Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-02-13
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THE TRIBUNE FOR 1874.

year ago the editor of the Tribune promised
| to make this journal during 1878 a much more
valuable and complete newspaper than it haC
ever been before. Its facilities for the collection
| and transmission of intelligence from all parts
of the world had been largely increased its stat
of edItors correspondents and reporters, had beer
strengthened by the engagement of some of thu
abest men in the profession and the editor wa:
resolved to spare neither pains nor money in tht
| effort to make THE TRIBUNE the very first news
| paper in the world.
1t points to the achievements of the last
| twelve months with pardonable pride. Whil(
| THE TRIBUNE has retained all the e4cellent fea
lures that made it such favorite in former days
it has exhibited an enterprise and an acutcnes>
| in its news department which have been the
wonder of all its old friends. Remembering hat
the chief function of daily journal is to give its
readers the fullest, the best arranged, the most
attractive, and the most readable history of the
occurrences of the time, it has devoted its bes:
energies to this business, and its success has
| been universally recognized and applauded. The
| year has been fruitful of startling events, and
| every incident has found in TIE TRIBUNE its
| promptest. most accurate, and most perfectly
equipped historian. Tribune correspondent
was the only civilian who witnessed the surren-
der of the Virginius, and his picturesque descrip
tion of that transaction, transmitted by teie-
graph, is the only account the public has yet seen
| an incident upon which depended FOR many
| weeks the question of peace or war. The TRI-
BUNE published the only full and exhaustive ac-
count by Atlantic telegraph of the terrible Vile
du Havre disaster, giving al the incidents of
that catastrophe ten days before other journals
received them by the slow course of the mails.
1t distanced all competitors in its thrilling story
by cable of the adventures of the Polaris casta-
| ways. 1t anticipated every other paper in the
country, and even the Government itself, by its
graphic narratives of Custars battles on Tie
Yellowstone. The elaborate and deeply interest
ing letters of its special correspondent in the
West gave the only complete account Of the Far
mers' Movement ever published in an Eastern
paper. The reports OF THE TRIBUNE presented
the important proceedings of the Evangelical
Alliance in this city with fulness and accuracy
everywhere the subject of enthusiastic praise.
During the panic its daily history of Wall street
made il absolutely Indispensable to business men;
and its special correspondents aftcrward de-
scribed the condition of affairs in the manufac-
turing districts with an ability which no other
paper seriously rivaled.
While il never can be a neutral in politics,
THE TRIBUNE is entirely independent of all par
ties and partisans. 1t believes that the mere or
gan of clique cannot be a thoroughly good
newspaper, and cannot bc trusted for impartial
and just comment upon current events. Ii main
tains with the old fervor and will always defend
the Republican principles Of equality and justice
with which. under the control of its illustrous
founder. HORACE GREELEY, il was for over thirty
years identified. But it values parties solely as
means for procuring honest government on sound
principles.
That there is a popular appreciation of that
sort of independent, vigorous, enterprsing, and
high-toned journalism of which THE TRIBUNE is
now the chief representative in this any other
country, is sufficiently proved by the results OF
the past twelve months. The close of 1878 fints
this paper more prosperous than it has been at
any previous period of its history, and the new
if brill
poets. In Il short time its mechanical facilities
will surpass those of any other journal in the
world and on the completion of its new and
magnificent building il will be enabled to intro
duce various Improvements of the most impor-
tant character.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
The Semi Weekly TRIBUNE has grown very r.
piily in public favor of late. Ia addition to "A
careful summary Of the news it contains ali the
best of the {, reign aud domestic correspondence
and leading articles of the Daily 1T gives spe-
cialy the scientific intelligence (ncludiDg the
proceedings Cf all American scientific soLicIics.
with the best OF the book reviews, and the mis-
cellaneous matter relating TO education, the arts,
religion, &c. IL has all the commercial news
and market reports all the agricultural articles
of the Weekly; and gives, moreover, regularly a
serial work of fiction, presenting in the course of
the year three or four of the productions OF the
most popular noveliss. AS il takes only few
select advertisements, il is enabled to give un-
usually large proportion of reading matter, and
may be called, considering the extent aud varic-
ty of its contents, the cheapest newspaper in the
world. II is published every Tuesday and FIJI
day, and reaches nearly every post office east of
the Mississippi within one or two days of its is
sue.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE
The Weekly TRIBUNE has been for the space of
a generation the Farmers favOrite paper. Be
sides complete condensation Of the news of the
week, selection of literary and miscellaneous
reading, and full page Of the best editorials
from the Daily, II contains IN every number a
greater amount of agricultural matter than is fur
nished by any distiuctiveiy agricultural paper.
This is prepared expressly for its columns BY
the best agricultural writers and practical far
mcrs in the United States and as its contriba-
tors are in every part of the country it will be
found equally valuable in New England. in the
South, the Pacific slope, or in the Mississippi
Valley. Great attention is paid 10 all subjects
connected with the Farm, the Garden. and the
Household, and some of the original articles eve
ry week are illustrated with wood-cU The
market quotations Of farm produce, cattle, pro-
visions. breadstutf., dry goods, and all kinds of
merchandise. are exceeding full and scrupuous-
ly accurate. The utmost care j. bestowed upon
the typographical arrangement of the paper, and
the print is always clear and legible and grner-
ally larger than that OF any other Newly ork pa
per.
THE TRIBUNE EXTRAS.
new feature has been added to American
journalism by the valuable TRIBUNE Extra sheets
which have attained such an extraordinary pop
ularity during the past year. They present the
fresh fruits OF the best ntellects Of this and 9th
er countries, the most remarkable lectures, the
most valuable scientific and geographical re-
searches, at a merely nominal price. In the Sc
ries of IA Extras already published will be found
reprinted for the most part from the columns OF
the daily TRIBUNE, some of the latest lectures OF
AgassiZ, Tyndall, and Beecher; the explorations
Of Prof. Hayden. the full history and description
of the Farmers Movement, the best lessons OF
the great Vienna Exposition, and the complete
report OF the proceedings of the Evangelical Al
| lance. Halt a million of the Extras have alrea
| dy been sold, and the demand for them is stead
| ly increasing.
| TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.