That good old man hath slept In his grave this many a year, And many a storm hath wept O’er his dust the wintry tear; And many a spring-time flower, And many an autumn leaf, Have bloomed and faded o’er him, In their existence brief. And though the teacher’s name His grave-stone scarcely shows, Yet freshly all his virtue On memory’s tablet glows. Nor will the winning sweetness, And the softness of his heart, In the sacred land of memory For evermore depart! No after life can darken The light of early days, For it leaves upon the plastic mind A print that ne’er decays. When the cracked and jangling school-bell, In its little belfry swung By the pale-faced gentle usher, At early morning rung; Then fast along the woodland, From many a rural home, Each sauntering, idle troop Unto its call would come. And glad were they to meet the smile Of their old teacher’s face, As up the well-worn aisle he walked With grave and reverend pace. No harsh and bitter voice had he, Nor stern and scowling frown; And seldom was the tingling rod From its dusty shelf brought down. But kind were all his chiding words, Affectionate and mild-- He loved his rude and wayward charge As parent loves its child. The gloom that weighs the heart, Life’s mourning and its pain; The cankered thirst of gold, And all the cares of gain-- Ambition, pomp, and pride, That soil the minds of men, And fill their paths with stinging thorns, Were strangers to us then. We mourned not o’er the past, Nor feared the coming morrow, And for the golden present Had little cause of sorrow; But each one was as merry As is the roving bee, Or the sweetest bird that carols Its songs upon the tree. The memory of the old school-group And the teacher, fills the heart, And still survives when all things else To oblivion depart. I. M. Hunting Wild Animals in Africa. It is remarkable that, while there is a general resemblance between the animals throughout the globe, each of its grand divisions has some species peculiar to itself. Thus, North America has the bison, the musk ox, and the grizzly bear, and these are found nowhere else. The lama, jaguar, tapir, and the anteater are peculiar to South America. Africa has its hippopotamus, giraffe, gnoo, and zebra. Asia has the chetah, royal tiger, nyl-ghau, yak, and dromedary. New Holland has its kangaroos, platypus, black swan, and cereopsis. Europe has a few peculiar species, but most of those which are found there, are also met with in the northern portions of Asia.