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have the endings of the plural lar and ler the Ab¬
lative ending dan den, the Preposition in is da and
de. Gerund ip and up, Infinitive ending mak and
mek, Future tense jak and jek, etc. Similarly in
Mongolian, and to some extent, in the Finnish
tongues.
We have opened a Business Direct¬
ory on the inside of the back cover of
the Gael
The cost per line in this Directory
will be ten cents, or $1.20 a year.
Every name appearing in the Di¬
rectory will be entitied to a copy of
the Gael monthly, so that the real cost
of insertion will be only sixty cents.
We hope by this inducement the friends
of the Gael will be enabled to secure
a large number of subscribers. It is
natural that persons engaged in pro¬
moting the interests of a movement
dear to them, should look with favor
on those who render them an assist¬
ance — Then, by this arrangement
the names & business of those affording
such assistance will be always before
the reader, so that the friends of the
Gael will give them a preference in
their dealings. — This is Human Nature.
The increase in circulation of the Gael
which this system should undoubtedly
compass will add to its value as a Di¬
rectory. It will also be a standing
memorial, in ages yet to come to those
who actively supported the Gaelic
movement.
This directory will be open to all who
comply with its terms whether sub¬
scribers or otherwise. Those who have
subscribed for the year already can
have their names and business address¬
es in it for an additional sixty cents.
Suscriptions to this will of course, be
as usual, in advance.
Our object is to circulate the GAEL,
and therewith the Gaelic movement
every dollar it earns will be devoted
to its circulation, so that the greater
the number of subscribers, the larger
will be its circulation, and the largely
increasing support it has lately had
encourages us in our efforts to place it
at no distant day in the hands of every
Irishman and woman in America, as it
should be. Then let all our subscribers
try and get names for the Directory.
We have made arrangements to pub¬
lish for the future statistics of various
kinds which will make the GAEL valu¬
able as a reference, apart from its own
proper object. — the cultivation and
preservation of our native language
which will make it the cheapest jour¬
nal ever published considering the val¬
ue of the matter which it contains.
A Dictionary of Cant Names given to
States and Cities in America.
Acadia, Nova Scotia.
Badger State, Wisconsin.
Bay State, Mass.
Bayon State, Miss.
Bear State, Ark.
Blue Hen, Delaware.
Buckeye State, Ohio.
City of Brotherly Love, Phila.
City of Churches, Brooklyn.
City of Elms, New Haven Conn.
City of Magnificent Distances, Washington.
City of Nations, Boston.
City of Rocks, Nashville Tenn.
City of Spindles, Lowell Mass.
City of the Straits, Detroit.
Columbia, America.
Corn cracker State, Ky.
Cradle of Liberty, Faneuil Hall Boston.
Creole State, La.
Crescent City, New Orleans.
Dark and Bloody Ground, Ky.
Diamond State, Del.
Empire City, New York.
Empire State New York.
Excelsior State, New York.
Fall-City. Louisville Ky.
Father of the Waters, Miss R.
Flour City, Rochester N. Y.
Forest City, Cleveland O.
Ereestone State, Conn.
Garden City, Chicago.
Garden City of the West, Kansas.
Garden City of the World, the Valley of the Miss
Gate City, Keokuk Ia.
Gotham, New York,
Granite State, New Hampshire.
Green Mountain State, Vermont.
Hawkeye State, lo.
Hoosier State, Ind.
Hub of the Universe, Boston Mass.
Iron City, Pittsburg Pa.
Key of the Gulf, Cuba.
Keystone State, Pa.
