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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-16
"The Always-Bu Busy Store"

crud,s-Ibid., 4O he could not see the
plate distinctly. and was put on the
bench as a utility Out-helder. Maecenas
was a star short-stop. and was careful
10 keep himself in training lusum II
(Msecenas-Hor. sat l., !. 49,
WHERE THEY PLAYED.
Cocceius played second. as no one has
since played the position, ably supported
10y Maecenas. Plotius played in dcxtro
campo and varius IN laevo. Antony. Jr..
was a brilliant (praeclarus) centre-helder
but weak mon fortisl at the bat. (That
was always the way with those An
tonys-unreliablG Orrus. a young Gallie
noble sent 10 Rome as A hostage caught
suporbly (egregie. as Borus hatteringly
expresses I'D. Young Cicero. grandson
Of the orator, was a great pitcher, and
had a remarkable head; but be was
somewhat Handicapped by his fathers
disapproval Of his playing, though IL was
observed that the old gentleman never
missed a game (nuilum ludum unquam
amisiO. The most famous twirler, how
ever, was a young Scipi0 lie had ter
rife speed (celeritatem praecipitem. as
BoTus says, and also deadly
slow ball. but so craftily (cal-
lide) delivered that he seemed
10 exert great speed. lie also developed
the cr0ss-tre, which, as Horace tells US,
shot IN front Of the batter transverse
e. oblquo) and so across the plate. He
says also that the only successful way
10 bat this ball IS 10 step back slightly.
swing the body around and hit the bah
down the thrd-base line Nirgils favorite
style OF batting was bunting the bali. and
be was very fast IN getting 10 1rst TAD
primum celerrine adveniebaO. ct is a
significant fact that the Latin employed
is strictly classica) These men whom
have mentioned. many OF them eminent
all men OF ability. formed what was
In the empire, that IS to say. in the
world I'D est. toto orbe terrarum. Note
'he pride OF the native Romanl.
They made frequent trips 10 various
cities 90 play match games-Capua Ia
Tentum, Syracuse Marseilles, Athens
Corinth and other places. and az some OF
these places. notably Msrseillcs and Sy-
racuse, they met foemen worthy Of their
steel. Occasionally there would be or
game was lost in Egypt. on the Pyramid
Grounds. 10y a score OF Xiii. 10 VII. which
seemd hard 10 account for but the whole
team % q man Cad unum) declared that
they had been "koodooed' efascinatos
esse) by the Egyptian priests. SO old
Is the custom Of explaining defeats by
aimsy excuses.
A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH.
But all their other games sink into
insignlhcance beside the great champion
ship match with Tarentum, played May
ith. 80 II. G.. al Rome. These teams
hated each other heartily (vehementer).
The Tarentines claimed that the Romans
were naughty and made themselves ex-
tremely dlsagreeable when they came
south. The Romans despised the Taren-
tines, because % the tough element or
the team. made up as they claimed
* suxihs ct percgrinis. hired and con- |
trolled By joint stock company IA So !
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Outing Flannel. 30 inches wide, very
heavy. brown and white checks blue
and red stripes. the regular loc. klnd,
To 90 In the great January sale az
l-2c.
Percales. s6 inches wide. fine nice soft
finish. blue and white bias pads
green and brown stripes. the regular
loo. kind. 10 go In the great January
sale price at Lie.
New line Of Outing Flanneis. In large
piaids blue and white. brown ana
white. the regular T. i-2c- hnd, 20 go
I'm the great January sale az l9c'
case Of Dress Patterns In Calico new
nrettv patterns % styles 10 select
from the regular CSC. kind 20 20 lh
our great January sale at VIC
pi, lot of French Flanneletts. good
width light nretty colors. The regular
t-c Kind. 10 20 in our great January
sale al T. 10. IT,.
Fancy Suitng. good width colors. niue'
red and green. the regular j &c.
kind to 90 in our great January sd'o
ut 1-3c.
Callcoes. red grounds with black ns
,res the regular &C.. kind; 10 go }"
the great January sale az g..
Cheyiots. extra heavy blue ana "h',o
strines the regular l0c. kind To 80 III
this great January sale AZ g l-2c.
Outing Cloth. dark and light stripes
the regular Zoe. kind; 70 90 j" '"'
great January sale 40 6 lac.
Dress Glnghams, stripes ana pia'uS'
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sheeting. half-bleached, 1-2 yards wide.
fine, heavy even thread. one OF the
beast wearers 10 be had. the regular
81. kind; TO so in our great January
sale at q.
Light and Dark Grey Jeans. heavy
weight, good width. the regular Sc.
kind; TO 90 in our great January sale
at 3 7-Sc.
Dark and Medium Grey Selesla, IS
inches wide. very heavy. the regular
u l-2c. kind: to 90 in our great jan
uary sale at &c.
Black Back Figured Percaline, &c inches
wide. soft fine goods, the regular DC
kind; 10 so in our great January sale
at lOc.
Brocaded Rustic, only IN black, good
width. the regular &c. kind. TO 90 in
our great January sale at &c.
india Linen, very fine and sheer. 40
inches wide. the regular u 1-2c. kind:
10 go in our great January sale
at 5-Sc.
Pillow Cases. 8 inches wide by SO
inches long free from dressing. the
regular L 1-2c. kind; to so in our great
January sale at 1)c.
Canton Flannel. % inches wide heavy
twill with long fleece. unbleached. the
regular Zoe. kind: 10 so in our great
January sale at &c.
Bleached Cotton, fine. even thread good
width. the regular Sc. kind; 10 go in
our great January sale az 5 1-Sc.
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Miller & Rhoads.

give you receipt or certificate. When
ever you want a portion OF Il you draw
a check Here Is one. you see. You date
II. an On the amount and sign your name
there
And 1 hand Il to you and you hand
me over the money;
That's the way
But mebbe you won't hev m
"Oh yes I shall"
And I've got 20 sign my name. hev
T." asked the old man with a troubled
look on his face.
Why yes. but you can do that, OF
course"
And sumbody has to keep track OF my
money!
Certainly"
And Will thar be any shootln' or yeliin'
in yere. same as IN the saloons; Coin
10 bounce a Teller out II he gifts excited
and jumps on his ha,2"
This is a bank you know" smiled the
Major
Do you ask a Teller 20 drink"
We'll, hardly"
Any cards or dce?'
Not here-no. You see. Jim. YOU must
understand that there is a difference be.
tween saloon and bank. In saloor
you can"
Major Dale" interrupted the old man,
Men you has knowed each other q
long time. and II you was % cum out on
the street and ask me for my last dollar
III hand u over quick as wink. but you
must excuse me on this bankln blznesx
rs agin' human natur' and can't abide
IT,"
But I'll explain again" said the ajor.
II no Use. sah-nO use. The buildin'
looks all right from the outside. but
when critter gifts inside it's hipdoodls
checks and fiamdoodle receipts and writih
names. and no h0llerin' nor droikin' nor
shootn'. I'm bopin' yen do well. Major
-h0p!n' yen do mighty well-but I'm
too old fur fipdoodle and famdoodle. ana
III bury my money in a hole in the grouns
and keep on in the ole way"
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Miller & Rhoads.

dictate Coniuncta Pila-ludorum), and be-
cause tatque quia) they played dirty
ball which WIS literally true. F0nteus.
In talking 10 Lydia, vino was trying %
persuade him not 20 play with those
horrid tOughs. said that be himself Gpse)
would not play If il were not for the
other fellows. but that he could not back
out lexcedere) However. he must have
deceived her. for that very night. az the
club, bee told Horace and Eereil that,
while nothing was so humiliating as a
defeat BY toushs. Vet also nothing was
50 satisfactory as q victory over them.
The Romans once lost q game there
on account OF rotten umpirins' GudiciO
corrupto. says the Chronicle. the man
calling Virgil out on strikes in the latter
part Of the eighth. when TWO men Were
ont and a man on second and third
though Nergl swOrc he had his eve on
the ball, and intended 20 paste il up on
the scOre-board against the fence in deep
centre-neld (penitus IN medic campo.
However that was the last chance 90
score (ultimus locus al cuTsum faciendum)
and the game was LOST. Ncrgil was quite
sour (admodum morosus) after the game.
especially when Horace said sweetly
(suaviteD with the appearance OF one
wishing 20 console. "Du.ce 81 decOrum
est pro patria mort" But In justice 10
the Romans Il must be said that Mace
mas was not present and Capito was
lame in his knee (genu claudus. as YER
gil describes iO from sliding home Qapsu
domum) a week before.
BUT We have digresesd. Now al this
great game thrllingly described by
Borus and also by Horace in a letter
70 a friend the Romans wanted 10 wipe
out some old scores. and the Tarentines
were equally determined 20 cub il into
the "dulces ROmanOs again. The cap
tains (duces) had much trouble ia fixing
upon an umpire. but finally they agreed
upon foreigner. nomiEe O'Aeara. from
an island near the coast OF Britain. de-
scribed in the manuscript as a perfect
giant in strength. with q jolly expression
and a turned-up nose (naso aduuco). He
carried a heavy stick. thlckly studded
with knots al along (per tOtam longi-
tudinen), and was said 10 own another
q black thorn with a bit OF a scythe IN
the end Of f. His badge Of Office was ,
a green sash. He was a particular IA !
vorite with the ladies. Horace says he /
was the only man he ever saw that I
Lydia could not down Very quick a /
repartee. he was
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
Tho battle was fought in the Campus |
Martius, which was almost entirely given /
up 10 baseball. now that elections had ,
been abolished by Augustus as a useless !
trouble. He said that they crippled bust /
ness and did not amount 10 row OF !
pins any way. He said be could do IN /
i've minutes ,quinque momentis) all that
the Senate did in . year. ana a good deal I
better. Let it be remarked again how
history repeats itself.
The grounds presented a gorgeous APP
pearance. Banners hoated everywhere.
aud the Roman EAGLE was planted by tho
players bench OF the Romans The
2rand-stand (rostra) was crowded with
the beauty Of Rome, and the yelaria RANK
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came home On a passed ball amid a storm
OF applause. C0cce.ls was now ON sec
oud with Antony at the bat. nus
ictus, duo, tres c1rul, Three times hal
Antony bat cleft the empty air taer
vacuum and a great hush for a moment
fell on the vast multitude. Maecenas
walked ambuldviD % first. while Al
gustus was heard 20 cry, "bcne factum;
Nacl Che always called him Mao. how
ever, pop plrvulus) hy put
out the side a moment later And
so the game went rockins backwards and
forwards. Cicero was bltted freely by
the "scabs' Ncre BJrus quotes the local
paper The word does not occur before
the time Of Augustus and then only co.lO-
quialiy
EXCELLENT FIELDING.
The fielding OF both sides was
excellent, but the Roman inn-.d was
perfect Maecenas surpassed himself
pulling down q lightning line-drive ln the
NTH with his left hand (sinistral. Cap
ITO. 7 need only say. made 10 error lie.
Maecenas. Cocceius. and Horace crushed
the life out OF their opponents by their
double plays. Horace once jumping for
Wild throw and falling backward with
great force (magna VIZ for by this time
he was a heavy man. yet still holding
the ball (pilam adhuc tenensj. The Ia
rentincs played dangerous ball. 50 mucn
50 that when Scipi0 entered the box Tor
Rome In the sixth. the score stood vii 20
III. in favor OF Tarentum fprO Iarento). In
the middle OF the ninth the score was VI
10 ", and the Tarentine ro0ters were
Wild Horace came TO the bat and made
a nice double Vergl. who had relieved
Plotius in dextrO. seeing that he was
dying TO be in the game. made a beauti-
nj bunt.. and beat the ball 20 first.
Horace stole third by a long slide and
paused there obi moratus), having sig
nailed 70 Vergil. VINO came near being
put out attempting 10 reach (adyeniens)
second The pirate seized this OppOrtu-
nifty 20 kick protesting violently with
the umpire backed by others Of the
Turentnes. but O'Meara was not so
easily frightened. Catching his stick by
the middle and whirling il rapidly In =
way unknown 20 these men, he asked In
a deep voice who was the umpire there.
70 be sure. (Quis hic quldem est judeXD
The game went on. Narius was struck
as 10 his stomach By a pitched ball.
Nergil who saw It from second. excllim-
ed. ''venirem ictus. me hercule.' But
Colonel Cicero, I'm the front part OF the
grand-stand pro rostris) was overheard
70 whisper with groan, "ventre ictus!
(The groan may have meant sorrow for
varius or displeasure AZ Vergil's way OF
expressing himself. one thing IS certain,
Nergii was always putting things that
way, in imitation OF the Creek. PlOtius
ran for Narlus. who retired very much
against his will Onyitissimusl. Antony
again struck out. % AntOnii AntOni"'
walled the crowd. Capito singled scor-
ing Horace. Score. vi. 10 vi. with one out. |
Horace at this point coaches Nergil on
third. and tells him toswatch his chance
ana go in on anything. Plo,ius Was
caught of second. while Vergil was hest !
tatbng here the manuscript is badly
scratched; / read dubitabat. but II may
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-16

small patterns. the regular lOc. kind:
90 90 IN the great January sale al
s-Sc.
Black Percale. q inches wide, beauti-
fu black. the regular Zoe. kind TO go
IN the the great January sale at &C.
Just received-New Line Of Fancy Cali
Goes. plaids. figures and stripes, navy
grounds with white. red and brown
figures: French blue grounds with all
colors i'm figures. the regular sl-sc,
kind: 70 go in the great January sale
at o..
Shifting Calcoes. light colors in stripes
and figures. the &C.. kind. 10 20 In the
great January sale az 3 s-sc.
Apron Bingham. small and broken
checks m brown and blue. the regular
81. kind. 10 go IN the great January
sale az ac.
Outing Cloths good width. stripes ana
checks. In blue brown and blue. the
regular l-3c kind. TO 90 in the great
January sale at o..
Dress Bingham. plaids and stripes. m
brown and red. blue and red. red, blue
and green. the regular loc. kind; "a 90
in the great January sale az &c.
Percales. light colOrs. In plaids. ngures
and stripes So inches wide. the regu-
lar lOc. kind 10 go IN the great Janu-
airy sale at 5 SIC.
Flannelettes. good width. I'm dark
grounds with bright figures. the regu-
lar &c. kind % go In the great Janu-
airy sale 20 6 l-2c.
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Immense Values in
Dress Goods and Silks !

Another price-changing among the p'e'-
lest and sturdicst weayes Of the season
These 60 on sale tomorrow.
T'vo-Tone Dress Goods. 2 inches wide
In six different combinations. such as
Green and Brown. Red and Black
Brown and Navy. Cadet and Brown
and Purple and Brown; January sale
price. Zoe. the yard.
plaid Dress Goods. q inches wide Jan
uarv sale price. l0c. the yard.
Novelty suitlngs. % inches wide In
Brown and White. Blue and White,
Purple and White. and Green ana
White: January sale price, PC. the
yard.
AlI-Wool Serges. 90 inches wide. in Navy
Myrtle. Purple, Brown and Black
January sale price. sc. the yard.
Bourette Novelties. IS 20 - inches wide.
N eight different color combinations;
January sale price zee. the yard.
Curl Plaids. All-Wool. 30 inches wide,
regular 50c. goods; January sale price.
;9c. the yard.
Six Pieces Novelty Suitings, All Pure
Wool, regular 7jc. values; January
sale price zoe. the yard.
Kcrsey Suitings. p inches wide. the
newest things FOR iailormade gowns.
IN cadet Army Blue. Serpent. Olive.
Tan and Garnet; January sale price,
S5c the yard.
SILKS-Changeable Brocade silks. In
Black and Green. Black and Brown.
Black and Old Blue Purple and Green.
Red and Blue. Brown and Green. car
dinal and Reseda. al purs Silk. jan
uary sale price. soc. yard.
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The Always-Busy Sto:e."

be dormiebaD az third. Orrus. the
mighty catcher. then came % the plate
with blood IN his eve. and. after three
balls one strike and three FOULS. caught
the sphere at the end Of his bat. lifted
it over the left-held fence. Tho game
was over. and plaudite! plaudite. reyer-
berated over the field.
AN INTERESTING NOTE.
Here Borls cor. as | rather think. ono
Of the boys. most probably NorgiD makes
an interesting note not entirely ia keep
ing with his work but. nevertheless. quite
pleasing 20 MS. Just one year after this
great game CapltO and Lydia were mar
ried with much pOmp ami rejoicing. for
they were general favoritcs. Six Of the
team were requested by the groom 10
act as attendants. while Lydia provided
an equal number Of charming young Ia
dies Augustus himself was present, aud
As POntifeX NaXlmus blessed the happy
pair. LYDIA was gOwned IN some rich
white material. trimmed with pearls, and
looked exceedingly lovely, but no costly
robe could eclipse her natural radiant.
beauty. queenly bearing, and gracious
manners. FOnteius was az his best, 80 no
more need be said Of him. Horace acted
as best man (optimus proxtnusquel.
Among the presents and tokens Of esteem
was a beautiful ash bat. inlaid with
ivory and gold, which Was presented 10
the groom by the team. We are told.
furthermore. that CapltO and Lydia led
the social set for many years afer.
Recurring 10 the antiquity OF this
sport, Borus has a curious note with
reference 20 a game belonging 70 a more
remote antiquity. an obscure account OF
which he had seen written in strange
duplex cuneiform character. the map OF
the playing beld resembling Gas he says
two trigons placed base 10 base. He
thinks IL clear that the game referred 10
IS baseball. e. W. ID.
y. Bit may appear from the game
above described that the base-running OF
that time was not as scientific as that OF
to-day but we must allow for errors
and peculiar circumstances; Furthermore
IL is evident that the throwing OF that
vigorous age was quicker and stronger
than now
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The AlwaYs-Busy Store. -

with the shouts Of 1000 people. Il was 4
free show, Tor The Imper.als. as has
been noted, stood in summo vertice 500
cially and despised anything ike pro-
fessional!sm. Horace f0r one declared
that "by thunder per J0vem) he would
not lift bat II they charged even a
penny admis sion.
This battle was 70 decide not which
should conquer. but rather which should
exist. because our boys (nostri juvenes,
evidently BOrus was q Roman) had been
forced 70 promise their mothers and
sisters not % play another game with
those hateful people" Cum istls invisis)
and the other teams generally copied the
Romans.
Captain Bolanus. ~ Tarentum. eyi-
IDENTIFY thou9ht he had O. cinch on I'm
pire O'Meara and carried him around 20
sample a haeOn u Falernian which he
had picked mp az Capua a few days be-
fore But r. was noticed that Patricius
for this was his first name praenomen).
wlnked the other eye (alterum oculum)
when he came back and put on his mask.
DETAIL or THE GAME.
The game vas called promptly az the
ninth hour. and Tarentum led OF at the
bat The first man up. a brOad-shOuld-
cred pirate from the lllyrian coast. got
a triple from Cicero, but was put out
at the plate trying 20 steal home two
men having died (BOrus uses the strong
word. mortui.) az first (ad primum-show-
ing that they had not gotten there).
Great applause here chic magni clam
ores. Fontieus CapitO seized his bar OF
oak. and with apparent unconcern, faced
the pitcher. a ieft-hand catapulr from
Scythia. In fact. Maecenas said that
there was only one bona fde Tarentine
man on the team. and he was substitute
In centre-deld. One small bOv fpuerulus)
rudely cried out near the sde-lines that
Tarentines generally hired somebody 70
DO what they had 70 DO. and sneeriRgiy
added that they had tried that before.
Some ili-mannered people laughed az this.
but Plotius shook the younester and pGt
him we'll ont OF the way. (Borus has the
bad habit u interpolating) Capito was
easily the first uacile princeps) batter 81
that day. q graceful fellow and a polish
ed gentleman: Homo al unguem
factus" whispered Horace 10 Vergil on
the bench. The air was rent with ap-
pause (sweet 10 every player remarks
the chroncler). and the awnings rose
and fell again and again. lydia tapped
with her fan on the seat before her. and
waved the almost invisible biz ot lace
which she called handkerchief when
capito. glancing her way. seemingly by
accident caught the motion and bowed
with cOnsummate grace AZ the same
time accepting the dainty bouquet hand
ed 10 him by an urchin "a pusione). The
ball shot over the plate. Ictus unus,
shouted the umpire. Again the sphere
cut the outside corner OF the plate Tex
Temum platum). but the Idol OF Rome
stood unmoyed. The Scyihian CART him
sklrl. emerged from the knot which he
had made OF himself. and let drive. hut
there was "A sharp whack. and the hall
iieW over second pase for a beautiful
single fsimplex). lie stole second went
to third on a scratch bit to nrst, and
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Lparnlng How 10 Bank.

Major Dale had opened a private bank
al Pine Tree city. and as ne was we'll
known and liked. the boys came in from
the mines and ranches and started him
or by making deposits OF greater or less
amount. Among them was old Jim
Haynes. who had about thousand dol
lars 10 lay away. He reached town early
in the morning aad stood in front OF the
bank Tor three hours before entering.
When he did so In. he said 10 the pro-
prie;Or:
Look yere. Major. ! can't make this
out"
do you wish TO deposit:" asked the
banker.
"Mebbe do. but want 20 know all
about Il fust. I Kin talk cattle aad mines
and all that. but this In new % me-"
We'll. you have Eos say. thai you wish
20 deposit Yeu hand Il to me, and I
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Plaid Muslins, large lawn plaids. satin
finish, very sheer, the regular l0c kind
TO 20 in our great January sale at
3-Sc
Victoria Lawn. 40 inches wide. very
fine, the regular S 1-3c. kind TO 80 in
our great January sale az &c.
Ready-Made Sheets for double bed IA
yards wide by IL yards long, heavy
round thread, no dressing. the regular
zoe. kind; to go IN our great January
sale at SIC
Unbleached Cotton. -fne. even thread
the regular SC. kind, 10 50 in the great
January sale AZ , I-Sc.
Unbleached Jeans. extra heavy twill
the regular &c. kind; to 90 in our
great January sale at SC.
Cambria, IS inches wide, fine. even
thread. the regular lie. kind: TO go
IN our great January sale at &c.
Long Cloth. 40 inches wide. fine quail
", soft finish. the regular u 1-2c.
kind: TO 80 In our great January sale
at O..
Bleached Shooting. IL yards wide
heavy round thread. no dressing. he
regular lee kind. 20 IN our great jan
uary sale al y lie.
Checked Muslin, very fine quality the
regular Zoe. kind 10 go in our great
January sale az 7-sc.
Cambria. Sc inches wide. soft finish.
very fine, the regular l5c. kind: 20 60
IN our great January sale a 10c