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Show TESLA'S STRENGTH OF WILL. j ' ' I T-r , Early Proved Possession of It to Re , markable Degree. j Nikola Tcsla.' the Inventor, whnso electrical apparatus Is used lu the i transmission of power fiom Niagara falls. N ii strikingly handsome man of 4!i tall, dark, and typically llieek In features. He isissesses strength of will to u remaikable degiee, and in pi oof of the foicciulnoss of ils nature na-ture the Tollovyliig story Is told: When a lad between nine and leu. his father, a priest of the tlieek church, one du entei tallied Nikola and his sister with the story of how a niiirljr held his right hand in the lire ami uiiilliichluglj watched It until It was consumed. Th" pi lest was ruU of adihli'iiilim for the bishop's coiliageous act. but his sou appealed unable lo see anj-thing anj-thing pattlctilai-lv'wiimtcrrul In such a perfoi iiinnce His father laughed good huuioiedly, wheieiipon the hoy ran nut of the room nnd leturued with a small lamp. This he lighted, and then, holding his index linger in the Maine, kept It theie until the tlesh began be-gan to burn. Ills audlei.ee begged him to desist, hut It was not until the linger was almost charred that he withihcw It and blew out the light. |