The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-06-17
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There are diEkeulsies b Be saconniered
u every mad, anJ specially in royal
soads . learaias. The following account
Of shs distressing defeat Of the @ca1ha-
giniaasT and tbs faai discomEsure Of the
-ROmans. j. from tbs Pkzs.is9plia Bale
n, aud Occurred II the reformed method
Of studying History
Barnes, fhe schoolmastss In = Suburban
toHs, rad n the EsRao4as.aaf .MsasGIg
that b,eys eOuld Be taashi history better
IAaa II any -ibsr rsy BY Ie,sing each bog
IN Tbs class rcFsrseni some historical char
aeser, and relate The acts IL that character
As # be had dOse then hisself This
stTask Rarpss as mishiy god idea, and
Ne resolved % try II GA. The sehod had
tkea P<OsresseA 50 far ia ils staiy Of the
hist0rysof ROme As the Punie wars, and
Mr.. Barnes ianeliasely divided the boys
iHio tEo parties, one Romans and the
sther CarthaginiAns, and certain Of the
boys were named after the leader upon
b0sh sides An the boys ,Aosght il wssa
bag ding. asd Barnes nO.iosi that they
were 50 anxiOas to ga to the history les
500 thai they eOula haiiiis any their other
lessoas Properly-
When the iisse caRe, Barnes ragged
The Romass sPoa one SIDE Of the roon aud
the carthagiainns ca the other. The
rsstatio0 Vas resy sPiIiied, saeh Ear4y
telling abo4t rs deeds With extraordinary
useti5s- After /. Ehile Bxsnes asked !
Roman 70 describe she battle Of Caaase.
WhersuPOn The Romans heaved their
ssPses q WaylAnd's NOs-l Seieaee Al the
eseng- Thea he Carshaginians Iuade .
bar1sriag ran cut Os beach and jammed
Il 1m0ng the Romans, Who resaliAisd with
a rolisy q books, states and ekewed paper
balls Barnes eonelaaed that the battle
Of Gamma had beea suSeiensly illustrated,
AID he tired 70 sep II; bat the warriors
considered il too good thing TO let drop,
ana sesordisgiy the CaTshagisians sailed
Orsr to the Rsnsss with another baiieriBg
ran ssd th1mF-sa couple Of them in the 1
saamarh
Thea the KSlzsns tusBed in and the 4
fight became geBerzl. A car.hagiBiAn
UoaA grasp Roman By the hair and
haste him aEOgBd over the desks in
zaEnsr shai vas simply frigttful to BE-
hOiis and ROnan vO4Id give heBdish
ShoOp and knock CarthagiBian ever the
had with Grcenlezf's Arithmetic. Han
niaal gOt the bead Of SeiDiO Africans
under has arm, and Seipio, in his efforts
70 break away, ssambled, and the two
generals fell and had rOugh-and-tamble
hght under the blackboard Caius Grae-
ehas tackled HAmilcar with q ruler, and
the latter, in bis struggles to get loose, fell
against the store and knocked down about
thirty feet Of ssOFe-Pipe. Thereupon the
Romans made ! grand rally, and in Eve
minutes they ran the eutire Csrthaginian
army cut Of the sehoolroom aud Barnes
along with il, and then they locked the
door and began to hunt up the apples aud
lunch in the desks Of the enemy.
After consuming the supplies they vent
i&tbe windows and made disagreeable re-
marks to the Canhaginians who were {
Standing in the yard, and dared old Barnes
70 bring the foes once more into battle
array. Then Barnes vent for a police
man, and when he knocked at the door il
was opened, aud all the Romans were
found busy studying their lessons. When
Barnes came in with the defeated troops
be went for Seipio AfrieAnus, and pulling
him out Of his seat by the ear, he thrashed
that great military genius with rattan
until Seipio began to cry, whereupOn
Barnes dropped him and began to paddle
Caius Gracious. Then things settled
down in the old way, and next morning
Barnes announced that history in the
future would be studied as it always had
been; and he wrote note to the Es;aea-
ttoanf NonfhID IN say that In hi a..;,.;o,, /