing have been hard pressed. The other day the manager hit on a brilliant Idea and had the trunks of all the trees rubbed with valerian. Now the tigers come and scratch and tap the bark in the most approved herringbone pattern, so that all the few remaining coolies have to do Is to walk round once a day and collect the rubber.—Singapore Straits Times. A • ’• t l