tly the right idea to us that
the natives worship anything, certainly it is very far from the truth to
say that anybody in Alaska worships the white crow.

"The Indians of Alaska, like the other Indians of America, are divided
up in their tribal relations into bands or clans called 'Totems,' and
these are generally named after some prominent animal of the region.
Great respect is paid to these animals, and frequently the clan refrains
from eating the whole or a portion of the totemic animal. It is a very
interesting study. I cannot find out that the Eskimos have any definite
names for the objects of which they stand in awe. They have among them a
class of men called 'Shammans,' who believe in spirits and practise
certain rules for the influencing and controlling these spirits. The
same worship is common all over Siberia and northern Europe. None of
these people have an organized form of worship. Such a thing would be
impossible in a country so forlorn and cold."

Kinks.

No. 90.--BEN BOLT. (_A NEW VERSION._)

THIRTY PROPER NAMES CONCEALED.

O don't you remember old Sally, Ben Bolt,
Old Sally whose hair was so red,
Her matutinal cry of "Buy any shad?"
Racked our ears till we wished we were dead.
In a small back yard off the alley, Ben Bolt,
The miserly fish-wife of yore
Sits nursing her hord, while she counts once again
The same sheckles she counted before.

O don't you remember the streamlet, Ben Bolt,
Where the boys that played hookey from school
Sat snug on the banks eating taffy and pie,
Or bathed in the clear crystal pool.
But next day, perhaps, you remember, Ben Bolt,
We would fain for a bed negotiate,
Our respective papas had the evening before
Plied the rod at so lively a rate.

O don't you remember our teacher, Ben Bolt,
The man so averse to all fun?
No ham bone or sparerib sent up to our rooms
But he sniffed it and took it away.
Near the church round the corner they've laid him at last,
Where the willows 'n sympathy wave,
And the mocking-bird, chorister meet for a Czar,
Gently warbles a dirge o'er his grave.

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No. 91.--PECULIAR WORD SQUARE.

1 10 11 2
4 * * 3
5 * * 6
8 9 12 7

1 to 2 is exalted reputation.
3 to 4 is one of the surfaces of a solid.
5 to 6 is a strain sung