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DR.. J. Nj. PEBBLES, Physician
and Author, Dies at Home
i'm Los Angeles
LACKED ONLY 40
~ DAYS OF 100 YEARS
Claimed Abstinence From Meat. TObac-
co and Intoxicating Liquor Prolonged
His Life - Preached at One Time --
Owned and Edited Several Papers.

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Feb. 16.-Dr.
James Martin PEBBLES, physician and
author, lacking 40 days of being 100 years
of age. died at his residence here yester-
day.
DR. PEBBLES not only wrote book on
How to Live a Century and Grow Old
Gracefully, but made himself an example
and demonstrated his theories.
DIR PEBBLES walked erect. only occasion
ally using IA cane. His sight was good, al
though he used spectacles for reading,
and he declared that his hearing was a.
good as ever. his appetite and digestion
excellent. His long white hair, worn
nearly to his shoulders. and long, snowy
beard gave him a venerable appearance.
Asked what he considered the greatest
contributory cause to his long life, DIR.
PEBBLES replied: My abstinence from
eating animal flesh He ceased that
practice. he said, when he was 30 years
old
Other rules he had made for himself
included: To bed every night at $50.
out of bed every morning at 6. Never
use tobacco. Never use intoxicating
liquor. Never complain.
Avoid worry and keep harmonious
mind. Worry is among the worst things
in the world. Have a strong will power.
Always look for the new. Keep calm"
DR.. PEBBLES was born at Nottingham,
VT March 23. 1922. and was graduated
from Oxford academy in Chenango county,
y. y. in 1871. He afterward won de
grces from the Pennsylvania University
of Medicine and Surgery and from Phila-
delphia university.
lie practiced medicine until he was so
years old, becoming in turn, he said,
allUpathic. homeopathic and magnetic. He
owned and edited a number of papers and
went around the world five times. lectur-
ing in Oriental countries. lie was a
member of the Indian peace commission,
which in 1868 settled some of the Indian
troubles in the Middle West and in 1869
was United States consul at TrebiZond,
Turkey. Later he represented the United
States arbitration league at the iutcrna-
tiOnal peace commission Of Europe in
Paris.
lie devoted Il number of years to minis
terial work, first as pastor of the tniver-
salist church in Baltimore before the
Civil war. Then he became an Episco-
palian and later a Spiritualist and Theos-
ophiSt.
Although am a physician and sur
geon.' he declared shortly after his 99th
birthday, L call in my spirit guides when
] am ill., The spirit never grows old; it
helps to keep the body young. | have
unbounded faith in Gods laws, which are
also natures laws"
For three years DR.. Pebbles was pro-
fcssor in the Eclectic Medical college of
Cincinnati. he was president of the Cali
fornia College of Science for four years.
aud president and founder in 1914 of the
PEBBLES College of Science and Philosophy
i'm Los Angeles. He founded in the latter
city the California Crntenarian club and
served as president of the California HUI
manitarian league. which comprised 81
reform organizations.
Besides HIS book on How to Live a
Century. he was the author Of II other
books on religious. psychological and SINH
lar topics. He was q member of numer-
Gus societies organized fer the advance
mrnt of science. art, health. philosophy
and psychic research. being president of
the Psychic Research society of Calcutta.
India.
DIR. PEBBLES married Miss Mary NJ.
Conkey in Canton. y y who died many
wears ago. Their three children died in
infancy.