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AN GAODHAL.
The Freeman’s Journal, New York City.
The Connecticut Catholic, Hartford, Conn.
Chicago Catholic Home, Chicago, Ill.
The Catholic Sentinel, Chippewa Falls, Wis.
The Colorado Catholic, Denver, Colo.
New Jersey Catholic Journal, Trenton, N. J.
The Catholic Columbian, Columbus, O.
The Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Ore.
Kansas Catholic, Kansas City, Kan,
The Catholic Tribune, St. Joseph, Mo.
The cost of the cuts delivered free by mail to the
different papers will be 80 cents, which is less than
half of what it would cost them to set up and pre¬
pare ordinary English for the same space. The
cuts will be six by three-and-one-half inches, — the
ordinary size of a school book page ; so that it will
cost the editors afterwards only the price of paper
and press-work to publish the Lessons in book form,
should they desire to do so.
If Gaels encourage these journal by increasing
their circulation other Irish-American papers will be
sure to follow suit. This is the most practical move
ever made to place Gaelic primary instruction in the
hands of every Irish man, woman, and child in the
country, and if Gaels do not push it to the fullest
extent they may shut up and cease talking of their
Irish patriotism.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed into the
Land League treasury because the movement secur¬
ed an abatement in rent to the farmer. But, as Mr.
Blaine said in relation to the tariff, did that hasten
Irish autonomy by a single pace? The Language
movement, the life of the nation, requires no money,
it requires intelligent, patriotic action. If the Irish
press at home and abroad take an interest in the
preservation of the langange it will be preserved;
and it will not cost them a cent to do so, nor the in¬
telligent Irishman a cent to induce them.
As many of our readers may not know what ste¬
reotyping is, we shall briefly explain it. — When a
page of The Gael, say, or any other matter, is set
up in type for stereotyping, it is firmly secured in
an iron frame. The surface, or face, of the type
is then oiled over (to prevent the plaster from ad¬
hering to it) and the stereotyper pours fine plaster
of paris, wetted to the consistency of cream, over
it. When the plaster settles and dries it is raised
off the type, and it is a perfect mold of it. This
mold is then placed in a heated oven and when suffi¬
ciently hardened it is laid, face downward, on a
smooth iron plate and immersed in melted type-
metal. The metal runs into the mold and a per¬
fect plate of the page is obtained; as many plates
as may be needed can be taken thereafter, and the
work is done in less time than we take to describe
it.
The plates thus produced are about the eighth
of an inch thick and are screwed to blocks of wood
of such thickness as raise both to the height of or¬
dinary type, and are then called 'cuts' or 'blocks',
and are ready for the printer.
The reader will now readily see how easy it is
to have Gaelic instruction and all other Gaelic mat¬
ter printed in all the Irish-American papers by this
means, the editors needing neither Gaelic type nor
a knowledge of the language in the operation.
Stereotyping and electrotyping are similar only
that the electro is more durable and a little more
costly.
L'Epiphanie, Can, Oct. 5th, 1891.
Editor of THE GAEL.
I inclose a Dollar for next year's Gael.
I would wish to express a few thoughts on the
Language movement. In my opinion the best way
to preserve and revive the language would be to or¬
ganize a society for to establish primary schools in
those parts of Ireland in which the language is spo¬
ken, and especially wherever the priest instructs his
people in Irish. The society would publish a Prim¬
er, a Spelling-book, a Catechism, and a Prayerbook
all in Irish, and cheap as possible. Whoever learns
his catechism and reads his prayers in Irish may be
let leam all the "Bearla" he likes after. I think it
of the greatest importance that females should be
taught as well as boys, and they would make the
best and cheapest teachers for infant schools. Three
hundred zealous men of moderate means could do
the work, and I would be happy to assist them.
Next, though less important, I think the modern
S ought to be substituted for the character now
made use of. I often make mistakes and I think
other dim-sighted people sometimes find it hard to
distinguish between 's' and 'f'. The old (English)
books my father brought to this country had the 's'
something like 'f,' and think the new way much
better. The whole nevertheless respectfully submit¬
ted.
ED. LYNCH.
PARNELL DEAD.
Parnell was the most successful Irish leader of
modern times, and he attained it by the iron firm¬
ness of his will and purpose. Parnell fell, but he
was no libertine. And not a few allege his fall to
a deep laid conspiracy, the principal of which are
the British government, Capt. O'Shea and his wife.
— Born at Avondale, Co. Wicklow, June, 1846.
— Died at Brighton, England, Oct. 6. 1891.
As we cannot directly pray, we shall religiously
breathe, —
Sit Tibi Terra Levis,
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL!
How little we hear from the mugwump press in
relation to the seizure of an American fishing craft
by Russia in the Russian portion of the Behring
Sea? It is no "Freedom of the press" to permit
English papers published in this country to disse¬
minate sedition whenever American rights are in
the path of English interests; their editors should
be sent to where they belong — behind prison bars.
American Tory-mugwumps of to-day are as great
enemies to American autonomy as they were when
they organized a regiment 1,300 strong in N. Y.
City, went to Md. and fell into the British ranks.
Some 205 years' ago John Bull, whose hold on
Ireland seemed then very slim, said to 'Pat,' —
"If you teach your native language to your children
I will hang you as high as a kite."
John knew what he was about. — He has 'Pat' by
the throat firmer to-day than ever and will hold him
there if he continue to obey the order.
Gaels never forget to point out to your neigh¬
bors the extracts from bigotted Spaulding nor the
lesson which they convey.
