Ghost stones are popular in La Junta. The men are the ones who see the ghost3 in white and judge by the feet which one shall be his ghoBt. This party is almost equal to the church social where the girls were lined up behind acurtain too short to veil the ankle,and the gentlemen selected their partners for supper, irom the ankle test of beauty.Frank 11. Stockton has just completed a combination ghost and Christmas story. The possibilities of such a combination are great, and Mr. Stockton is the man to bring them out entertainingly. This new story was written especially for Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, and will appear in the Christmas number oi that periedi*. cal.