The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-16
BULLETS IN HIS DREECHES.
The Castigation Of a brooklyn School Boy
and ITS Unexpected Results.

The C~astigation Of a brooklyn School Boy
and ITS Unexpected Results.
Among the puples in School No.
81 in Brooklyn, over which w. w.
Weed 2. esides as principal, is John
Angel, who, according to a story
printed in the New York Advertiser,
does not wear an appropriate name.
The other day johnny projec ted the
point OF a needle into a soft spot in
the anatomy Of n of his fellow
pupils. The latter's yell OF pain and
Indignation drew the attention of
Principal Weeu. who after some in.
Quiry called Johnney Angel up to the
desk. Principal Weeds system OF
administering rebuke to boys like
young Angle is as simple as it is
etticacious. He grasped Johnny's
right shoulder with his left hand in
such a way az to tighten the trousers
around his seat of honor, and then
with a dexterity begotten Of practice
applied the rod that chasteneth. AS
he was warming to his work, and as
Johnny Angel began to yell like a
COmanche, a terrific explosion was
heard. One of the cOunterscarps Of
Jonny's p%antaloons was torn to
shreds and MIR. Weed heard some
thing like a bullet whiz past his lift
cal. Johnny Angl belongs to the
fifth primary grade Of which
Miss Baker is the teacher. When
this lady heard the report she was
about to shrek, but seeing the p in.
oinol xuia1I Tho rnrtnp ~ 10 n,t;-~
had happened she held her peace,
thinking, perhaps that the explo-
sion was open to scientitc explana.
ton. Meanwhile the eyes VI at least
100 boys and girls bulged out of their
sockets, and save for the descending
and regularly timed thwac $ that
fell on the remaining portion Of
Angels neither garments the silence
would have been absolutely pa nful
Mr.. Weed never lost his presence
Of mind but cJntinued the castiga-
ton. Having delivered the number
of blows he thought proper on the
side which had been uncovered by
the explosion he began operations on
the other. Those who kept tally OF
the strikes, though Of this they are
not positive, assert that it was be-
tween the twelfth and thirteenth
that a second fearful explosion &C.
cured which completely tore away
the other portion Of Johnny Angels
trousers, caused Miss Celia T. Gauley,
who had Just entered. to turn pale as
a sheet and lean against a bench to
prevent herself from falling, and
even threw the cool Miss Baker into
a high state OF agitation The bull
let, which was either the ,ause or
the effect of the second explosion,
avoided the principal by a narrow
margin or he might not be able to
explain in a hurry. 70 resuLe the
rebuke was, however, out of the
question. Apart from the nervous
shock Mr.. Weeds system had receiv-
ed Johnny Angel was in a meSt
Ditiable state. As Miss Griliu
philosopnically observed later on,
at is very hard to he heroic under
The conditions which surrO .nded the
unfortunate little culprit." When
released, feeling that he was not ex-
actly dressed for show, he crept into
a corner. and getting behind the
blackboard, made many efforts to
adjust what was left OF his panta-
looms so that he could back out Of the
5 hool with some d!gnity, but alto
gether without success. Then Mr..
Weed took him into his private
office and eXtorted a confession. 1t
appears that Johnny is the possesSor
of a Floberu rife. AS he could not
carry his W apon to school with him
he used to take a lew cartridges in
his pistol pockets, and it was the
smashing of these by the principals
cane that caused the explosion and
consequent wild cOmmo tiOn. One
Of the bullets was found imbedd ed
in the wall later on. Where the
second is cannot be discovered, but it
is not in Johnny, though he feels
very sore in the locality where it
would naturally be found.
Chinese Newspapers.
l paid a visit yesterday to the big
gest Chinese newspaper in the empire
to make inquiries as to tne employ
ment of a Chinese artist to do some
native illustrations for me. and had
a most interesting talk with the
manager. The paper is called the
Shuu raO, and it is the best paying
and most widely circulated Of the
three native newspaper dailies Of
Shanghai. 1t is an eight-page sheet
of about the size and shape Of Frank
Leslie's newspaper or Harper'S