New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-25
THE TPIBTNE INDFX.

II is interesting, from many points of view, to
compare the present with past issues OF The
Tribune Index. Nothing shows more clearly the
marvellous growth Of the work accomplished by
a daily journal Of the highest class. In the
preparation Of this Index the art of condensation
has been practiscd in its perfection, and yet no
less than lla closely printed pages have been
required to indicate what The Tribune has con-
tanned during 1889. So far as we are informed,
no other American journal INDUCES itself and It's
readers III permanent record of tins sort, puu
the extent 10 which The Tribune is preserved all
over the country has created such demand lor
a printed index that we have felt IT'S publication
70 bc a real necessity The nature of the work
presented day by day in a newspaper does not
easily admit Of an Ineligible arrangement OF
such titles as will fully show It's range and variety.
Subjects are not 10 he disposed of in one article
nor an attack from one point of view They are
ever recurring under new conditions and phases
and for new and especial reasons. They are
treated in mere statements of fact, in CORE
spondcncc and in editorial articles. Trey pre-
sent themselves 50 interviewer that an lndeN-
maker is often bcwil1crcd to know where ana
how To dispose of them
Mr. John J.. Wcnhcimer, the compiler OF The
Tribune Indies. has made careful study "i 'neS'
problrms during the twcniy-sN years oi MS ~
pcrcncc He began 10 pack 800 irpuh's mo
ono so long ago that he goes AZ the work no"
with as much system as is shown by the machines
which rrint what he complies. The diiliculiicS
which are 50 pcrplcNing at first thought hc has
mastered by combining topical collection with IL
dividual mcnilon An alphabetical arrangement
* prcservc1 from beginning TO end, but III II are
included under topical heads all those articles
which can rc 50 classified. Under Acci''n's
for instance, are to bee found all the disasters "i
the year that have occurred without "cslSh' ~"
noocs are filled with tie names Of individuals
under the heading obituary. TACT whl'h
shorplv brings home 10 MS the yasincss OF Death ;
ANIMAL harvest Actions M law are found under
fine title Legal" There are nlnrty-siN "i these
tonical heads They include groupings relating
,o banking affairs. 10 each of Tie greater Powers
70 fh. proceedings of Congress, To- conspicuous
domestic matters. such IS the tarlh, elections
failures in business, crime. the Departments al
Washington. poetry, railroads, and to every o'nef
,,,,,cr mon which history has been made to any
considerable extent during the year, here or
abroad
The Indcx is thoroughly done, and must he 10
all who are students of con'cmporancons affairs
, book OF great value. Its usefulness is hy no
uc,ns limited 70 those who possess copies OF the
n,,cr for each day i'm TIE year. The fact that
=, is..,ilahic undoubtedly does much 10 encourage
thc preservation oi the paper hn' IT. serves '''
,.rn,.cs of many u.s. 81 sort OF chronology "l I'M
n,rfanf events I'm tie bricicst possible way j.
. indeed. an annual oi tie world history am" l''
.,..-e,t.,cncss and completeness the most NalN"o"
annual that Gan be- ans where found