The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22
TRICKS OF The STRONG MAN.
A GOOD DEAL or HrWBUG ABOTT
THEN, SAYS 4 CIRCt'S NAN.


old circus strong man. hut the trade ~
the cirrus Hercules IA mostly all tnch-
Anybody with ordinary strength can do
the f.a,- tha, seem - wonderful when
don. hv th.~.s tan bark SaIusonr In fact
few 81 them require any particular mus
cular exertion. lat are accomplished simply
hy trckcry
The dumbhells used by IN" performers
are always hollow and weigh much less
than tho hgur,.- marked upon them would
Indicate When YOU Ses "A man pretending
| 90 put aiove his head a lnll marked 'p ~ IN
pounds YOU may safely cnnclud" that he ~
( irving 80 fool Won. The very greatest weight
ever lifted IN thi. way was 2I5 bounds,
C,clup-' accomplishing tho feat In 'lcv"-
land Nm I-a7 GsIuiu" iumhb"ll-. cl'~nlv
p.-ewnlitg the hollow ONES. ar" thrown "it
into the audience Tor inspection, bu' these
ar, never the one. ,is'st hv IN" strong man
or Woman
Another common l-ai that AROUSE W"n-
der H. tine breaking at stones with the iirt
Sp,ctatur~ thing that a man who can hrug
he clauchcd hand doNu upon "A rock AMI
! FAX. "A piece N with on" blow must have
tremendous mu~cir.. but az ordinary man
can de- this II he knows nov. whii". on ~"
D other hand. odd Ssm-uu himself cpulih
have done u unless b" had t-~'n pat on To
! the trick
alwaV- provides - solid Ilrc,' nf iron or
stone utspu WhI'h - Crack hir rock Now,
n "a. held the STONE 10 H. smashed firmly
againSt fhi- support b" might pound awhv
AZ II until douui-ay Nrh"u' h'lf'lng any
thing bu h- fisi b. uuti,r' "i'~s'y ami
Won Il. al -ss fhtt h. hold- ih" small sf'u" n
siX,.s.uih " an inch annN" th" support,
ard When %" hut- D. ~ 10" cuhcls-inn mat
breaks n Any IN" can do u neatly after "a
LITTLE prartlcr
A httl. more real strength i- n'-4ia-l
IN ~ feat - hftIug u barrel - water ali
tvp men With 'nr teeth, tut not WirN
A man Of ordinary strength can accomplish
10 trgiu with. III" water barrel. which
If g,udiu. Euul. y"Eh with IT, C%uu'"Nis
si-,uf ~ t-,uud~. ha. q false 'op and bottom
and holds only enough vatcr 80 that q htti"
can b.. if MT Of ~" huughu," 80 d's,'iN"
thc ouIuokor- Fastened tu ~" barrel
"a 60 Oh" WlI-' ui tne l"'Il"rW"r, ana con
,suIrl hy "A -a-h which lH wear. l~ = IuI-'
Tins d. d,tflV htCu,,i fu 'h' i,'Ir'l Nl'u ~ ~
hff~i up tur HIM 10 iak" th" m"U'hm"r ~
hi- tc"tu
1 . m~uuthpiocr exactly u~ his mouth
-, tnnt vIat"y.' weight 'Hiu''- i"f" l,
r.,,lv .u.,piu,.t iy the ,av Ilc'" clrncs
tb. fhrlIuv mpm.t'' Two men ~ ih"u-
-,l,,-. uynu t'r htrl'I anal. WIT 90" "'''r
sturdy i-l.uW~ tu -Iifs''' nj hi'k ami
L.-.p lie balance, 'ht strong u'n SLOWLY
. INHa fNsH NNlN NL. fhIN lux .H' a H |H ~NtNN '"'~
/ tn. v"irhi IF au BurI' u' about - urgr's'-.
? apparently with hr~ i'-'N. HI' actually
uisll Dol. urr-' t. q SENSATIONAL A.. hui,
a. q matter nf liHf, mote -'''Ir'i l. zee
IuireI iu ih,. nior who support nW sham
b, tb. ~taf trriutm'r hlm-.'f Nof u'Dr"
Than eUp i-,uul~ was ","I actual, pup
,v,.t.i Nv any athlete 10 tui~ fashion
III. mpui hgl,-. u-s-i o. tiI- tnH -
omulpvci iu all Io- vu"r" ~" u"i~
? arlrGr tn bang D., their 18th u - poo CON
f.. 10 .l-. 80. at. &C. -. IN .4.-Ft b.
D.. cannot .rt lH - n uuih 90" w"gn' H.
r,r.n n ~ circus folks ip uuf really
,uptnti their weight CT tb" weigh ri atv
7 other object by 'h"il tosth i IL actually
On th" n'-a that uu-l "l 'h" -italh "'i''~
and p~rrfu. ru"r doinV tins stunt very uuuu
~ an alunfuBi tt-'k d"NrtpUnrr I. Nnva
Gav~ my u,-', measure -iN'"'n iu"h''-,
hui whom | was In tl" business o. Wa ntn'-
tosr inches 1fuutsi .
About the ptIv tc' thai requires real
strength r. thai - ~uJIsr'iug q h.'r~" ou
a Ic-'r- board. uu' even iu this trick De"
m,.' %iuf1r'aui u,,Tl- ar' rrrN" and q Welt
irslu,-! tpr." Nsl,N strength 'yIi.,'-
third IN never forget 10 ny living day
'hr first ilr" I 'rl'Si thi- ! htt rgg'~i mp
$3.50 chairs "A strongly ~ possible ia q harm
and fastened ln'm 20 th" hu'r. after Nhici,
had put "a board arru-s lPtw'v'n them 80
support a '."ter. upon which ! mai %liaIN'Si
my InnN io Nalh Nh'h a. annual iTi
Ia,-ul~i m lr--uu thoroughly and would
a-.srd the tester ANT balance al the word
Of c,nmlud. I prepared tuI ~" final test
In plac" 81 the lnart connecting IA"
chairs put my own lDdN Actos- NV
.h..e' AMI tie tey.i-i loari Ih'u. locking
NV feet Nrmly IN uu. chan ami my arms
around ~" back 81 the other. ! call'd,
'Eumop'
-Hr came from the stall. straight fur IN"
tc,tcr Then my nerve ia'l'-i IN" ! crr~i,
Whoa" wildly. hut R"m-p didn't --'in
10 know ~" mraniug ~ ~" ~ord On he
came. dipytlv MP IN" 'n"lln" Ih"rr was
no hacking uut All that ! could do wa To-
hang on drst-,rat"lv and this | lid When
RoWso gu' a'uv" my ci"si 10" haIan''I
himself gracefully for a whlle-It -ssin'si
an hour lp ~. Enough II Wa only "a few
s.sunds then hr went ~ ~" other sid"
had ~uCs-vi,si amt 10" trick was not So
hard ~ | had t"ai,Ni
1t APPEAR tu the audience ~ II the man
IN this act va supporting the weight
largely with hi~ he~k Such l. not ~"
ca-,. for most 81 n comes uu nj arin- aid
beg. and the latter al" fastened -" that
th,y cuuuui isaCuiu' iu,rsn'd u lake.
S,nugth. hut not NirauuiiuRry strength
Not unlike THE tu,k, hut requiring even
I..- muscular power. D. the feat 81 sup
porting n lot - I-uIlr on a h"sid piaC,Si
acru-. vuur buiy w'Ilr YOU are l"ni oN"t
backward This l. c'rtaIulN th" ea~i"si
Nay for "A man Co support l- family | know
u B.fpr. W." a'hl'tc l-'ud~ hi body h-
fest are hra,s-l rp strongly that they cant
slide Then he l"udS bach and n board l.
ula0-si across hi knees and shoulders,
upon which another l~lrd - put cru->wi-'
for ~. mon 10 81 upon In this position
the bun"- e M" arms and legs support the
weight. and a. The lun" ct a healthy human
I=iuR j. pr'tfv strong a numt-'r Of meu
may grt upon ~" huard without causing
~. slightest Inconvenience III" bone-
will have tu IL. crushed i-forc anything will
CHE way
ono uf IN" strong mans greatest a',nin-
Ulishm"ut-, on" thai has a particular charm
and terror o. tn" small lsy j. the hi'Iug
~ two 81 nails This lung-clerishs- d"lu.
sion. ton. l. a fax" The mrn Who do thi-
never u-' the common steel nails. They
~. Cart iruu un'-. whuss grain Iuak'-
them break move easily Nor are the nails
b itteu IN two by the teeth, NJ Ia commonly
supposed. hut they ARE simply broken 10y
to. strength 81 the hug"rs To hit" "a nail
M two put N. thumb of your right hand
under m. nail near the middle. with III"
index finger on top ~ the nail at IN" right
end Then put M" other end Of the nail
hrtw~.n your 's-th m the left side of III"
mouth Push down sharply and strongly
with vuur index finger ami upward with
your thumb. and crack g""S the nail "
you do n quickly the crowd will think YOU
have bitten u ~ but YOU haven't Try this
with \ lead p-nc1l " YOU hay" not a caSt iron
nail handy