Show two foot a second fT rocke chuto ii laid from tho river bank up tho steep mountain to u railroad and while wo aro telling it the logs aro rushing roaring flying down the declivity they como with alie epoca of a thunderbolt nd somewhat roar A track of ahre and smoke follow thorn firo struck with their friction with alio chute logs they descend tho 1700 feet of tho chuto in fourteen seconds in doing co thoy drop feet perpendicularly they strike tho deep water on tho pond with a report that con bo heard a milo distant log fired from a cannon could scarcely have greater velocity than they havo at the foot of tho chute their average velocity ia over feet in ond throughout the entire distance and at tho instant they leap from the mouth their speed mut be fully feet per second sugar pine log weighs sometimes ten tons what a mis bile how the water is dashed into the airl liko a grand plemo of diamond and rainbows tho feathery is hurled into the air to tho light of feet it forma tho grandest fountain over beheld itow tho waters of alio pond foam and seethe und lash against ho sliomo ono log having spent it force balta mad plunge into tho deep waters had floated so as to boat tangles with the path of tho descending monster tho mouth of tho chuto u perhaps fifteen feet above the surface of water huge log hurled from air and alights upon tho floating og ou know how a bullet glances but can you imagine a saw log blanc sa tho end strikes with a heavy shock but glides quickly past for a short distance then with a crash liko he reverberation of artillery the ailing log springs a hundred and fifty feet vertically into alio air and with a curve liko a rocket falls into he pond seventy from tho log |