:0:. PLEASANT GROVE NEWS Artabanus Biffle and the Ghost 3y Ellis Parker Baiter EM3 Atdhor oFPids is Pids Eic ELU5TKATD y For a good many years Artabanus Biffle.. who lives on the Hill road just ' west of Betiville, was troubled by the ghost of his great-grandfather.' He often told Uncle Ashdod Clute that he . wouldL nothave .minded theold gray ghost bo much if it had been an ordinary ordi-nary well-behaved ghost, but, as he expressed it, the blamed old shade . was too nosey for any use. No matter mat-ter what Artabanus or his wife started start-ed to do the old Smoke-colored shade would float up, with his eyes like an owl, and stand awhile "rubbering" that is the word Artabanus used and then be would begin telling .them, how much better' he could, do whatever they were .doing, when he was alive. You can imagine that it made Artabanus Arta-banus mad if, just as he had squeezed 18 Joints of close fitting store pipe together, and was standing on top of a chair on top of a table, and balancing balanc-ing on one toe, with the stove pipe held? at arm's length above his head, and the left eye full of soot, the old misty gentleman would float up and begin to say he wished he had that stove pipe to put up. Often, on such occasions, - Artabanus would speak crossly to the ghost, and then the 18 Joints of stovepipe would separate and fall on the floor, ahdthe ghost Often, en Such Occasions, Artabanus and Then the Eighteen Joints of St on the Floor and the Ghost ' father Would Co Over In of Artabanus' grandfather would go over In the corner and snigger. Probably there was Bever such a disagreeable old ghost in this county, and when Artabanus made up his mind to sell the place and move Into lon be saw he would have to gt rid f great grandfather, and do It quick Nobody would buy the bouse with the old codger ghosting around, from cellar cel-lar to at lie. and Mrs. Bide said she would not move at all If she had to take the old skeeslcks with her. So Artabanus was putled. You can't put a charge of giant powder under a ghoet and blow It up. for ghost won't stay to one place km enough, It will Boat gracefully ol elsewhere, and if It did harpn to sit down oa the powder Just as It went oS. the ghost would eoaaider that merely. mild form f etercis. Artabsnw though It over for about a week ard could not see head nor tall to the d.Scul'y. and thea he ra suit! l"n-l Atfcdod Onte. and "t!" A(hdl sat dow oa the hot- l k la froet wf Aant Rhinorlura Vn bows and tfeoht deeply for hre days, and ibew Mid he had the answer. an-swer. J said the tVr.g to do was t bcfl Re gloat of Great fra4?abf H2e. 1! etr'a'rd Uat, ty rw9 the girat "rowld C-t ero-vad through tie air teea-nve the gt was Jsst tiUfr ls dMs the tb air. ae4 tttst It rst:e4 taa l tlaC So If tie gVwt was UU4 well It mo.'d erd as4 twos i 4a, a4 whra t M was taha c lie Mf. f-t f rs4V.f w9'4 f't p Into tia ;rr atasjb at 4 str Je a erasa-rarreit tsf air. facie Ai4-oi 14 I 44 to,W wea.'4 ker e k'm t Vsj W W we4 arwted fi f-. a4 tsy-I tsy-I mrm4 etrte a co4 r.rrest its ereie. iM fH l t tem e4 I4 cr im tywa Aruti fit ww'4 V ft !. So tiy tried It i ' w ! ew.4-V""iw ttf f? ' PETER. NEWELL to the wash boiler and tied the lid on and started the fire under it, he swelled and swelled, and at 8:30 P,, m. the boiler exploded with a roar. jfbr if could -not contain the ghost any longer. The, ghost poured out of the boiler for-hours, like steam. Great clouds of him poured out, and when he was all out' he was ten times big ger than the house, but although his head and shoulders waved in the upper up-per air, his feet were firmly planted in Artabanus Biffle's property: " And the first thing the ghost did was to lean down and tell Artabanus . and Uncle Ashdod that if he was going to get rid of a ghost he wouldn't go about it in that way. Then he snigr gered. , - . That sort of dfscouraged Artabanus, but it set Uncle Ashdod thinking, and he saw he had gone at the matter in the wrong way. It stood to reason that if you could expand a ghost you could also cqntract It, and. that if expanding ex-panding would not do the job, contracting con-tracting ought to. So he had Arta- banus send to the city for a T.ripler Liquid Air machine. If you freeze air sufficiently it will turn into a liquid 47 times as cold as ice. So when the machine arrived they set it going, and after it was running well and pro- Would Speak Cosily to the Ghost, oveplpe Would Separate and Fall of Artabanus's Great-grand- Se Corn cr and Snigger. during a temperature of about 1.000 degrees below sero. Great grandfather Itlflie came noting around to see what was up, and they suddenly pushed him Into the machine. In an Instant be was liquid gbest. He condensed Into a dull gray liquid of about the consistency of castor oil about half a teasponnful Artabanus Immediately Immediate-ly ran and got an empty whlnky bottle bot-tle and pourtd Great grsodfitber p-!f fie Into It. and corked him up, and labeled la-beled It " "poison. Greatgrandfather Biffle." The next w-k he moved Into In-to town, and for two years the bottle bot-tle sat on a shelf r-f Artabanus medicine med-icine rtoeet at calm and cool as a cucumber, cu-cumber, and all was well. Iiut last Wednesday, at about fowr In the rooming. Artabanus awoke with a severe tttV.e. and be made a ! dB for the. B.edlrine cbt to tak a ! of whisky, and In the dark he rot a hold of the bottle of Great-Imndfatber Great-Imndfatber lUSe. and pulled out the cork and swa'kw-d the ene'ent b-f.we b-f.we he ic ti mUuke Arts tn-j lrutnr4Utly fell am the Ci.r. yel'.tag with pw'a- 4s as the UT.14 gi.rt went dowa It bcan to et jBd. acd Tfcjr tie tics Mrs. !'.'" r( h4 tsr Ssc-ftned he was o ( ;t i f epat.4'4 great graaifa;lser;t,at t lo k4 Sff I ke balk than a fcqxsa te-.ev Mrs V-it? raa srrean-ffg srrean-ffg f-e a 4-T-oe. and ttst was wfc ssH her lte. foe -it as sle rewfe t!se -rrtr Aralawas etr'Jed at4 fc!ew the mt trrX ef tie hove oat AT' r ie'tg for tiree Cays, tM eWf f k r-f l.o ta b frot4 l di4e wte:er he Is 4a4 or A i gtrl e;'r !.- tJat he is as 44 M a, d-rraJ. T 4d tf.rt H fSjit the gkt ef Cra g4TaJse li' e .' ap-tr4 ap-tr4 Tie ssrywv I tiat a'se; hsg la scli a c44 eae fer o Kc ( ii r- aJ la t lh wir. tg t tt to flat Jws te where he ff ktv tt wusr c a tt5 MS W- O. 4aj-a x DEACON WAS A SMART - MAN Success of His Brilliant Idea ,E plained Why Grocer So Often Went Bankrupt. Opposite the railroad -depot, where the colonel had to wait for an hour or two, was a grocery kept by a colored col-ored man, and-to pass Ihe time away he strolled r across. Business seemed to be very brisk . with the grocer, though all his customers were of his own color. The. colonel noticed that sugarr-tearand-coffeeweresked for most . frequently, and during a tenr porary lull he approached the battered bat-tered old scales, on which everything was weighed, and picked up some of the weights. The, hollow in each had been filled with lead, and It was .quite sure that a, pound, weight would balance bal-ance 20 ounces of coffee. By and by UtJas-jemarked to the;cld man: "I see you have filled your weights with lead?" " r . - :" "Yes, 'sah yes, sahi" was "the ra-ply- .-, , . "What was the Idea?" "To keep de dirt outer de holes. Can't git no dirt in dar' now." .'Was1 it your. own Idea?" r "No, sah. I nebber should have dun got dat Idea but for Dekun Williams. De dekun said it .was-de way deydld down Jn Atlanta, and he fixed 'em up fur me widout cost." - "The deacon, buys all his groceries here, doesn't he?" was asked. - "He do sah. Yes, sir, no white man kin git de dekuh's trade away from me." ' . . He was asked to take his weights over to the depot and See how they held out, and he picked them up and started off with a puzzled look on his face. They were placed on the scales one by one, and. when the last bad beerr tested the old: mati threw tipr tilr hands and exclaimed: "Befo' de Lawd, but It am no won der I.'ze gone. Jo to bankruptcy o'teen different times and had to sell my mewl and make de old woman . go barefutl pat ar pound weight weighs 22 ounces, and every time Dekun Wil liams or anybody else has bought a pound of sugar he has got three-quarters three-quarters of a pound ober! Shoo! Ize gwlne back to close de stoah and put up a sign of 'Busted Agin! "Ex change. POPULATION OF THE EARTH Human Race Shows Enormous Growth Since Days of Constant War-fareand War-fareand 'Pestilence. " The population of the known earth at the death of the Roman emperor Ajoguat us. about the time of the commencement com-mencement of the Christian era. was estimated by Bodla, an Italian statls tlclan, at 67,000,000.. The Romans knew nothlDg of Asia beyond the In dus. river and nothing of Africa savr the Mediterranean states. But the human hu-man rare In early times was engaged In constant warfare, and It Is recorded record-ed that the temple of Janus, which could only be closed when Rome was at peace, was shut at the time of the birth of Christ. But not only was the population of the earth decimated by IncesKsnt wars, it was devastated by terrible epidemics of disease which swept over every country, so that" in H32. at the time of the discovery of America by Columbus, the population of Kurope was placed at 41,000.000. Today To-day Kurnpe has ten times that number, num-ber, or 400,000.000 p"ople, with about 100 to each square mile. . Flowers of the States. There Is a lively discussion In Vlr glnla over the adoptton-of -state-flower. The daisy has been suggested, and It Is both affirmed and denied that this flower was flsst brought south by the northern soldiers during the civil wsr. The goldenrod Is slready" the" chos n (lower of Alabama, Kentucky. Maryland Mary-land and Nebraska. Arkansas and Michigan have adopted the apple blossom. blos-som. Ixiutslana and Mississippi the magnolia, Washington and West Virginia Vir-ginia rhododendron Iowa and North Dakota the wild rose. California bai the poppy. Colorado the columbine. Connecticut the mountain laurel. Delaware Dela-ware the peach blossom. Idaho the srrtnsa Indiana chooses corn. Kan sas the sunflow-er. Maine the pine con. Minnesota the moccasin. Montana Mon-tana bitter root. New York the ro'. Ohio the red carnation. Oklahoma tb mistletoe. Oregon the grape. Rho-! Island the triolet. South . Da' ' paque." Texas the blue bonnet, I tab the Fago lily, Vermont red "clover. Tea ee the dsHy. Crest Cities ad Bg Ones. A city can b great without r-ir.g tig. and If one half of the eoerirr i-r i-r Ed y chambers of conjn;"ee and boards of trade In booming 't 'r cities were J'o! to bettering tV-ra the res.tts would t more st!-'ac-tory. eveo lrvta bi!ie fad- prl-t Tl" are already a f;r -er ; of retailtety or actually small Ar 'rt- I ess tlfi to wh!h pei ie of are &ct.ex by b-c beraese ti,ey are 4e'ra4e pUree to K la c- !a whUh to trlsg up ctl'.Jrea ".vt lrfj to bw!Eg sa asset tta: the threw d t'i!o Bias wl'.l eo Vg erdck Froa the An.rtaa t"r " A Bad Break. Cafial Art ,a:B'sr- So were always fit fa rUsrsT Bat ca eer knows what thee hwsbss e oare tiy sre est e4 yoar s'flt I v;4s1 V -rx.rt if yr bviaa4 ass xt;sg sow. Tcig Wttra li iorriiH to?es Cassl Ar-5a!itaxe TSy a-? Iv-.Tf "ri4i Fs vt-ec j a y -tnUU l dead! HARBOR CF PRINCE . RUP -''.v--W'M 1 .... -.-V 9 I ' i . '.I ft r Prince Rupert, the Pacific coast terminal of the Grand Trunk rsiHway, ts thriving place and promises to be one of the large cities of the western coast in years ttf come.' . . & FARMERS Instructions Issued as to What Rjcords Are to be Kept tltreciorTJuran later and Stockmen to Co-Operate with Hla Department In Fur nlshlng Accurate Data. Washington. An outline tor the Aflierlcan . Ittrtuers of the method . ot keeping a written record of their (arm operations and equipment to insure an accurate farm census next year baa been Issued by United States Census Ditjfctor E. Dana Durand. It was prepared pre-pared by Prof, . .L Grand Powers. United States census chief statistician for agriculture.. It stales: ' . "The advantages of always having on hand for ready reference a detailed written statement ot one's (arm property prop-erty are readily understood by everyone every-one and will be most keenly appreciated appreci-ated when the census enumerator calls who bis list of questions next April. The value of the census figures ot (arm wealth depends . upon their accuracy, ac-curacy, and accuracy can only be secured se-cured through the co-operation of the farmers themselves. In no way can the' farmer extend more practical as slstance to the census bureau, and in do way can he render himself a greater great-er service than by getting out his pencil pen-cil and notebook on or before the evening of April the fourteenth next and making up a statement of his farm property. The questions to be asked concerning farm property are as follows: fol-lows: - L Total value of (arm, with all buildings and Improvements. 2. Value of buildings, 'il- Value of all. Improvements and machinery, including tools, wsgons. carriages, harnesses, etc, and all ap pllances and .apparatus used In (arm Ing operations. 4. Number and value of domestic animals, classified as follows: Cattle: A. Born before January 1. 1909: Cows and heifers kpi for milk. - Cows d - heifers not kept for milk " Steers and bulls kept for work ' Steers and built not kept for work. B. Bom lq 1907. Heifers. " Steers and bulls. " C Calves born la 1910. Horses: All horses born before Jan. 1. 1909. Colts born after January 1. 1909. Colts bora after January i, 1910. Mules: All mutes born before Jan. 1. 1909 Mule colts born after Jan. i, 1909. Mule colts born alter Jan. 1, 1910. Asses and burros' (sll ageal. Swine: Hogs bom before Jan. U Uli. Pigs born after Jan. 1. 1911. Sheep: Ewes born before Jsa 1. 1910. Rams and wethers bora before Jsa uarr I. 1910 Lambs born after Jan. I. 1910. Coats and ktds (sll sgest . . Number atd value of poultry veer ve-er three moeths old: Chickens. Ducks. i Gees. ""J2 TsrkeysL " " Culoew fowls. Plgeoaa. C. Number aed vsre cf w, of "The cee-is win e-xt sk the ts'je ah $ the fiit'.-h tg of trat.ait ot bMiMkH gwt ar that of fea?."a4 for the Rsaafacf w. b-rtt. grata or firta rrc'f oa tand oa April j .rg snd drallg trt rr ss4 si I$;h Thea pet- trxr-i-JM. ! m&4 surgtca! a?s"acr fcwrver, ty an 4trtrg a rwsp'efe tnvi!ct7 of firrs rT "The vals gvea to the fana be. as aeary as raa b !-it4. the atsaeet that raM be c !-4 for If e?Ted for aJe sefer e?rl dlttoa Orrt rsrke f-tee h-H t-e raref ;."y f?.!t4 ta eilxaf?rg ta va'-Mt of Ova stock.. A'.aK(h tie, rt..e cerety r erslrw m utttf toff ; of a;; fcsj Vrgnewts aa-4 e'k!sy. ft ta W i:ee4 that a cJ?ra, cf tl-e Patsa atier tie f.-tiwtfg far ka4s C h fr:a4 ea'Tai-Sa- l Vtk- Ti' rUv regyrtsee astoat-ct". s(ti, cati4 as 4 setgVa, siS ea ;srst 4 ta raa EM, BRITISH C0LUMB1 ''-"t' l - II f 1 if.'. IN CENSUS nectlon with them, as harnesses, blankets, whlpa, etc. 2. Heavy farm Implements: comprising compris-ing all Implements and machinery operated op-erated by any other than hand power. nsplowtr haTroww, TtIlersraieT8rf mowers, hay loaders, feed grluders. etc.," etc 8. Hand machinery and tools: Including In-cluding carpenters' tools, hoes, shovels, shov-els, scythes, forks, grindstones, fan nlng mills, etc 4. Miscellaneous articles. Including all such minor equipments as kettles, palls, barrels, baskets, ladders, "ropes, chains.' etc.. not Included In the drst three classes. "Many farmers greatly underestimate underesti-mate the total value of their posses slons of this character when consider ing them In the aggregate, and It Is" only by preparing an Itemized list as suggested above, that an accurate estimate es-timate of their worth can be made The value .assigned this class of property prop-erty In the Inventory should be tbe estimated amount It would bring at publla auction under favorable condition condi-tion a "No special blanks or forms are necessary nec-essary for preparing an Inventory. An ordinary note book answers all purposes, pur-poses, but It should be Urge enough to admit of carrying (he figures for at least five years In parallel columns. This fscllttates comparison of tbe figures fig-ures for different years. Some may find It more convenient or desirable to take stock on January 1 thsn on April IS. It will be a simple matter to bring such an Inventory up to date when the census enumerator calls, as It will only be necepssry to take Into account the changes that hsve taken place during tbe brief Intervening period "As In the rase of the (arm Inventory, Inven-tory, no special Hanks are required (or tbe record of (arm products of 199 An ordinary notebook with leares at least sis Inches wide will be found convenient. The following In formation will be called for: 1. Farm riMnes In 1909. A. Amount spent In raib (or farm labor (exclusive of houi work) IV Kathnattd value of boute rent and board furnished farm laborers In addition to rsh wages paid C. Amount spent for hsy. grain and other produce (not raised on the firm J for feej of dotnemlc animals and poultry. D Amount spent (or manure and other fertlltiers "No Inquiry ts made regarding Company to tftm York Men Incorporate te Treat His Mankind and to "Act as - Undertaker. Albany. N. T Tbe latest idea la buslnM concerns has conie to lb attention at-tention ot Secretary ot Slate Kocnlg. The proposed coKpan; - ki ool only to rare for the UU.g. bat Uy them awsy to mother earth to tbe bl style compatible with the means and The paper. w.7e sect t, Aturaey. Aires aad Wa'.ker of Park row, rep-resectatlves rep-resectatlves f the "World MedUral CofEtaay of New York " The rgaa Uers ar all retdenu of Prooktya la tatUg the coafey's -a the fa;rs say: "FW the efcierlEg la'o coV.ac'- Ilk rro se.4 th!r 'asrJ'.'.e to fur eSh fcedkal asd surg --! tresiaewt "Fcr the trtsg lio cr trad ; l k (tiriln for t" rnre at taryttg h 44 es4 iii'.i'.'ii tke eefrte there or. ar I fsr th fr- 5 c4 ettertrg I-to rrwtrscts with ;-tvji ax.4 their fa:'e for the j fr-trtal ar rrk pwrwwae 4 ltr lam a sa4 the fsra;tSe of tie a-ece j Serrefarv Kea'a saM "It to sat4 tkat (Ksr-ywra'Jae tar a sosl. kat y w r-.s's'y ts k-eg e t-ra:s. IS. Kaa ba tW.git ft en! H gKs F a:a?we4 t kaJ ta New Teck ere the rc r? ! eaa tl sra4e e4 "S liwe tt f- I ftoa ai;'?s a4 at Ike sas Csr a thtr -y " household or personal expenses er . pendltures for repairs " or lmproww ments. Each of the four question asked . Is of fundamental lmportanc-ln lmportanc-ln Its bearing on agriculture as a Industry. In-dustry. . . 2. Live stock: x - .v . A. Number of young animals of each kind born on the farm In 1909L B. Number of animals of each kind purchased ln ISOFhnd- the "amount paid; number sold and amount rw celved; and -number and value of those slaughtered on the farm. 3. Dairy products. - . ArQuairtKies undvalue of ml Ik, buh ter and cheese produced on the farm In 1909. - B. Quantities of milk, creanv bnV .. ter fat and cheese sold In 1909 anA amounts received. v. - 4. Poultry and eggs: A. Value of poultry of all kind I niotru ill w uciuci - euiu, wvr suroed, or on hand. . M mnn .knk, .t A . Li. r m I'll Li I i cvtri v cu a i was. yyut us j sold In 1909. ' '. ; C Quantity and value of eggs pro-' duced In 1909. 5. Wool and mohalrr. . Number and total weight of fleece .shorn In 1909 and amount receive irom.saies. -;3kCror;" -. - -"- - Fdr each crop 'harvested op tha farm In 1909 give the number of acres. . UVB. quantity proaucea, ana ins vain of thftvprodurcts. The number of acres of each crop to be planted for harvest In 1910. will also be called for by the enumerator. This cannot be determined deter-mined much before the date of thw enumeratlon. Instead of giving tb number of acres In orchards nd vineyards, vine-yards, give as nearly as possible tbe number of trees snd vines of bearing-age bearing-age .The quantity of certain fnili products; as cider, vinegar, wine and' dried fruits produced' In lfOS will ba- HHrHlred.-as wlti-sliio the quaotky-aadt vslue of sugar, syrup and - molasnea produced from cane, aorgbum, sugar beets and maple trees. 7. Sales of specified products la -1909: . . - ', A considerable part of the annual production of corn, oats, barley, kaflr corn, mllo maize, hay, flax-fiber and strsw. other straw, cornstalks and cotton seed Is usually consumed the farm. Qwlng to this fact, a report will be asked concerning the quantity quanti-ty of each of these products sold la 199, and the amounts realized therw-(rom. therw-(rom. " 8. Forest products: . . . , The value of all forest products cut or produced In 1909 for farm coa sumption will be asked, as will al tbe value Of similar products cut or produced for sale, Including recelptsv from the sale of standing timber. 9. Irrigation; Fafmer - m ho irrlgat - their" Ian will be aske'd to report the sourcw from which water ts obtained, th number of acrps of pasture land trrt-gated. trrt-gated. and (be total Irrigated acreages "This outline rovers every Itupur-tant Itupur-tant question that will be asked cod-cernlng cod-cernlng tbe farm products of 1909t Amtrlcan agriculture Is so diversified and so highly specialized Id msny o Its branches, that any schedule d-otgned d-otgned to secure a fairly complete oa hll.lt of Its resources and pperaltoa must necessarily contain a'iarge nom-t'j nom-t'j of Inquiries. The average farm operator will not be called npoo i answer one-seventh of the printed questions, hence the somewhat formidable for-midable appearance of tbe scfatduW should occasion no alarm. "More tban (our months remain tw which to review the results of tbw year 19u3. and prepare for the vUH o4 the enumerator. Itut preparation ol a written record should be rotnmenceel at once. No one should attempt I rornpMe It In one evening, but lha work should be divided as Indicated la the above outline, one evening Ltlnc given p to farm expenses, a second Ue stock, a third to dairy products prod-ucts snd so tin through the iut la t-way eaeh-topte ewa W gia- iW-ronalderatlon iW-ronalderatlon It deserves, and the resulting re-sulting figures are certain to ba mora accurate than If complied hastily." Cure or Bury "If the company's cnedlrlo doe ot keep the sick (rota djlcg. the cocw-pwy cocw-pwy will rtm the gralllitde of the -tlcola. but they will double on tbw money, for It will )et reca n for the concera to bury them. Surely we arw :ltlcg In- an age of woederfal prog-resa prog-resa "I an compelled to deny the cock Pay's afi'Hcatloa for the reaaoa that a corpr!loB can aot jrsctlca sb4 ) " Rsh Pile Ptea Greeted. Kar.aa City. Mo "I would rather go to the wcrkho and break reel: it as go t oo to ker. Jota'iaias to4 JcJt KW tt he was sa gsed ta. e.uekl;al ctmrt co a ctge ( tafbirg ti.e iesc cf bis w .(e. Cliel "Tuii tta:i feat yor !." sat& tbe rw-ri, "Ta ar nE:tt ta II 4y on th rk Ua" Vr. Ila-ea. a i wotraa arryt g a t-:i baby ia ter aroa. . 4 tt J -!e flat aie was rarr.edl Mat ?: k Prr tie baby as feora, si aa'4. Hates h-t ta ikt tra4 frf3 wh she f"'- 1 Hs'a with eerier wsa. Wl-a V fw -fctr!r4 t Vat kr, ee it Unc'a a'w's Jl LRt R-wk. A- -ft f.jrkr'Ma ' ! ta Artsitaa ! g'. " ccc'sve-f b-siw 9o es-je te t.. ' arveft t.e ivatatastree r w. .Twlf. rti'Mi e IV fterttaa 'state tr-as s'ased tiai tie o 'a 4 rwral frVs aw a ywa tlat ft hi tx?e:V ta rvrm aft ea -?? ta iwfMiii'h ' fe r emal retmuy