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Show LOG THAT DEFIED NIAGARA Hung for Days on the Brink of the American Fall. Of all tho strange sights witnessed at Niagara Falls, nono was cvor more odd than that photographed by a resident, resi-dent, says tho New York Herald. Hero a great long stick of timber, long enough to mako a big mast, Is seon caught, right on the very brink of tho American fall. It Is, Indeed, rcmarkablo that it should havo caught- thero, but It Is still moro wonderful that It should havo remained thoro for sevoral days, or until high water camo to forco Its fastening to glvo way. The big timber tim-ber camo down from tho vicinity of tho lumber yards at Tonawanda. It plunged through the upper rapids and over tho many reefs nbovo tho falls. It rolled along between tho numerous Islands, and seemed destined to mako tho leap Into tho gorgo without a stop. But right on tho very edge of tho waterfall, with Its butt projecting far over and out from tho falling water, and with its small end elevatod in tho air above tho current, this log caught and hold. It commanded, much' attention, atten-tion, and it is supposed that when it tumblod into tho gorgo it carried a portion of tho limestone ledge with 'it. Nothing Uko It was ever beforo or slnco witnessed In connection with this greatest of all waterfalls, and, without doubt, thousands upon thousands thou-sands of timbers might go tho same way without tarrying en tho edge of tho fall, as this timber did. |