New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-17

eral Ro,ecraus in which. to the question, - VIII
California 90 Democratic ~ he is made to ans or.
The State Is securely fixed in the Democratic
column. and can DO rs safely relied upon as Miss
issippip This 10 absurd. California is not 80
curely fixed In the Democratic column" Cali
fornia has Tor many years been close State, but
whenever the issues have Deon clearly made, ana
have been sufficiently interesting to draw out
full vote. It has gone Republican. Last year it
went Democratic simply becruse thousands OF no
poblicans voted the Democratic ticket TO punish
set of demagogues who had got control of the Re
pnbl,can machinery, and who had stultiied the
party by aping tue comnunistic pretorces Of their
opponents.
The Herald describing the funeral Of the burg
far who was shot the other day in Jersey City
saws: AT the ferry four friends OF the deceased
took possession OF the carriage and followed the re-
mains TO Evergreen Cemetery. where they were
ouietly inferred In new lot without service
emony." There il something quite sublime in this
net of self-sacrce the part of the four friends,
though We fail to sec precisely what the object
of Il, And wo don't quito make out what became
of the remains
Mr.. Cham berlain was so indiscreet rs to remark
at the Golden Club dinner that he was not aware
that tho great apostle of free trade had ever fixed
a date Tor the fui6lmcnt OF his prophecy OF the
early acceptance Of his doctrines by the nations OF
the world A correspondent OF The ST. James,
Gazette promptly reminds him Of this pointed sent
ence in one Of Mr.. Cobdens speeches, delivered In
January. 1S4O: 81 believe that If you abolish the
Corn Laws honestly, and adopt free trade In its
.imnlic,ty. there will not be q tariff in Europe that
will not be changed in less than five years TO follow
,our example" Numerous other passages Of sim
hav hos citad Indael few
candid and well.informed Englishmen Of the pres
ept day are disposed to question the statement that
,ra. trade could not have been introduced In Mr.
Cobdru had not succeeded ia convincing the conn
try that hts principles would be speedily accepted
Inv the United States and the principal European
nations.
No,r comes tho season of tho female fend who
gathers her unsuspectng victims in groups in shady
nook under the trees at the ends of corridors or
IN cool places on the piazzas and having corralled
them begins reading the latest novel to them. She
baunts the summer resorts and fiatters herself she
il doing her victims great favor. She isn't; she
ia by ali odds the worst bore the piazza. This
is intended to be cut out and handed to her
inst before she opens her book IL she wants to
read lot her read this.
The cholera has reached Ghizeh, the villas &c Of
the Pyramids, and within few days will prob
ably be making terrible ravages IN Cairo. IL has
followed the Nile from the Dametta mouth to
Tantah and swept on thence with rapid stride to
the ancient capital Of Egypt. At the same time 1t
has been creeping steathilv along the banks Of the
salt marsh separating the Nile from Port Said and
the Canal, the towns of Dalka and Menzaeh hav-
ing become infected with the disease. The out
break Of tho pestilenco Cairo viii inevitably be
followed by panic aud this will lead TO an exodus
| in the direction Of Alexandria. The disease how
ever, seems to spend its force in locality within
| fortnight and is not to DO regarded virulent
| type of Asiatic cholera At Damietta. where the
mortality for many days ran above one hundred.
| there arc now about forty deaths in twenty four
| hours, and in Mansourah there has been similar
| decline.
| To Inquirer: Your Political Cook Book" will
| doubtless have o large sale among those that like
| that sort of work. The best known recipe for q
historical Washington sensation 10 the following
Take half dozen or so alleged facts, the fewer the
better, and add plentifnly OF malicious evolutons
| from brazen inner consciousness. Mix we'll TO-
gsther stirring in such greens Ii 10 asserted,
ait Is believed ai 1t Is expected to be shown III