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Show A Beautiful Decline. OHie Jtimes, the gigantic and genial congressman and senator-elect from Kentucky, was in conv ,ation the other day with a Washingtonian when the latter made certain inquiries with f reference to a mutual friend whom he had not seen for a number of years. "And how does Col. Prescott spend his declining years?" he asked. "Beautifully, sir; beautifully!" 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!" |