The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-16

THE ARKANS< THE NEW YORK POLICEMAN. lAlex. E. Sweet. h Tsxas ssilanr..i The more ses of sAe average Nsw Yosk pulicoman, tAe more l become saturated viaA ave. wish the exception of the physicians. tAe police are the only persons in New losk au1hcg1sed hy lns to take kuman ilfa Like the kniEAt essaaf ef sAe uidd1e sxe. tAs Nsw YoEk 1 policsmsn is, to sn inssnss ed psspossA 1 net amenahie Q human lav. The rsndszs cf Den Quixose sin senembes the amasemenf q sAe KnigAt of the Sor> rouful f5gure. wAsn tAaf reoFsssw of grievances was assewned fus ene ef his nnmerons assmuls xnd bas1ezjsa. Whm 1 she clkcas cf the lnw undesseok sD red tho caQias e Doa Quixues, tAak gsntls- man became vssy nuch snragsA ana seixing the nnfogtunsle gsinipa c tAa lss by the threas, Ae seaziy choksd the h1s oae q him, exelaiming: sDont yos hnow rsssed. 10 matfss how many homicidss thsy may have committed =
 b oder respecss al liksnsss ends b. tween the pair. Don Quixoee vas ex- tremely thin. He spent many sleepless aighss, and suffered innumesAh,s psi- vafions, without getting any rsmaaesasioa- The New York policsmaa gets more sleep than is good for him. end he is never known to miss his meals, vhicA are square ones, with all the corners On. Don Qaixcee Is supposed to have b. fricnded the poor, the helpless, and the un fortunate. while those are the class of people the policeman ciubs, sad the more helpless they arc, the more he clubs them. There was only enc Don Quixose pronounced donkey haughsy-but there are three or four naughty doakeys called i policeman, n New York alone.
 1 lt Is no wonder that the new policeman is terror to the populaee jn general. He is rarely under six teet, and is stout and muscular in propossioa. He takes cold bath and practices with Indian clubs every morning. He is armed with the authority of the law and -a hickory club, and has . I4 calibse six-shooser concealed somewhere under his blue coat and brass buttons and as he is hacked up by the authorities, hs is as invincible as aa iron-clad man-of-war when opposed by only fleet of wooden vessels. He unites the physical brutality of Bismarck with the invisible spiritual authority of the pope.
 The most annoying enemy of the New York policeman is the small, bat lively street Arab. The policeman ssfiess more from the diminutive urchin than he doss from the assaults of the robust burglar, just as the most annoying enemy ot the elephant is not the lioa os the tiger. but the swarms of singing iasects he cannot catch. The policeman, owing to his habit oi strolling about at his own less- ure, and catching his meals regularly, has almost lost the power of galloping, hence when the small boy places his thumb to his nose, and gyrates with his fingers, he IS comparatively safe, for the cop" as he is called, can no more catch him than a COW can catch a mouse. and if is one of the most amusing sights in the world to sec 200 lb. policeman with club. chasing forty pound boy. Formerly, the policemen had playful custom Of throwing their clubs at the small boys, but after few fatal accidents, ii was discontinued, because the news papers made such racket about it. Bu, occasionally, when there is fire, or any excitement of any kind, the policeman gets even with the small boy, who stands with open mouth, looking on unmindful of the danger. Then it is, that under pretence of maintaining law and order the big policeman szeaks up behind the doomed boy, hits him gentle whack or two and drags him to the station. This is the proudest moment in the life of a New York policeman, and forms tab. leau never to be forgotten by the spec. tator.
 It is cold matter of fact that have witnessed dozen assaults on small boys by policemen, and in every instance the boys were doing nothing objectionable whatever at the time they were struck In Texas, a policeman or sheriff is re. garded as an ordinary mortal, and whez he commits an 1nprovoked assault he | : liable to be held to a pessonal respoa q. bility with shotgun, but a have al. ready insimated, the people regard tho brutality of the police as a matter q coune. Like the case of the eel that va, being skinned, this sort of thing has becz going on co long that the New Yoske' has not only got used to it, but, in fact he seems to like 1t.
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