The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-19
THE IMPRUpENT oALIPH.

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I'VE have found the. louoesihg poli,ioaf jes.
RespFt in The PARIS RsDf,r C9nigsfs. Beneath The
more than transparent veil Of oriental names the
witty author has borrowed our reader will discover
aud without much siiificuity, three eminent per-
sonages Of the PTesentage, the President Of Ihce
the President Of the Ministerial CouRciI and the
King OF Bankers-CoHyyi6T eles Etats U3uSl
In former times there reigned in Bagiad the
young Caliph Omar eP Arouseb, nephew Of M
illdstrious Haroun al Raschid,
All the world knows that the Culfph Haroun
at-Aasehld was dethroped blythe family Of the Bar
needles, suTnamed the simpletous and h., died an
exile onan slund7iH the Indian seas.
His nephew Omar Ell Arousch met with some
singular adventures A sage seer said to him in
his childhood my son, always remember this
MAXIM which ails great men have acknowledged !.
so VIII IS TO perogn1 which means neither more
nor hess than that, with hard and determined
head, a man may attain any object, even that Of
becoming Caliph of Bagdad although the high
TanIi OF Calph is at preseat held bV The Junior
branch OF the Bamecide family who tlstfroned
the elder branch ,surnamod the sinipletons. who
had previously dethroned your august uncle, Ha-
roun at Rasc6id.' ~ -
t'.Wsl,4hen, said little Omar, it is my will
TO become Caliph Of Bagdadn
IS You shah become So said The seer. 80 but on
the condition that your head be hard and deter
mined
Fear me NOT replied the Prince. and, from
thpt time Forward hesregularly; every morning,
knocked his head against wall, to harden il
as much as possible, and he succeeded so well that
I he made his head 50 hard that nothing could pene-
trate it,
And for ibis reason the prediction of The seer
was fulfilled.
Que fine morning the inhabitants of Baadsd
drove frOIn The walls Of their city the Junior branch
OF the Barmecides; who had dethroned the elder
branch sunlanled the simpletous who had exiIed
Ill IN f sFtr Nrh f-l,
Let US choose for. our Caliph Prince Omar.
the nephew OF the illusrioWs Haroun he is OF an
the princes of the earth the one who has the hardest
head and m truth a chimney falling on il would
m no wise damage 1t luths wdy we shall have Tie
glory oil being governed by the only Calinh in the
worldwide could venture to ride through our strpets
without risk q INJURY, wen, during haFricauen
ANA ihe Prince Omar was thus Proolaiirred
Calph, o. ~.
one.eyening he had a-visiOu in which appeared
TO hum ''s-uncle HaToup, who seemed to laugh 50
violently as to be obliged to hold both his sides
''Ah! my good nephew cried Incorporation.
" how art thou7bedizehed Who The deuce could
have imagined that Lshould eue day see nay crown
uPoe thy head,
.. This is the advantage of having hard head,
the sage man to me. 80 &.
BOUNDS, my goQdnepheV what philosopher
lyon have become cried the anele, laughing still
more heartily, but soon assuming ssriens an, he
continued
:" Will now give YOU lesson n-the art OF gov
erning. DO you know the erFor-abovs AL others,
which. G9l5pts IN our days opghtihe most carefully
Catching eoldjn the head rejoino,I the Prince
with much assurance. *
" That's not IT, ~
Fhe young Prince reflected for a moment, pressed
his hand 10 HE fotehead, and said
rabbits X
- You are wottbyof belonging to the elder branch
Of the Bermecides,R exclaimed the uncle disdain-
\ Iuily, Struggling up his shoulders. II he zeal
danger which threatens the ealphs Of this ages is
the influence Of bnaneiers. Ii once calrh nets
into their hands he is lost forever. They seize inn
by the throat and govern in his stead / spent he
ten years OF my reign IN combating the inaucloe
| Of managers, and they oyercame ne at lRse 1t
| was the Hnaneiers who Tor six weeks delaved The
campaign undertook when invaded 9Hhdosian.
aRd It was this delay which brought about the dis,
7 oster which, caused my downfall Thus, my
nephew, hold this as certain, that the Insane rs
will destroy you, 1t you do not crush them
Having uttered these words tiie-,lb,le ta,1isld
ut'er having broken some porcelain vases "a the
.apartHent
Some gaping citizens who CHANGED to eSpy him
as he was soaring into the clouds, cried out loudly
Long hive the great Haroun al Raschhi,n But
/ Haroun being irritated, took off his shoes, and
threw thein, at their heads.
will remind them that Louis XVI. hlteg escaping oH
Paris Tryed a which town here was an inn
which lie prepae iblotts az laps p if,eassss Of ysb
BITS. The king lnssee hating 10 JEST heinnkssper
indpgmg bis g9sirOHcnlio propensity, troop Of gsa
damea, who bad been ssut in pursuit. Of hin. surrounds
dish Of rabbits cost him his lie IFanslatgr,