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Show LIKE THOSE IN COMIC OPERA. Armies of Rival Sultana of Morocco mafl Must Be Unique. ?1 According to the correspondent of rjH the London Times both the rival sul- H tans ot Morocco aro depending tor ISSS troops upon each other's deserters rfBBS and aro otherwise Interesting, "I was 'asfl unable to vlatt Mulai H3d'a camp," H he says, "but Mulai Abd-el-Asts' army 'H presented certain anomalies. Tho non- jH commissioned officers in uniform who .gVB sold sweetmeats to the soldiers during -H the march past at a great review seem ';afl useful accessories and doubtless tho SVH naked lunatic who stood on his head .H ana lurnea somersauus directly in H front ot tbe war minister at the salut- afl log point served soma utilitarian, it rather occult, purpose. Not to ot- :H tend the modesty of certain Europeans '' who wero present, one ot tho sultan's '; bandsmen was divested of his cloth- " 'i'H lag and tho madman continued his jsl eccentricities ia uniform, while the 'BSfl bandsman played' a trombene arrayed "41 in a short white shirt." H |