The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-01

character as if he had done them him
self This struck Barnes as mighty
good idea. and he resolved to try 1t on.
The school had then progressed SO tar ID
It's study Of the history Of Rome as the
punic wars. and Mr.. Barnes Immediate
" divided the boys into two parties. one
Romans and the other Carthaglnlans,
and certain OF the boys were named after
the leaders upon both sides. All the
bows thought it was great thing, and
then Barnes noticed that they were SO
anxious to get to the history lesson that
they could hardly say their other lessons
properly.
When the time came, Barnes ranged
the r ,mans upon one side OF the room
and the Carthaginians on the other. The
recitation was very spirited. eacn party
telling about its deeds with extraordina-
~ JUNCTION After while Barnes asked
Roman to describe the battle OF Gamma.
Whereupon the Romans heaved their
COPIES OF Wayland's Moral Science at the
| enemy. Then the Carthaginlans made
bat.ering ram out Of bench and am
med among the Romans. VINO retallateo
with a yolley of books, states and chew
ed paper balls Barnes conluded that
the battle of Canine had been sufficiently
illustrated, and be tried to stop II; but
the warriors considered 1t too good
thing to let drop. and accordingly the
Carthaginians sailed over to the Romans
with another battering ram and thumped
a couple OF them in the stomach.
Then the Romans turned IN ana the
fight became general. A Cartnaglnlan
would grasp Roman by the hair and
hustle him around over the desks IL d
manner that was simply frightful TO be-
hold. and Roman would give hend-
ISL whoop and knock CarthaglIian
over the head with Greenleai's Arithme-
Tic. Hannibal got the head OF Sclpio
Africanus under his arm, and Scipio, IN
ais efforts to break away, stumbled, and
the two generals fell and had q rough
and-tumble fight under the blackboard.
Gains Gracious tackled Hanilcar with a
ruler, and the latter in his struggles TO
oct loose TELL against the stove and
Knocked down about thirty feet OF stove
pipe. Thereupon the Romans made a
Grand rally, and in five minutes they ran
the entire C..rthaginlan army out OF the
scbooiroom and Barnes with it, and then
tlcV tOckcu& luc uoOi auN W 0oA ~ AN~A
up the apples and lunch III the desks o.
The enemy.
After consuming the supplies they went
TO the windows and made dsagreeablt
remarks to the Car.haginians who were
standing in the yard. and dared old Bar
mes to bring the fee once more into bat
tie array. Then Barnes went for Pc
liceman, and when he knocked al shs
door it was opened, and all the Romans
were found busy studying their lessons
When Barnes came in with the defeated
troops he went for Scipio Atricanus. ant
pulling him out OF his seat by the ear h
thrashed that great military genius witt
J !. rattan until Scipio began to cry, where
upon Barnes dropped him and began t
paddle Caius Gracious. Then thing
settled down to the old way. and nex
morning Barnes announced that hlstor
in the future would be studied as it al
WAYS had been; and he wrote note I
the Educational! Monthly to say that In hi
opinion the man who suggested the ne'
. system ought to be led out and shot Th
7 bows do not now take As much INTEREST,"
Roman history as they did that day
Ph,taieiDhta Bultet,n.