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Show THRIVED ON LEAN DIET. Englishman Who Lrved tor Year on Less Than One Dollar. Hoger Crab wagered 1,1100 f tint tit would live for n year on three shlll lugs and sixpence, and won his bet Indeed, he more than won It, for at the end of the twelve months he had mnnnged to suve thteepeneo out of his "housekeeping money," his expen dlturo for food, therefore, avei aging Just over tlneo farthings a week. Kor tills sum even the cheapest of onh nnrs vegetatlnn diet such as lentils, for Instance, was ipiUe out of the u,ues-lion, u,ues-lion, and he had to content himself with nettle soup thickened with acorn flour, pudding made of brnti and turnip tur-nip leaves chopped together, and m forth. Yet on this diet Crab not only sutvived, but uctunll) gullied some few pounds In weight, while ns for bis genernl health, ho declined that he hnd never fell better than lie did at the termination of his eclf Imposed ordeal. Kngllsh Kxchnngo. |
