The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-09-16

| braoed by timbera a foot SQUARE, rocked ant
qusked till the inmates feared it would b.
blown away. Last winter they used sixteel
| tons of coal. which costa, delivered ct the sum
NIT, from s&7 to e65 o ton.
French ornitbo,ogist bns taken th,
trouble to find ont at what kour during th,
and begin to sing. The result of his inquiry
ehows that the earliest riser of all is the green
Hoch, who turns up at about hAlf-pAst 1 A. m
some hours before the more robust and mslo
second TO pot in an appearance 10 the black.
cap, who 10 to be heard at hAlfpsst 3, or there
Abouts; and half an hour later the quail
makes his 6rst attempt At q musical perform
soce. 1t In nearly 4 O'Clock. and the enn is
we'll above the horizon, before the hrst real
soDgster appears in the person OF tho black
birdt who precedes the thrush abont half an
hour, and the chirp of the robin is about the
same length of time before that of the wren.
Finally, the house sparrow aud the tomtit
occupy the last place on the list.
After scientific exploration of the coast Of
Labrador by Prof Hind, it wss found that the
fish on the southern shores of that peninsula
hsve slarmingly decreased in number since
1870, aud the result of the salmon, cod, mack
ersl, and herring fisheries this season fully
sustsins the Professor s opinion. Immediately
on his return to St. Jobn's N + rwbs-e he
was to report to Sir John Glover tie Cover.
nor, he pnblished a warning TO the merchants
and ontftters Of that island, that if they did
not employ larger vessels to saii to the extreme
northern coast Of Labrador, one of their m os.
valuable resources ~onld bs soon in 3 condi-
tion of hopeless decay. The extreme northern
waters are, according to Hind's report, tesm-
In with fish, which would sufsr no percepti-
BILE depletion after twenty yeare successive
fishing; while on the other hand the ishipg
grounds of the southern ooast would recover
their ancient yield If the Colonial Government |
were to legslate against fishing in that part |
of Labrador for ten or fifteen days. |
The successor to "Quasimodo, the bell |
ringer Of Eotre Dame" hxs been involved in .
lawsuit with the authorities of the cathedral
Gublin, the plsintiH in the action, has held !
the appointment for eeveral years, and had been
assigned 3 residence Rt the top of one OF the
~o towers There he lived, at an elevation
IF $50 feet, with his wife and q large colony OF
o Is and pigeons He hed filed the windows
# Ills apartments with flowers, aud had made
N unsuccessful attempt 10 grow potatoes. Bat
10 derived the larger part of bis slender iu-
ome from acting as guide to visitors, whom
10 used to invite into his apartment, where he
b o we'd them "tbe skull of Qaasimodo," who,
may be observed, existed only in the 70.
nance Of Victor Hugo. After they had gszed
Eith awe upon this venerable relic, he would
avite them to ''partake of refreshments" ;" in
be shape of wine or other spirituous qaoIs,
Thich he found were much patronized by the
,nglish. This went for some time, and
fublin was in the way to retire upon q modest
ompetence, when the attention of the authori-
les was called to the exhibition of e aasimo-
o's skull" and he was called upon to plain
imself Not Satisfied with his ex xplanstions,
hey expelled him from the cathedral, and re-
used TO let him take away with him either the
oultry or the offending skull. Thereupon he ,
rought an action against them for damages. ,
he tribunal held that Gnblin was entitled to
215 damages for summary dismissal and the
oss of his poultry.