THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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THE 
Young Scientist. 
A Practical Journal for Amateurs. 
(With which are incorporated " The Technolo- 
gist," "The Industeial Monthly," 
and " Home Arts.") 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT %im PER YEAR. 
EDITOES. 
JOHN PHIN. FEED. T. HODGSON. 
Adveetisements.— The Young Scientist has 
found its way into the very best homes, and its 
subscribers are as a general rule, of the haying 
class. It therefore offers special inducements to 
those who have anything good to offer. 
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eral discounts on large and continued advertise- 
ments. No Humbugs, Patent Medicines, or 
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Published by 
THE INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATION CO., 
294 Broadway, New York. 
The Young Scientist may now be said 
to be a fixed fact, or, to use an expression 
more emphatic than elegant: "It lias 
come to stay." The success of the i)ast 
years is an evidence of the sagacity of the 
publishers in seeing and providiDg for 
tiie scientific and mechanical instincts of 
American youth of both sexes; and, 
although it has been somewhat difficult 
to displace, even in a small degree, the 
baneful and blood-curdling literature, 
that so plentifully floods the country 
wherever a youth is to be found, the 
Young Scientist has forced its way 
mainly on its own merits into many 
j)laces where the " blood and thunder " 
influences once reigned supreme. It is 
quite true, that without the aid of many 
of the best families in the land, we should 
never have been able to hold our own as 
well as we have done against the fearful 
odds we battle with ; and to those parents 
and guardians who have stood by us in 
the flght, we offer our hearty thanks, and 
trust that our future efforts may be so 
directed as to still further warrant their 
substantial appreciation. We will shortly 
be prepared to furnish full sets of the 
Young Scientist, beginning with Vol. I, 
to Vol. VI, making, with the present year, 
six useful and handsome volumes, ad- 
mirably suited for holiday gifts either to 
boys or girls. Next month we shall be in 
a position to announce when the volumes 
will be ready, and the price for single 
ones, or full sets. 
As the time is at hand for renewal of 
subscriptions for the coming year, we 
feel that we can depend on our friends 
for a little extra assistance in the way of 
obtainiDg new readers, and by so doing, 
enable us to give them a better and 
larger paper in the years to come. Every 
new subscriber added to our already 
good-sized list, gives us so much more 
strength, and weakens the common 
enemy materially. Therefore, we offer 
no apology whatever for asking our 
friends to speak a good word for us when 
opportunity occurs. 
To our younger readers we would say, 
that we are willing to reward their efforts 
in increasing our circulation by paying 
them for results in books or otherwise. 
To those who prefer it, we will send the 
Young Scientist free, to any one who will 
send us two new names and two dollars ; 
thus, giving three subscriptions for two 
dollars. 
Where our readers prefer it, we will 
allow cash commission of twenty cents 
for every new name obtained. That is, 
for every new name, remit us eighty 
cents and retain the twenty for your 
trouble. This offer, however, will only 
hold good until January the first 1884. 
Boys and girls, to be healthy and liappy, 
must have some useful services to per- 
form. Toil and action are the prices 
paid for sleep and rest. Laziness begets 
misery, melancholy, and sickness. Every 
living thing must work; this is necessary 
for its existence and enjc^yment. The 
wild beast caged up will roam and wan- 
der round its narrow limits, until tired, 
when it sleeps, and doubtless dreams of 
the days it was free. Work is a privilege, 
and one we all should value; therefore 
we should never refuse to do anything 
our parents, guardians, or teachers ask of 
us. They will not ask of us anything un- 
reasonable. Work, boys and girls, fairly 
and willingly done, will bring you more 
happiness and genuine healthy joy than 
