been instructed ; would it be beyond the bounds
of probability that he has done more for the Gael¬
ic cause than any other living man ! And when he
sent the GÆL to Beara he was not able to read it
himself, but he is now
Hence, Gaels and Gaelic societies, the circula¬
tion of Gaelic literature should form no secondary
part of your programme. Paying your Dollar a
year for the Gael is not enough ; you must get o¬
thers to do it, also. Were the language in common
use that would do. No, it only creeps along ; but
by intelligent, patriotic action on our part it will
soon trot along. Let all apply the biblical parable
of the Talents to the language and act upon it, as
Mr. O’Sullivan has done. And you should leave
nothing undone to induce as many papers as pos¬
sible, Irish and German, to publish the Gaelic el¬
ectro cuts, for you may readily perceive that it is
the most effective move ever made to scatter broad¬
cast Gaelic instruction. You should, also, scatter
the Gael, the crank of the movement, in all direct
tions
THE SENTIMENTS of our SUBSCRIBERS.
In this column may be seen the Celtic blood of
the country — Irishmen and women who will not
feed on the offal which drops from the Gotho-Saxon
caravansary.
Ariz — Longfellow, R Whelan, per E Whelan.
Cal — San Francisco, J Dolan, J Sullivan, per
Miss Mary A Henehan, who says that her next fa¬
vor will be conveyed in the mother tongue.
Conn — Bridgeport, T Coughlin, per J Healy —
New Haven, J P Landers (Some good work has
been promised from New Haven).
Ill — Apple River, Ed. Sweeney — Cairo, John
Howley writes —
Mo Ṡaoi Ḋíl Ui Lóċáin:
Cuirim ċugad le posta an lae a n-diú
cúpla dailleir air son "An Ġaoḋail,"
mar is é mo ḃarḃuil go ḃ-fuil mé tit¬
im i ḃ-fiaċa ċuige, agus ó sé seo mo
ċeud ġrinneaċaḋ 'sa nGaelig tá dóċus
orm naċ m-beiḋ tú ro ġeur-raḋarcaċ
air mo ċeud ċumuisg. Le mór ċionn,
Do ṡean ċaraid,
Seáġan Ua Aṁalġaiḋ.
(Mr Howley is one of the Gael students that did
not know a letter in the Gaelic Alphabet until he
got the Gael. You, gentlemen, who talk loudly,
do you give a passing thought to the work which
the Gael is accomplishing! The Gael catches the
hare before it goes to look for the pot to cook it) —
Chicago, Rev. John J. Carroll (Father Carroll ne¬
ver writes to the Gael without sending a hansel “to
help the cause”).
Kas — Arcadia, Sister M Winifrid, per J Hager¬
ty, Burlington, Ia — Laclede, J O’Sullivan.
Mich — Muskegon, Daniel J Moriarty, Edward
S Whelan — Green Creek, R L Halley, all per W.
Harte who sends three to double the Gael’s circul¬
ation lest anyone should fail to send one) — White
Hall, Prof. C M McLean per M Downey, Montag¬
ue (its beyond counting all Mr Downey has sent).
Lansing, Miss Nonie Henehan, per M J Henehan.
Minn — St Paul, Ralston J Markoe.
Mo — Kas. City, D Sullivan, J Keating, J En¬
right, J Kane, P F Heydon, per P McEniry — St
Louis, P Ashe, D Keating, M Twomey J O’Brien
J Cunniff, J Nestor, J Goggins, Denis D Lane,
P Connolly, per Mr Lane. W Keane, Mrs Cloonan
Mont — Waterville, J Burke, per D Fitzgerald,
by P S Harrington, Butte City.
Nev — Reno, Simon Garde sends $5. for the cause
N Y — Brooklyn, P Hayes, J Ryan, N Dolan, H
McNulty, Counselor J C McGuire, P Lane P Mar¬
tin — City J Murphy, J Nolan, P Hughes M Moor,
J Connell, J McManus — Herkimer T Cox.
O — Columbus, T McCabe, per M J Henehan.
Pa — Pittsburgh, Miss Mary C Howley, per P R
Howley, Minneapolis, Minn — Phila. P McFadden.
R I — Newport, Mrs B McGowan, — Providence,
J Brady, both per Mr Martin J Henehan.
Utah — Springville, P Cronin — Salt Lake City,
T J Whelan, per Mr Cronin.
Ireland —
Galway — Tourmakeady, M Henehan — Maam¬
gayna, P Walsh, both per Martin J Henehan Pro¬
vidence, R I — Moycullen, P Barrett — Drimnahone
P Thornton — Kilbeg, N Darcy, all three per Mrs.
H Cloonan, St Louis, Mo.
England — London, David Fitzgerald — Liverpool
R C Prendergast, per Michael J Darcy, Lock ort,
Ill.
We hope our Dublin friends will take steps to
supply the Irish press with electro plates similar
to those proposed by us. This is practical work.
There are 8,000 schools in Ireland with an en¬
rollment of 1,000,000 children. This is the high¬
est per cent, of schooling to population found an¬
ywhere on the globe.
Do'n Ḟear-eagair An Ġaoḋail.
A Ṡaoi Ḋíl,
Cuirim freagraḋ do ċeiste ċugad a
ḃí 'sa 'n Gaoḋal a fuair mé uait cúp¬
la seaċtṁain ago [ó ṡoin]. Ní'l ḟios a¬
gam ḃ-fuil sé ceart no naċ ḃ fuil.
Buḋ ṁaiṫ liom é ḋeunaḋ suas a n¬
Gaeḋilge, dá m-buḋ féidir liom é. Ní
ṫig liom sin a ḋeunaḋ go fóil; aċt tá
súil le Dia agam naċ m-beiḋ mé ḃ-fad
mar sin.
So é freagraḋ na ceiste i m-Beurla
ó do ċarad,
Séamus J. Ua h-Aoḋ.
We regret that we have not the characters used
as signs in arithmetical problems, and are, there¬
fore obliged to write the words at length ; Mr. H
has sent the operation formulated strictly, accord¬
ing to the best usage]. —
100 squared minus 10 sqd. equal 9900, the sqr. rt
of which equals 99,498†, the perpendicular ; and
this deducted from 100 leaves .502 feet or 6.02 in¬
ches, The length the ladder did fall,
By pulling it out from the wall.
The proposition in mensuration by which this is
done is ;—
