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Show 1877, aud re-elected him in 1883 and again in 1888. Ho was a staunch dem-ocrat.and dem-ocrat.and a conservative and cautious man. Before he took any definite action ac-tion on any important question, he carefully considered it from every standpoint, and having once made up his mind it was almost impossible to induce in-duce dim to change it.v His Opositlve-uess Opositlve-uess was one of his principal characteristics. charac-teristics. His career, stop by step.from the stable to the United States senate, shows the glorious possibilities for young men of bralus who take advantage advan-tage of the many opportunities offered them in this country. FROM THE STABLE TO THE SENATE. Senator Beck, of Kentucky, who died very suddenly on Saturday afternoon, was one of the prominent statesman of the country. He was a self-made man. Born in Scotland, in 1822, ho acquired an academic education, and iu his early manhood he came to the United States and located in Lexington, Kentucky. Not being afraid of work, he foivud occupation oc-cupation for a time as a hostler in one of the stables of Lexington. Ho next . studied law, and graduated as a lawyer at the age of 24, in 1840, at the Trausyl-, Trausyl-, vania university, iu Lexington. Ho began be-gan practice in that city, and met with success. Mr.Beck was elected to congress aud served iu the fortieth, forty-first, forty -second and forty-third congresses. Declining a re-election, the people of Kentucky, who greatly admired him, ent hi to the United Stales senate in |