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AN GAODHAL
MÓBÍLE, ALA. An 25adh, '84.
Do Chlódhaire an Ghaodhail.
A Shaoi Dhíl: Cuirim chugat trí dol¬
lair ins an leitir seo air son an Ghaodh¬
ail, aon dom féin, agus air son Séam¬
us Nólan agus Tomás Ui Dudhadh, agus
bo ró-mhaith linn Leabhar Urnaighthe an n-
Athar Nóláin d' fhaghail. No cuir an
Gaodhal níos mó chum Séamus Duibhíne
deir an te sin nach bh-fuil aon ghrádh aige
dhi. Dubhairt me tamall ó shoin leis an
Saoi Mac Oscair é stad, ach feicim go
bh-fuil an páipéar a teacht chuige fós.
Caithfidh me rádh nach d-tuigim mo
mhuinnir féin air aon chor; aon cheathar¬
nach gur mór leis trí fichid pighinn do
thabhairt air an Gaodhal air feadh bliadh¬
ain, deirim gur fear staggín é. Ta
náire air mhóran de na Seóghnínidh beag¬
a seo a d-teanga féin do labhairt air
aon chor. Tuigean siad, gan amhrus,
teanga a sinsear bheith ró-vulgar doibh;
do thainic an chuid is mó díob 'gus an
tír seo gan giobal air a g-corpaibh, agus
b' í an Ghaodhailge an cheud teanga do
chluineadar. Ach cho luadh 's bhídheann
siad saidhbhir ní'l aon mheas acu air an
Gaodhailge no air a d-tír ó sin amach; &
is ionan le bheith teilgean péarladh chum
muca a bheith caint leo. Is siad a leithididh
seo de rópairidhe do righne an Feall air
Éire, agus d'fhág sinn indiu mar tá¬
muid' faoi tharcuisne agus drochmheas
aig cinedh an domhain. Águs fós, ta mó¬
ran de na seoghnínidh seo all-ghlórach tim¬
chioll saoirse na h-Éireann — dílis go n-
gradhuigheann siad Éire, agus go bh-fuil
siad ullamhtha chum catha do dheunadh air
a son, agus fós ní'l tír-ghradh acu tean¬
ga na h-Éireann do chomeud é euga.
Anois, cia acu is ursa tír na h-Éir¬
eann do shaoradh ó chumhacht na Sasaghn¬
ach no teanga na h-Éireann dó shaoradh
ó bhas? Do thuigfeach amadan cia acu
is ursa. Tuille fós, creidim go bh-fuil
gach duine a deir go n-gradhuigheann sé
Éire agus aig an am ceudne a ta mas¬
lughadh a teanga, gur gaduighe no amad¬
an mór an fear seo.
Creid gur me do chara fíor-bhuan,
M. MacSuibhne.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS IN 1884.
From the edition of Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell &
Co’s AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY, now issued,
it appears that the newspapers and periodicals of
all kinds at present issued in the United States and
Canada reach a grand total of 13,302. This is a
net gain of precisely 1,500 during the last twelve
months, and exhibits an increase of 5,618 over the
total number published just ten years since. The
increase in 1874 over the total for 1873 was 493.
During the past year the dailies have increased
from 1,138 to 1,254; the weeklies from 9,062 to
10,028 ; and the monthlies from 1,091 to 1,499.
The greatest increase is in the Western States.
Illinois, for instance, now shows 1,009 papers in¬
stead of last year's total of 904, while Missouri is¬
sues 604 instead of the 523 reported in 1883. Oth¬
er leading Western States also exhibit a great per¬
centage of increase. The total number of papers
in New York State is 1,523, against 1,399 in 1883.
Canada has shared in the general increase.
The following list shows the various languages
in which papers are published, with the number in
each.
Irish I, (The Gael.)
2 English 12,527.
3 German 541.
4 French 94.
5 Scandinavian 56.
6 Spanish 35.
7 Bohemian 14.
8 Hollandish 12.
9 Italian 5.
10 Welsh 4.
11 Polish 4.
12 Portuguese 3.
13 Chinese 2.
14 Hebrew 1.
15 Cherokee 1.
16 Latin 1.
17 Hungarian 1.
From the above it will be seen that papers &c.
are published in the United States and Canada in
17 different languages, — the little Gael represent¬
ing THE IRISH NATION.
The pecularities of languages —
"To walk a horse” must be rendered
in Irish, Bain siúbhal ar an g-capall.
"Trot the horse," bain sodar ar an g-
capall. "Gallop the horse," bain cos-
an-áirde as an g-capall, &c. Idioms
such as these are the stumbling blocks
to the learning of the language. Siúbh¬
al an capall, sodar an capall, cos-an
áirde an capall, &c, would be Anglici¬
sed Irish. The English literal trans¬
lation would be: take walk, trot, feet-
on-high, &c. “out of" the horse.
The Guinea pig is a native of Brazil. It varies
in color, is not quite as large as a rabbit. It breeds
at two months’ old, has from two to ten at a litter,
and is harmless. Rats avoid it. Its flesh is eat¬
able but not good.
