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Show i 00 I HE LIFTS A TON. 1 A phenomenally strong man is discovered dis-covered working in a steel mill at Youngotown. O. He is Gus Lesals, 22. a Greek. I Ous first attracts attention by absent ab-sent mlndedly picking up a one-ton I steel beam and carrying it up a flight I I of stairs. This, of course, nearly B abuts down the mill. I I I Crowds gather about Gus He enter- . tains them by bending an iron bar. three-quarter of an inch In diameter, I I I around his neck like a cork-screw, H then unwinding iL '',itv j Barnum once said, "If you hare any- H thing worth showing, get It under can-ifi' can-ifi' vas," I So Gus lak,,;" tne rod and charges H idmlsslon. pg.. Without straining himself, Gus Bjlji conld pick np a ton of coal. wagon and all. Too wonder what he looks ' 'like? Well, he weighs only 185. Compared with slxe, he Is a weak- j lrng alongside an snt. Nevertheless, he is one of 'h strongest men In the world. His strength was not acquired in gymnasiums He says he inherited It. That, however, is only partly correct. When a human body weighing 185 pounds easily lifts 13 times Its weight, a good part of that strength Is In the will power. You have hsd this experience: You, try to lift a heavy weight, strain every j muscle Into action, but cannot budge 1L That makes you mad. Anger arouses the will power. You lift again. Tho weight rises clear of the ground. Muscles are nae rne wires mat car- ry electric current. The real power is in the mind. It Is will power. A i weakling, euddenly gone Insane, could 'literally tie Gus Leasts in a knot. In asylums, four or more powerful men frequently are required to subdue a frail woman In a maniacal frenzy. W-ak muscles, strong will power. Whether lifting weights, accomplishing accomplish-ing hard tasks or conquering obsta- ( I cles, will power Is your greatest force. it lies uormani in mom ornins, a sleeping giant waiting to be roused. Confidence alone can rouse it. That's why confidence In self is the skeleton key that opens the doors of succesf. Alao why the man of apparently appar-ently bmall ability so often "bluffs his way through." Failure Is never more than a tempo rary setback, until the will power retreats re-treats In dismay and admits defeat |