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Show m m m TWO OLD MEN WHO ARE EXAMPLES. We thought, when writing of Edward Payson Weston a day this week, that we were dwelling on tho abilities of an old man, but a gentleman stepped into The Standard offlce this morning who was 21 years of age when Mr. Weston Wes-ton was 'born and who, when the pedestrian pe-destrian had Just reached his majority, major-ity, was on his way to the gold fields of California, stopping In Ogden to say good-bye to friends he had known in his young manhood. This visitor whose age 92 ycare makes Mr. Weston's Wes-ton's yearB seem comparatively small, is W. O. Clark, whose nephew Is Dr. Edward Rich of Ogden. Mr. Clark seems constitutionally sound enough to Hvp beyond 100 years. He could not walk across the continent, conti-nent, but he appears hale and hearty. While Weston has kept himself young by walking, this venerable man has conserved his strength and preserved health by preaching the doctrine of total abstinence. He has traveled around the world proclaiming against strong drink, declaring that alcoholic stimulants are tho source of nearly all evil, and he offers himself in proof that liquor Is not necessary to longevity or the enjoyment of life. His one ambition Is to gain a victory vic-tory over the "curse of rum," as ho terras it. Weston, who reaches Ogden this afternoon, af-ternoon, will not dispute with the man whose memory antedates his birth by 21 years, as to the necessity of avoiding avoid-ing strong drink, although Weston is not a teetotaler. When the pedestrian pedes-trian has before him a task requiring extra exertion "ne eschews liquor and tobacco and on his travels never touches either. The two men are living testimonials to temperance. |