The Arkansas banner., 1849-12-11
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 present age the President of Fraaee the Prestarpt of the Msisaerial Coaneii and the King of Rankers Csarisr dss Etsts Uais.l Ia former times there rsIgasa iu Bsraad tAs young Csliph Omar q ArOnseh, nephew oG the n lustrious Haroun al Raschid. 1 All the world knows that the Caliph Haruna al Rsschid dethroned by the family of the Barrne- cides surnamed the simpleiOns, and be died aa e1Rs on isIaud in the Indian seas. His nephew, Omar es AFonseh met with some singular adventures. A sage seer said 10 him iu his childhood: |" My son always remember this maxim. which all great sneH have acknowledged sTo wil is to nesfoFm hieh nelshes uese anr less than that. with hard and deiermi aed head, man may attain any object. even that of becoming Calph | of Ragcad although the high rank of Csliph is At present held by :he junior branch of the Barmeeide family, who dsthFonsd the eidef branch surnanssd the simpletons, who has previously dsthroned ysar august uncle, Harouu al Rsschid" "Weil. then" said little Omar, "ft Is my wfil io become Caliph of Bsgdad" | /" You shall become so,' said the seer, " but on the condition that your head be hard and deternin ed."
 "Fesr me not replied the Prncs. and from that time forward he regularly, every morning knocked his head against a wall. to harden il mach as pos sible and he succeeded well that he made his head that nothing could penetrate it. Ahu TOT ths reason tne pFedetton ei thO seer was fulfilled.
 One fine morning the inhabitants of Bagdnd drove from the walls of their city the junior branch of the Barmecides. who had dethroned the elder branch surnamed the simpietons, who had sxilcd Hsroun | a Raschid after which they sad--
 !" Let Us choose for CaIiph. Prince Omar, the nephew of the iIustrous dead he s of all the prin ces of the earth the who has the hardest head, and in truth, chimney falling on 1t would ia no wise damage it; in this way we shall have the glory Of being governed by the only CaliPh in the world who could venture to ride through streets with 1 out risk of injury, even during hurricane | And the Prince Omar was thus proclaimed Ca l liph.
 One evening he had a yision in which appeared to him his uncle Haroun, who seemed 10 laugh so violently as to be obliged to hold both his sides. "Ah my good nephew" cried the a?parition. how art thou bediIened Who the ducs could have imagined that should cue day see my crown 1 upon thy head y
 |" This is the advantage of having 6 hard head.'' replied ,he nephew. ITO will is to perfonn n' sai.i the sage to me- "Zounds, my good nephew, what philosopher you have become v cried the uncle, laghing still more heartily, but sOon assuming serious air, he continued
 |" will now give you lesson the art of gov erning Do you know the error above all others, which Caiphs in our days ought the most carefully to avoid r
 Catching cold in the head" reOinsd the Prince with much assurance. | That's not it.'
 1 The young Prince reflected far mOment. pressed his hand to his forehead, and said An have it now 10 avoid eating frcasseed | rabbits"'
 You are worthy of belonging to the elder branch of the Barmecides," exclaimed tie uncle disdsin fully, struggling up his shoulders. " The real dan ger which threatens the Caiphs of this ass is the influence of hnancsers If once a caliph gets ia,a their hands, he is lost forever They seize him by the throat and govern in his stead spent the ten years oi any regn in combating the influence of hnanciers, and they oVercame at last- 1t the hnanciers Who for six weeks delayed the campaign l l undertook when invaded Hindoslsn, and it wa. this delay which brought about the disaster which caused my dOwafsII. Thus. my nephew. held ihi. as certain that tine hnancicEs will destroy you, il you do not crush them.'
 Having uttered these words, the uncle vanished after having broken some porcelain vases in the apartment.
 Some gaping citizens who chanced to espy him as he was souriug into the clouds, cried loudly '" Long live the great Haroun al Raschid." But Hsroan being irrtatsd. took oil hs shoes, and threw them st their heads
 The Academy of Sciences having hsen consulted on this astonishing event, came to the conclusion that the shoes had fallen from the moon. | Notwithstanding ihis. usuer well known at Bag dad. had presented himself 10 the new caph iis very day ot his accession.
 "Meine prince" said he, with nguary strong Chinese accent. ." vos ie banker of your uncle and lent him money from bnre patriotism. An your uncle prave am gome to ofFei you vif,een hundred thousand cetle seqains, which haf here in a pag.'
 "Give them to me-" said the prince fifteen hundred thousand sequins srs always good to take and the more SD, that have occaslon for them al this moment"
 The imprudent caliph took the sequins. >boug gh himself sixty horses, and hundred women for bi, haren,. and filled his cellar with champagne in de- spite of lhe prohibition of the Prophet aud then h' gave the place of grand vizieT 10 stout, bd-hsadeG man, who for years had prets nded to be conYersan with political affairs, and had become the lxaghins stock of the whole city.
 From that moment his only occupation was tc driuk his champagne, hts dance, and ride out on horseback through the streets and the enyi rons of Bagdad.
 The inhabitants of the cityA however. having heard that the stout bald headed4nsn had heen sp- pointed vizier, indnlgsd Ia thousand lcsts the subject; then they ceased to jest and loudly blamed the calPh for having made so mPradent an appoint ment.
 The caliph, being alarmed at this demonstration Of discOnteHt, announced that he abOut to dis miss the grand yzisr, but this had sooner spread abroad in The city. than the usureF with he ! Chinese accent i,astened to the palace.
 Mein briaee," exclaimed he, '' are you about Co dismish ysor bald. headed vizier r.
 '' Yes. my good man." replied Omar. 1 ''Ah de teyil de tevil dc tevil = What do yOu mean by your ievils v "'y. if de yizisr goes out de sehtoeks 70 down on de Pagdat exchange' " And what ibeE ~ "And shall be obliged to ask you 10 rebay de vifteea hundred thousand leele zequias dat lent you de oder tsy.''
 The caliph at once eomprehended hts position. bowed his mead. and retained his vizer in oiice a- though he heard every day. hen he was rdiDg out. shoats as he passed by of {" Dowa with the grand vizier, whc is the laughing stock of Bagdad v When this happened he woald return to his paiseE, aud console himself with his hundred women and his champagne.
 Some time after this the PeFsiaas, who were friends of the subjects of the caiiph. dethronsd their Schah, after having effected revelation analogous to that which had seated the nephew of .isrouR 6! kssehid. the great, upon the throne of Bagdad. |, was perfectly natural that the people should 20 to