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THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
books will induce some friend, brother, 
sister, or near relative to join our ranks. 
Every new-comer adds to our power to 
make the paper better, and, if possible, 
more complete. By January 1st, 1884, we 
want 25,000 new subscribers, and when 
this occurs the paper will be made larger, 
without change of price. 
Cheerfulness is an absolute necessity to 
healthy young people, and to all people, 
for that matter, who desire to be healthy. 
True, cheerfulness, in a great measure, 
depends somewhat on the temperament 
of the person, as well as grace and a good 
healthy conscience. Boys and girls 
should always be cheerful, always good- 
natured. The little troubles, disappoint- 
ments, and adversities that beset the or- 
dinary course of a boy's or girl's life, are 
but evanescent, and to-morrow's sun will 
disperse them as it does the morning's 
mist. To be cheerful is to be happy, and 
happiness should be the constant com- 
panion of youthfulness. 
Articles on any subject connected with 
amateur science or work will be gladly re- 
ceived from any of our readers, and any 
suggestions offered will be duly consid- 
ered. The Young Scientist was ushered 
into existence from a sincere desire to 
benefit and assist young people in the ac- 
quisition of scientific knowledge and 
mechanical expertness; and to this end 
we have made arrangements that 
enable us to assure our readers that 
there will be no paucity of articles in the 
forthcoming numbers on the following 
subjects : Astronomy, Natural Hisfory, 
Botany, Floriculture, Practical Mechan- 
ics, Decoration, Acoustics, Hydrostatics, 
Pneumatics, Heat, Light, Magnetism, 
Electricity, Gases, Matter, Force, Motion, 
Ornithology, Zoology, Entomology, Ge- 
ology, Photography, Pyrotechnics, Paper 
Flower Making, Joinery, Cabinet-Mak- 
ing, Wood-Engraving, Wood-Carving, 
Modelling in Clay, Painting, Drawing, 
Etching, Painting on Glass, Experimental 
Chemistry, etc. Notwithstanding the 
fact that these arrangements have been 
made, we would prefer that our younger 
readers would write us their experience- 
trials, failures and successes — on the vari- 
ous studies they may be engaged in. 
Young people like to know of other young 
people's doings, and are more likely to be 
encouraged by the successes of their ama- 
teur contemporaries than by the suc- 
cesses of experts. Taking this view of 
the matter, we earnestly ask our readers 
to make known their experiences through 
our columns, not only for the benefit of 
their fellow-readers, but also for their 
own edification, a result which is sure to 
follow a careful analysis of their own do- 
ings. 
There never was a time in the history 
of the world when so many able men 
evinced such a strong desire for progress 
and advancement as at present, and the 
i old Latin proverb, " Bos optat ejihijijna,'' 
\ may now in truth be applied to the major- 
I ity of those who toil with hand or brain ; 
I for the mechanic seeks to acquire the 
theoretical knowledge of the brain- 
worker, while the latter longs to be pos- 
sessed of the manual skill of the former. 
The amateur and the skilled worker alike 
desire to know the why and wherefore; 
the one to gain a shorter road to excel- 
jlence, and the other to assist his manual 
skill by technical knowledge, and thereby 
I enable him to add to his earnings. On 
jthe other hand, the clerk, the banker, the 
student, and the man of letters, who may 
be well up in theory, and who know why 
this, that, and the other are, and should 
be done, and who can offer useful theor- 
etical suggestions, feel a want of practical 
knowledge, and are therefore anxious to 
make themselves familiar with the vari- 
ous manipulations and operations as per- 
formed in the numerous trades. To these 
searchers after knowledge the Young Sci- 
entist offers special opportunities for 
finding what they seek, as the range of 
subjects discussed is extensive, and, in a 
measure, complete. That a journal of 
practical instruction in mechanical and 
scientific matters, adapted to the require- 
ments of amateurs, is a popular want, 
there is more than sufficient evidence to 
sl^ow by the letters received at this office 
commending our "new departure," and 
