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Show A Beautiful Decline. Ollle James, the gigantic and genial congressman and senator-elect from Kentucky, was in conversation th other day with a Washingtonian whea the latter made certain inquiries with reference to a mutual friend whom h had not seen for a number of years. "And bow does Col. Prescott spend his declining years?" he asked. "Beautifully, sir; beautifully!" answered an-swered James. "He has a fine farm, sir. A string of trotters, sir. And a barrel of whisky 16 years old and a. wife of the same age, sir!" |