New-York tribune., 1907-08-26
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.

CasabIanca the scena of the Morocco lombard
rnent is pretty as seen from the sea. with us
white houses and mosques. II possesses small
European colony including some English families.
There IS a club where lawn tennis IS played and
dancing takes place while the social life is varied
and actlye Behind the town the country stretches
fat 20 the horizon. with only slight undulatlcns'
The tribesmen come in freely to trade their grain
for tea and sugar and European goods The hght
railway. which the scene Of the hrst outpreaS'
was only about a thousand yards long and was
used for carrying stone from a quarry.
The parish priest of Lamartre. Department ot
Var. has installed n phonograph in his church to
make the necessary responses and perform the
choral parts Of the mass Perhaps the most curl
GUS use OF the phonograph as an aid 20 pubic
worship was made two years ego IN lreIahd. me
hoes soloist of a church in Cork noted for It's
ahorate musical services having died n requiem
mass was sung in the church the day of the
funeral and the bass solos of the mass were rem
dered by a phcnograph placed on the coffin OF inc
dead singer. The character OF TINS incident was
eccentuated by the fact that the records used III
the phonograph had been made by the singer Tor
,rhorn the requiem mass being celebrated
The uoongoose was introduced into the West lna-
ian Islands for the purpose of riddinS the pahta-
ttops Of snakes and rats. The experiment was
z,onderfuIIy successful far reptiles and rats
,yare concerned for the busy little squirrei-ilhe
rea+uras worked indefatigaby until there was not
sineIe pest to be found. When there We're no
more pests to devour the monsoose turned htie'i
too 10 other prey. and very soon planters IouHu
hot chickens disappeared as II by magic ana
tho islands became birdless. There was scdreels d
<o+tarod creature left. Now the residents OF the
islands are trying solve the problem OF no"
10 exterminate the mohsooSe' ~
.tca1lv no more work for the animal
=, tho yard of the pretty little church of Cola
There is a curious sun dial Wtich
a. sbaned like a cross II is composed OF White
rnarble the arms OF the cross taking the place oL
tho usual style OF pointer The whoie ihIhs 10
st,iuine and is the outcome of a deal OF thought
- ,,,oasuring on the part of the maker, Tor tho
..-os.r, had TO be placed in such a position that
the shadow thrown by the edges OF the arms
records the time by the sun. 1t VIII be seen.
therefore that the testing must have been no sina
matter and the result speaks wen ior 'he patience
md ingenuity of the sculptor. The inscription
reads:
If on this dial fail shade. the time redeem
For Ioi il passeth like dreao; 49,, ,o.
Isu, n il all be blank. then mourn the loss
OF hours unblest by shadows from the Cross-
The raising of abatrosses on FARMS IS Piaousen
g., r,rope one of the places where business is
- of Matching and rearing young albatrosses
- ,raadv reached importance Hundreds of birds
sra raised on this farm and many men anu "oii'eh
arc employed in taking care OF thefh Inc aiDa
,ross laws q single white egg, and 1t preIers 10
build & S'""A,N>NS
to,ross will bite at q hook and line baited with
niece of pork A person might really go aipatross
1eb,ne instead OF hunting in the region or an
albatross farm. Some of the birds grow eAeeeo-
,ngi,, large the spread of their wings measuring
twelve feet.
II is claimed that there are fishes that DO actuany
s,ne The scevia a six-inch-lons sort Oh chup'
warhles: the Danubian sea swallow tlfisia hiiu'oo'
&C .t,a Irieia holitans whines, and the CUR
.rd,s vocal exercises have been likened TO the
note of the cuckoo. There is another hsh caiieo
the rnaigre which, ii is said may pe he'iu
"purrlng' fathonis deep
Eight centuries have come and gone since far-
cid In 1866 received the English crown at west
minister The earliest detailed account of this I'M
,,oeine ceremony is that of the coronation OF
Richard l. in 1859. Henry VI was only nine years
old when on November g. 42a, he was crowned In
Westminster Abbey. the youngest monarch ever
aacintsd King Of England