The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-29
:. a II usacrRIPrIoN TERMS.
< New TAX BIZ.

me tax is placed at this rate in order to
break up the custom altogether, it beng re-
Sarded by our M C.'s as a.pieeegof inexcus-
sble absurdity. 8 brrd 90 q3sl sysy,f6 isfsf.s "a
For every fir tatios ten Cents 1po nj 6oa
Every Young man who has more than one
GIRL is taxed one hundred dollars-this mode-
rate rate tax was suggested by some of our lady
For eourtinng; gin ii the kitchen, twenty-five
Counting id the pasler. one aioilsr A. s-a
Counting in a. romantic place, i've dollars,
and fifty cents for each offence tnereaitef I
Seeing lady home lsJ from chaffh' y twenty
cents. sf.A9x, a-Il1. e'IA ,LAr.
Seeing . lady home from the Dime Society,
ave cents. the proceeds to be devoted to the
relief Of disabled army chaplains. 4 8 n +. r
ForgIadies who paint, fifty gents :,
For wearing, low necked dress, one dol
For each eurlon lady's head above ff-
teen five cents. t9..s
For any unfair device for entrapping young
men into matrimony, five dollars. ST. a
For wearin, hoops larger Than eight feet
in diameter. eight eeBts for each hoop.
Old bachelors over thirty are taxed ten
dollars, and sentenced to Punishment to
Utah. vf - a4 ssisa a.a ss.5aat
Each prettylady to be taxed from twenty
6yecents toifwenty FIVE dollars, she to fix the
estimate of her own beauty. 1t is thought a
very large amount will be realized from this
provision. 4
: Each boy baby, fifty cents.
u Each girl baby. ten cents 9an
Families having more than eight babies are
notato be taxed, and tor.twins premium of
forty dollars will be paid outlof the funds ac
sr,ling from the tax on old bachelors.
- Eor sleeping in church, ten dollars.
For, snoring loud enough to wake the rest
Of the sleepers, thirteen dollars.
achSunday loafer on the street corners
81 ab9nt church doors, to be taxed his value,
which is about two CENTS 5 ,.lai rae ~
Az the Derby banquet, says the Court
Journal, = "a reporter was down, in repor-
ting sense, The reporter missed an impor-
atant sentence and somewhat audibly ex-
pressed his anneyances Mr.. Disraeli, ON this
hestated in true Parliamentary style, and
very quickly repeated the dropped sentence
No0one but THE grateful reporter knew
why he did So This week another reporter
sent hurried note to the n II &c
to his BANQUET speech 81 On the Thursday
afternoon the foremost man in England walk
ed into tie reporters q aden,a aud politely gave
the astonished gentlemen of the press what
be required Similar anecdotes might be
told Of Lord Stanley. dttheyar merely mem
toned as al hint to local great men who
think it a part Of their role to snub the re-
porter, 50 frequently their superior in the
sense il. which man IS judged to be or not
to be gentleman" isa1gs sua b9o;isa
rs Gustaye Dore, the wonderful illustrator of
lelassics,is still frequent subject Of converse
ton in Paris. He was born in Strasburg in
"t 1882, and sosn,ay lbs regarded as half German
Gin his origin smHe goomnleneeds his marvellous
labors when only 16, on the Journal tpoilr
Rre, wherein his earieatures gained him the
first beginnings of fame. This branch Of art
seemsto be his forte His works are already
more numerous than any lhalf-dozen of the5
oldest artistsl ina the whole coufsesof their
lives ~ s1l9a.45saA sas8Rtsi ~ \ Ys1 r.
The Post noticing the arrival of Lord
Brougham in Paris, from Cannes, on his way
to England, says: "He is III excellent health,
andcapableof bodily exertion Quite extraor-
binary at his advanced age. For instance.
he left Cannes in the afternoon after an early
dinner trayelledtall night and the next day,
arrlyeds in Paris in theJevening; then, after a
rapid toilet, went to soireetn meet some of
bis French Scientific friends, orot retiring to
rest until nearly midnight. "a g sabe7 10
Pile Pfesbytefy Of Louisville adjourned On
Friday until fJuly "a: Before adjournment it
" adopted q report prepared by Stuart Rob
o4 lnson, which confirms and approves the
ESD sctono t thesLouisvilfe Commission. 1t dis
claims any further connection with the Gene
raj Assembly, and calls on thsI people Of
Kentucky irrespective of religion, to stand
adbg. the Hesbytery, and prevents its property
tsi5alling into ,tlle hands of the faction which
Excludes Them. from representation in the ST.
Louis Assembly; and further, stated that the
Presbytery considers itself absolved from pbe-
dence to the General Assembly until some
other General Assembly annul the action of
the Assembly Of 1865 and 1866, as was done
BY the Assembly Of 1887 toward the action
of the General Assembly ot1sO1. = ga
l00S An eminent physician of New York afifns
mat mo native American is ever attacked
u With sun stroke He says that those who,
are1most subject to the attack, are recently,
"a arrived Irish and German emigfants. Some
VI years ago one hundred Germans died on one
80 sunday from siln4stroke, He traces the
cause to excessive eating Of aeslse and daily
lhlolbationof Intoxicating drinks. He says
81, 100 much blood, of highly-indamed charac-
lef, Is the result "A surgeon attributes .
d great paftiof sun-stroke to a lowering of the
resisting force 81 tie body W the daily drink
=, .ag Of ice-water An old philadelphia doc-
'or considered the frequent drinking Of lee,
.Ee Nater as fruitful source Observation-Disclosures
nation, consumption and intestinal affections.
YtAAA case Of murder too horrid for recital oc-,
meg cured near edna, IN. Ya, on thels 9Th inst.
'SaA Clergyman named Lindsey, Whipped his
aes spn aehild fhres years old, 30 sayagely thai
iss ~ aied aander the infictipnd In the state
ss .aeht bsforedthe Coronei'ss jury, the father
soniesses to have eontintied the ehastisement
i0f more than two hours. iaan
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