Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-03-28
MAN.
%, LIVING ON
NICKEL A DAY
He Declares He Has Enough
Food and will Live to One
Hundred and Twenty Years

Harry Cloud, SIS years young,
civil engineer, wanderer extraordi
nary, and mechanic in a Nashville
garage, is the only man in the
world who has solved the problem
of subsisting on 5 cents a day.
His sturdy body and active mind
are evidence that a nickelS Wortl
of peanut meal and a dash of saw
dust will turn the trick.
Cloud told of his dietary expert
ments that have covered a period OF
five years
A shrewd man is Harry Cloud, ano
he has the II. C. of l.. backed off the
boards. During the months he was
employed at a powder plant he lived
at an expense of 1-2 cents a day
for food, ana is now living on less
than 5 cents day.
He is known throughout the west
AS the "milIionaire tramp, and has
crossed the United States by rail,
motorcycle, bicycle, and on foot with
a cart and burro.
Resorted to Simplest Life
AT 81 1 was a down and, outer, =
he said II started out and walked
$500 miles. over deserts and noun
tains, and found that I could live
well on tie simplest food, with lots
of water and fresh air, at few
cents day. I have resolved to de-
vote my life to the good of humani-
ty by teaching self-control.
People eat too much. 1t doesn'
matter what one eats. The thing is
to keep the body clean, and in har-
mony with the mind. 1t is matter
of will power, and perfect happiness
can come only that way"
He has set 120 years as his term
of ho &c o1TnodU
covering the vitality that he lost
during the years he lived amid the
fresh pots of a modern Egypt.
I'll not sit down. L feel more
like running" he said, and told how
he outran a street car in Nashville.
He can chin himself thirteen times.
and exercises mornings by repeated
ly bending forward with his knees
stiff and placing the palms of his
hands on the floor. He calls fresh
air and water the "abrosia of the
gods"
This Is His Diet
The seasoned traveller is preaching
a gospel of abstemiousness His
usual diet consists of well-soaked
corn, ground. or oatmeal, mived with
peanut meal; cakes made of self
rising flour and peanut meal. AS it
is all solid food only few ounces
suffice.
Il usually mix a little sawdust
with the meal. 1t isn't food. but I
want to dem rate to the world
that it doesn't matter what one
eats" he continued.
"Sawdust alone does not cook
well, as it will not stick together"
When asked about seasoning he
said:
II read in book in ST. Louis that
salt is not God for one, so Ithre"
away my salt and haven't used any
since. The food tasted fiat at first,
but I like it now. I use no butter
or milk Of course I use a small
quantity of sugar to improve the
taste. I haven't cooked any meat
for years"
The peanut meal he advocates is
the ground product of the kernel and
shell after the oil is pressed out. 1t
is used for feeding stock at Macon,
Ga, where he first discovered 1t.
Good for Men and Animals
"It is as good for men as it is for
animals" h esaid. "Of course, when
I'm invited out, I eat what is put
before me, for it doesn't matter what
one eats.
IT am better physically, better
mentally, better Intellectually land
better spiritually. I am the rich
est man in the world" he added. 81
have 1t al over Rockefeller and Car
negie, for I have contentment."
One of Clouds sons is in the
American army in France, and an
other is in the navy.