The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-12-28
Ned Stokes.

T.. s. Stokes, the assassin, may be
seen Oh Broadway every afternoon be-
tween drinks. At liquoring times he
L. usually 10 he found before his own
bar. raising his elbow at somebody
else's expense. This argues that
Stokes keeps a private bottle, or that
he has degree Of courage that is not
usually possessed by men who shoot in
the dark. as he shot poor, big-hearted
Jim Fisk. Stokes runs the bar-roOm Of
the Hoffman house, and he has stocked
it with pictures of naked women At a
great cost There Is more money in
the pictures than there is in the liquor;
which is one way Of saying the pictures
are good and the whisky is bad. Stokes
employs the prize-fghter, Billy Ed
wards. as his pee!er and general
chucker out. Edwards is a gentleman
" looking young fellow, and he never
laid in ambush to kill an unarmed
man. Stokes is white-haired before
his time. He has Il rather young look
ing face, and he carries himself as
though he owned the earth and stars,
and held u mortgage on most OF the
asteroids. He is always around with
rapid men and chain lightning women.
who press his blood-stained palm be-
cause he has got money and notOricty.
There Is something infinitely fitting to
Stokes in the calling OF a rum-Scller. But
I do not believe that the pugilists,
pandsrers, burglars. disgraced police
men, and indiscriminate blackguards,
who keep most of the drinking shops
in New York. feel flattered in finding
themselves cheek-by-jowl with Edwar,
Stokes. All his fancy pictures. all his
drinks at other peoples expense, al
his chuckcrs-out, all his bad whisky,
and all his loose friends. cannot wipe
out the infamy of the murder he die
that day on the dark stairway of the
Grand Central hotel. l wonder ii such
men ever dream.-NeU York Letter.
Feeding Frosted Oorn.
To make the most of it. after tn,
frost, it should have been cut up. anC
run through n large feed cutter. stalks
ears, and all, cutting it into very shor
lengths; and, if one had silo, putting
it in as fast rs possible and preserving
it under pressure. But not having ,
silo in which to preserve it, it woul,
then pay best, after cutting short, Il
feed it Us fast as the cattle could eat it
At that time the cattle will eat every
thing clear, and the ears, which arr
not probably injured by the frost, con
tain nearly as much nutriment rs whel
ripe.9ant. this uuIriinent is in the mos
digeAiblc condition. When the kerne
Is in the dough state it is easily digest
ed. ana we have found. by experiment
will make as much beef as it ever can
A good crop will make 500 or NOR
pounds. live weight, to the acre in tina
condition. In the case of frost, VIVA
can not BIO prOltably used at once
should be cut up and shocked, t.
prevent the drying up OF the stalk to-
rapidly, and when ready to feed, rul
through the cutter. This reduces i
all into line chat, mixing the fine ant
coarse parts. 90 that cattle will eat
up clean. Ii there is too much rougi
fodder for the grain, it is goO'
plan to mix with this cut feed three
10 i've pounds Of wheat bran or midd
lings for each steer per day; but wheI
TO be obtained ut moderate price
liHseed or cotton-seed meal, in small
quantity. say 2 lbs. Of the oil meal fo
each steer. This will balance the corr
ration so as to give it the best effect
National Lice Stock Journal, Chicago