New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31

10 be thrust from the bench at the earnest posi-
bic moment
Coroner Hoeber ought to go. and the whole
BOARD of Coroners ought to be swept away
An increase of % per cent in the price or oeef'
OF which notice has been sent out from Chicago
simply means that the spectators have resolved
to make living more costly. An increase OF such
nroportions ~ due not SO much TO the decrease In
the cattle crop a. to the increase in the greed OF
the monoposts who control the markets
The worlds present stock Of clouds il the
largest and most varied that has lately been
placed on exhibition II includes examples OF all
s;yles and sizes colorr and patterns. Some OF
them were made FOR the domestic trade. and
enthusiastically the larger and more highly colored
oncs-Herc prepared for export. The condition o:
this Industry is extraordinarily active and pros
pctous. There is hardly a country in the world
that doesn't yearn for lot OF war clouds. ana,
thanks to the efficiency Of our modern appliances.
they can be produced in quantities to suit without
disturbing the public peace or i,npairing the aver
age citizens RICH, to life. limb or the pursuit OF
happiness.
Bicycles are selling in New-York and Brooklyn
learning how to ride that II is evident the armies
Of dev0tees OF the wheel will crowd all the ave-
nues and streets which are best suited for bicycle
riding In the two great cities before the lst Of
May.
The Tribune has repeatedly urged that the office
O, Coroner should be abolished. and that the sys-
TEN OF Medical Examiners. which has been thor
oughy tested In Massachusetts, with excellent
results should be adopted In this state. Inc
Constitutional Convention last year made II possi-
hlc for this Legislature to abolish the Board OF
Coroners Ecw-York CITY has been extremely
unfortunate In most Of her Coroners' ana 're sSs
TEN Is full OF faults and defects
France has lately been engaged in species OF
stock-taking with results the reverse OF satslac-
tory. For in spite OF the money that has been
spent 20 layishy and In such a particularly I'M
stinted manner since the conclusion OF the great
war Of 1870. she finds her army inferior to that
OF Germany and her navy to that OF England
Whereas the German Emperor has ready for ac-
ton a force OF $4,000 men, Frances standing
army does not exceed 100000 men. $1,000 OF whom
are In Algeria. while her reserves are likewise
inferior both In number and efficiency TO those
Of Germany With regard 10 the navy France
has only 10 ironclads whereas Great Britain has
100 OF double the tonnage Of the French and of
greater speed. Yet England spends only about
Sl0.000c00 per annum more upon her navy thah
does her neghbor across the Channel Tnls is all
the more serious when II IS borne IN nliad thil
instead Of having but one naval riva. as formerly
France now has four. one OF which, Germany Is
growing all the time in importance. and by the
onenirg OF the Baltic Canal IS bringing her ba-
sis OF operation four days nearer France. French
taxpayers have every reason To grumble. They
have been so liberal IN responding 10 the de-
mands Of the Government upon their purses FOR
purposes OF defence that they had right TO ex-
meet that the safety OF their country was as
sured whereas they now find from the mouths OF
their own statesmen that this Is far from being
the case.
II we weren't afraid OF the statistics iends. we
should say that March had been an unusually
pleasant month.
The completion Of the ship canal will give more
extensive facilities for rowing on the harlem
River and ought to result in enlarged prosperity
for all our boat clubs. When the canal Is thrown
OPEN oarsmen can row from He'll Gate TO the
Hudson River and back again with ease and
CELEBRITY.
nants OF creature supposed to represent the
missing link between man and the Slmiadae is
attracting much scientific attention ana discus
sion IL requires severe and accurate technical
training to understand in what particular these
ancient bones differ from those OF the primary
Javanese baboon or OF the same animal In Il fur
Their state OF evolution when II had become ac-
ouainted with a new range OF customs and hab!-
tudcs: bur those who are thus qualified Will In
time no doubt tell us all about It. Meantime, they
stand for "A new anthropo!dal type to which a
provisional name OF great ruggedness ana ahirac-
tuoslty has been given. but whether II Is nnaiiy
TO cast important light on any OF the obscure
problems OF anthropoogy remains to be demon
strated. Some OF the wholesome scep'ieism Oh
Brown. of Calaveras and Abner Dean, OF Anger =
~ apt to be awakened by these discoveries,
whether they take place under the sycahiores OF
the Stanislaus or the palms OF the Malayan
Archipelago: and II may turn out on due inVesti-
cation that the missing link is not found, aftor
! all Whether II be thus or otherwise the subject
is not without interest In chronological and per-
haps IN advanced monkey circles since language
and reason are now ascribed to them; but 1t IL
chiefly important a new illustration Of the eX-
haustless store OF testimony which the earth
everywhere hides In It's bosom. revealing Ii frag-
ment by fragment but never letting out enough
of her secrets to compose an entirely rrefraGable
and unassailabe theory. When the hum OF the
learned societies the discovery Of the humer-
us and slncipital arch OF this archaic member OF
the hitherto unknown Pithecan thropidae has died