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Show THRIVID ON LEAN DIET. Englishman Who Lived for Year n Leo Than One Dollar. Koger Crab wagired i 1,000 that he would live for a -ar on three shin tnga and el i pence nnd won his bet Indeed, he more tbau won It, fur it tho end of tho twelve months he bM managed to save tbrccpenoe out of hla 'housekeeping inonuj." his espst dllitru for food, therefore, averaging Just over three farthings a week ftr till sum even the cheapest of ontl nary vegetarian diet audi aa lentils, for luatanre, waa quite out of tho quw Uon, and he had to content himself with nettle soup llilckeucd with aroro flour, pudding made of bran aud turnip tur-nip leave chopped together, ant so forth. Yet on this diet Crab not odIji suivlved, but actually gained some few pounds in weight, while as for his general health, he declared that he had never felt better than he did ai tho termination of his self Imposed ordeal Kngllsh Kachange. |