New-York tribune., 1894-04-28
crraT HIyDBooK or DATES.

Among the innumcrahlc things which oil sorts
and conditions of men constantly want 20 Know
YOU know" dates are pre-eminent The universal
query is When? When did this. that or the
other occur? When was Smith nominated for the
Mavoralty? Whom did Jones get married? when
did Rohinson's firm make an assignment rev
men keep. or can keep. records Of all such mat
tcrs In which they may some time be Interested
and few have memories sufficiently comprc-
hcnsivc and Trustworthy to supply the informa-
,lon From, their inner. consciousness They must.
therefore. look to some purposely prepared com
pendulum Of dates for the answers To their
queries answers often Of vital and immediate
importance. OF the great events In history. In
years long past. there are chronologtes galore;
and even of such I'm tho year just past in various
more or Ices detailed handbooks But the de-
mand for them Is small compared with that for
tho dates Of minor occurrences the almost count
lees mass Of happenings which the historian
ignores but which make up the bulk of daily
news and which. after ALL are Of most impor-
tancc to the individuals concerned-not 10 the
world at large. but to the whole world In de-
tacfmonts.
To supply this demand The Tribune has for
many years past published annually an Index
to its files. which year by year has grown more
come more extensive and more accurate. The
volume for 1898 which has recently been pub
lishcd. considerably surpasses all OF It's prede-
ccssors and It Is safe to say that It's 3S6 WELL
printed octave pages contain the most complete
digest Of references to years occurrences ever
placed before the public. Here. for example, are
some $50 references to Accidents. besides those
under specific heads. The pernicious activities
Of Anarchists have 100 The world Of Finance
will find It's wants supplied with 700 or more
dates under the heid Of Banks. alias
are all In the book-classi1ed and alphabetically
arranged. Ia some point in the Briggs heresy
case rcvamped? Here fifty references to It.
full thousand dates eptomze the history OF
Brooklyn. The doings of Congress have 600
About $50 Divorces recorded, and three or
four times many Weddings while the Obitu-
aries of prominent people comprise nearly 1900
names. The Failures OF Democratic year
quire 700 entries. Under the head OF Legal are
3OO apart from hundreds more under other class
or individual heads The years work In Litera-
ture shows 700 items. Railroads receive notice In
between 700 and 800 entries; the Worlds Fair
in more than GOO; and on. through the entire
catalogue Of human interests and activities.
The entries refer To the day. the page and the
column I'm which the occurrences were recorded
The Tribune But Il Ia evident that the Index is
q key to the file of any other good newspaper. and
is also. independently OF It's application to the
press singularly complete encyclopedia Of dates
for general use. Unlike most ANIMALS. moreover, It
is Of permanent value; for one not only wants
to look up dates OF last year, but OF the year
before and many years before To the lawyer,
to the banker. to the railroad man. to the poll
tician. to every man OF affairs, 1t is a work OF
unique value. which often In a rnomen mt will save