The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-01
PERSONS AND THINGS
Statements Gathered From many of 9Th.
Times" Exchanges.

AT the present era, when physical culture
- part OF the curriculum OF our mos, N.
'ehectual schools, and IL 81 GENERALLY re-
garded ne a necessary element toward sun.
pNins ard maintaining the sound BODY for
VIZ eVund mind, It Is worth while 10 con
siuef recent statement Of eminent phvsi-
clahs mat the mere exercise Of singing l. a
great help toward the prevention. cure, or
"nehauOn Of lung diseases In the Incl
pieni state of such diseases IL ia even sAiA td
De a powerful aid 20 n curc n II. indeed
somewhat cufiors thai the medical frater.
NIFTY have 20, exploited the theory Of lung
exercises by singing more fully heretofore
tnan they are now .doinv fol the action Of
caiisthenics IN dcfeioping the chest and Of
fgmHatlics In strengthening muscular It's
Sue have for years been universal practice.
although "a matter Of fact the mere
physical exercise OF singing brings into play
an extraordinary number OF MUSCLES that
can hardly be suspected o. action in con-
nectlcn with the throat expansion. 10 was
disclosed by statistics in Italy some years
aEo That vocal artists were usually long
lived and healthy, and that brass instru-
ment players, who bring their lungs and
chest into unusual activity, have not had
consumpIye victim among them, No mat
ter how thin or weak the voice. children or
young people should be encouraged 10 in
duige IN song. There can be no happier
medicine. and IL hearers some time suffer
they should be encouraged and siren gthened
10 bear the inficion In 'ioM OF the good it
may occasion,
al is mistake 10 suppose" said a former
Missourlan in New York, yesterday, "the'
persimmons cannot be had up Norin mere.
l get them whenever want them, which is
pretty often, from q Broadway fruiterer.
They are perishable fruit, and probably
lose little Of their flavor by being picked
somewhat green 10 ripen in transit. but they
are sufficiently like the real thing to call up
pleasurable associations Of my birthplace.
They resemble a date, except that they
arc more luscious, and when perfectly ripe
are most delicious, Contrary TO The idea
which l have frequently heard expressed.
that this fruit grows on bushes, il is a tree
fruit, and tall tree at that. A cluster
Of persimmon trees, with their smooth.
shiny bark and high-groWing branches.
looks good deal like a small poplar grove.
There is a popular idea down South that
Nature wisely hung persimm0ns at tins
rather inaccessible altitude 10 preserve
few OF them from the darkys ceyetOus fin
gers. This gentry have, however, no very
serious difficulty in getting them. They use
a long pole. with which they thresh the
trees, and the ripe fruit drops. 'POssums
are fond Of persimmons, too and what
darky is especially fond Of doing is % let
the 'possum get and eat the persimmons,
and then he eats the 'p0ssum. This, % his
mind, is an economy Of labor which is
rational and effective"
THERE are indications that the vote upon
the "election" question in The Presbytery.
when the matter reaches vote, Will be
closer than ire friends Of revision at first
anticipated. The revisiOnists were so sig
nslly in a majority in the presbytery when
the matter was first voted upon in general
way some time ago that il was taken for
granted that the report Of the Committee
favoring revision would be adopted by a
large majority. Since the debate began,
however, and the big guns like Dr. Hall, Dr.
Paxton, and others have sprung so yaliantly
% the defence OF the old doctrine. there have
been a good many changes of front. on
the part Of men who voted in favor
Of the appointment OF the Committee,
and there is strong probability that there
may be trouble in carrying through some Of
the propositions Of the report The eXcep-
tiOn. If any, will be the clause relating to
"elect infants" There is little doubt that
the vote in favor Of a change in the confess
ion in that regard will be decisive. Even
tery seem TO feel that something ought TO be
done 10 make the harshness Of the doctrine
on that point less apparent, or, as they
would put it, 20 couch il in language that
could not be so easily misc0nstrued 10
make it mean something really harsher than
il is.
SAYS a Maine man who has been ont in
Dakota: III a man is the owner Of 10 acres
Of land i'm Maine he can realize iust double
the income that our DakOtan can who owns
100 acres. OF course there Is no doubt but
what such a statement looks absurd %
great many, but il is true. What is there
to induce a young man TO leave his home
and come West 10 faiy Remain at hcme
and farm with the same spirit you would in
the West and you will get rich.'
WHAT is known as getting on TO your
curves is a bit Of slang which is now in
vogue in circles where slang is tolerated.
year or two ago the phrase was common
with baseball cTanks and players but It
had not much Of a vogue elsewhere. Now,
however. one hears it 40 every corner. 10 lie
expressive, but IL requires a certain know
ledge of baseball 10 under stand the full
sirnifcaupp of the uhr1sD