Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — A Feat of Strength. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A Feat of Strength.

If any pne told you it was possible to break a stone with a blow of your fist, you would laugh at him. But there Is a way by which you can accomplish this feat, entirely by your

own etrength and without imy Injury to yo«r fist. Flint select your stone —or rather two atones, each of which should be about twelve inches long, but one should be only a slab one-half inch thick. whLw the other Is three or four inches i.lck. Lay the thin tone flat, firmly and immovably on the ground and 'On It place one end of the other stone, raising the opposite end to an angle of forty-five degrees. The raised end of the seoond stone must be over the center of the stone on the ground and must be kept In position by a piece of twig or stick the necessary length. Ybu are now ready to demonstrate your tremendous strength. Strike the elevated stone a smart blow at about the center with the little finger side of the hand —the prop of course will give way and the bottom stone ?11 be broken to pieces as the elevated stone falls upon it from Its ang* ‘or position. Thus you have broken the stone into pieces by one blow of your bare fist, to the astonishment of any one who may have doubted your ability to do so.

Stone in Position for Trick.