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Show STBONQ man dbives NAILS WITH HIS HAND. Wanted to Lift a 10,000-Pound Weight With His Teeth. ' NEW YORK, Feb. IS. A new strong man has turned up In Gotham and appears ap-pears a promising aspirant for honors in his line. Anders Anderson- is. his name, and he hails from Sweden. During a try-out at Bothners gymnasium gym-nasium he performed' some extraordinary extraordi-nary feats of strength. One of them consisted of driving a twelve-inch eplke thrgrjgh a five-inch beam with his bare ha?id. Anderson held' the spike ' with tha Talm against his left hand and thea with a circular swing of his arm drove it through the block of wood, which was resting on the floor. He then asked for a 10,000-pound weight to lift with his teeth, but as there was none handy, he was forced to forego the pleasure. |