New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-18
GREET NATIONAL HANDBOOK.

Tie announcement OF the publication to-day OF
The Tribune Almanac for 1892 vii be hailed with
unusual interest by those who have hccn ac-
crstomcd for many years TO regard this work as
their standard Of National reference. il will also
be welcomed by that constantly widening circle
OF intcligen, citizens whose heed for accurate In
formation on current topics IA rASatished by the
dry limitation Of purely political statistics Ger
tain facts there are which still find place in
II, pagcS l. offers no exhaustive analysis OF the
records OF coclGghtinc, and patrons of tie prize
rue will scan il In vain for list of the achieve
merits Of the Game Chicken" or the Negro
Heavyweight. But its scope has been so cN-
tended. even beyond that of the great Almanac for
1891 that reputable knowlcdgc-,c tcrS OF all
conditions and degrees may consult it in the son
ndcnt hope Of Trustworthy enlightenment
The Tribune Amana" was founded by Mr
Greeley in 1898 rs the Wig Almanac and Poll
fcian's Register" The first issue contained
80 pngce Of mcagrc election returns. IN large type.
The lsD2 issue contains, from cover to cover,
$50 closely printed pages, more than so of which
are taken mp by election returns alone. In the
effort 10 amplify and extend the variety Of its
contents the original aim OF the founder has not
been lest sight Of. Indeed, no political student
can dispense for n day with some such authOri-
tlfiye encyclopedia rs is here concentrated in
convenient compass and soil for - cents. He
finds here full election returns for every
State together with the customary lists and analy
scS Of the acts and resolutions of Congress, the
platforms of all parties in the different States, and
OF the new National farmers organizations lists
Of Government officers and Congressman, and
revenue and fiscal tables. There are also lists
of Consuls and United States Observation-Disclosures
complete population schedules, a statement Of the
tax exemptions in the different States succinct
essays on such subjects as The new Naval Re
serve, American Pork and Intcroccanlc Canals
and the text of the Reciprocity treaties. More
over this being Presidential year copious details
are furnished concerning political committees, the
popular ana electoral vote For President and Vice
President sine, the foundation of the Republic
the constitution Of the Electoral College, and It's
division by groups OF States
In $780, the index and table Of contents occu-
pied less than one loosely-printcd page. The index
10 the Present number covers eight full pages
NO better Indication of the nature Of the growth
and improvement could perhaps be found. In
this index are embraced such headings as Win
ninps of great horses, Sunspot numbers Sail
iposhp records" aud Universities and Colleges
f. directs the historian 10 full list of the hstor-
zeal societies in the United States tie banker to
synopsis OF interest laws, tables on circulation,
coinage. the condition of banks and trust com
nanies and the production of silver dollars; the
snortsman to articles on the America Cup, and
fables of fast time on railroads and worlds records
for n mile. TO say nothing of such records as
those Of Yachting football canoeing and chess
The educator is told about Chautauqua, public
schools and colleges and illicracy. Petroleum and
uiqiron statistics and commerce on the Great
Lakes will interest the business man. The con
viyial can learn all about Free Mlsons, and Odd
Fellows and KNIGHTS Tcmplar and Irish leagues.
For old soldiers there are pension statistics, a
summary of Pension Office methods. and full
statistics of the Civil War. Authors and inventors
may inform themselves concerning international
copyright and Patent Office procedure For tho
churchgoer there are religious statistics and lists
of bishops and church officers; and farmers are
provided for with agricultural statistics, meat
inspection laws, tables Of weather signals, rain
fall and temperature, and the forctcling of fross,
besides vast mass Of miscellaneous intelligence
concerning cotton production, vacant public lands,
and nearly everything else that can be turned to
immediate advantage in intelligent husbandry.
And all this for % cents Goldsmth's oft
quoted pancryric Of the encyclopedia village
schoolmaster may be easily earned In good earnest
by any assiduous reader OF this annual com
pendulum: and its possible effect In clarifying