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ultimately vanished like phantoms of the mists. The Saracen schools and colleges were almost without number, and were attended by Europeans.
 The Arabs and Europeans, while hostile religiously, were commingled through the schools, the crusaders, and commerce at the Mediterranean seaports, especially Venice and Genoa. The culture of the great Saracen depot and emporium, Alden, permeated by these channels. the Euro pean civilization Richard Greene in his History of England attributes the build ing up of the Christian universities to the
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crusades. "A fervor of study sprang up in the west from It's contact with the more cultured east. The same spirit of restlessness of inquiry, of impatenco with the older traditions of mankind, either local or intellectual, that drove Christendom to the tomb of It's 1ord, crowded the roads with thousands of young scholars, hurrying to the chosen seats where teachers were gathered to- gether. Abelard was a foe worthy of the threats of councils, of the thunder of the church." Certainly those people of Chris tendon who lived nearest the Arabian
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possessions in Europe, Provence lying adjacent to Andalusia, while wholly an- tagonistio to them religiously, were the first to profit by their learning and pro- gressive example, and to build that splen- did civilization whose wealth and inde- pendence excited the wrath of the popes.
 Though Poe properly closes his dramatic picture of medieval darkness with a com plete triumph of the foes of light, because the time for the Renaissance and tno Reformation had not then arrived, the
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emnloved the experimental method in mathematics used by Archimedes, and en-

mathematics used by Arcniheoes' anu en- larged the sciences of algebra and geom- etry. They introduced to the Europeans though they did not invent. the numerals which bear their name; they originated chemistry, and naturally, physic four ished among then-the number of Arabic doctors was almost incredible, and their skill and fame introduced them to the courts of southern Europe. The beautiful and fantastic. light and graceful Arabic architecture was employed to erect splen-
 did cities, seemingly by magic, and they
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 35)
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Then this ebony bird beguiling
 My sad fancy into smiling,
 By the grave and stern decorum
 Of the countenance it wore
 Though thy crest be shorn and shaven Thou, l said, art sure no craven.
 Ghastly grim and ancient Raven e wandering from the nightly shore
 Tell me what thy lordly name Is on the Nights Plutonian shorep The 'Plutonian shore' belonped to tbo homeric age and the Dark Ages. The learned Greeks, whether like Pvthe pora Q they believed that the earth revolves around the sun. or like Ptolemy. they be- lieved the sun revolved around the ea rtb
 believed the earth to be spherical. Rut
 the general ignorance of the "millenne,,n or darkness' obliterated that belief, and Cosmas, geographer of the sixth cen
 tury' issued the then accepted map of the world and got 1t endorsed bv tba non.s of that age, representing he world as
 comparatively flat, deflected somewhat to
 the south, and surrounded by an ocean or river, and beyond the country of the uv- poboreans was the land of darkness ana perpetual night: and in that far north Twas located hell, the Plutonian regions even Dante at much later day repre- scented Satan in ice up to his chin The interrogation of the Raven, at first in a sarcastic vein, represents the great quarrel between the orthodox churchman
 and the inquirng minds among the clergy,
 the debate of the Reaists and Nominal ists which began toward the middle of the 18th century and culminated in the great Albigensian heresy, an open revolt against the tyranny of the popes. The medieval Nomnalist asks the Raven what its lordly name Is, lon the Nights Plutonian shore?" and the Raven, the Realist answers with an excommunica- ton, "Nevermore' The answewis a con tradition in the style of sic ct non, for the Raven really represented Odin, whose name meant ''Motion.' as Carlyle as-
 sures. The Nominalists were the believ- CTS in motion" Again No quote Lord:
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to the Christian religion, and sang in the service of God. The tumultuous spirit of that age sought comfort of these seraphic utterancesI
 i" Wretch I cried, thy God hath lent
 thee
 By these angels He hath sent thee Respite-respite and nepanthe
 From the memories of Lenorel Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepanthe,
 And forget this last Lenore.'"
 Tn vain did the exasperated, agonized spirit seek such consolation,
 "Desolate, yet all undaunted,
 On this desert land enchanted
 On this home by horror haunted" the prophet bird, or devil' had cast his shadows to remain; and the eXpostula- tions of thoroughly aroused and despair ing man was met by merciless never more," terrific excommunicatons from prelates and popes; storm of anathemas hurled from the Vatican, and these fail ing. the sweetest singers of Provence were massacred by the hired soldiery of the pope, in all the beautiful flower of their refined, opulent and advanced civiliza- ton. The 12th century closed in storm and darkness. Macaulay says: "A war distinguished even among wars of religion for It's merciless atrocity, destroyed the Albigensian heresy, and with that heresy the prosperity, the civilization, the liter ature, the national existence of the most opulent and enlightened part of the great European family.
 But the crusades; they were not yet ended-might not the lost Lenore be 1,at 1icto mt Af6apn rbo Raven answered "nevermore,"
 And his eyes. had all the seeming Of a demon that is dreaming And there the prophet of the Dark Ages uttered the lie with which their aroused spirit reproached it.
 The spelling of the word Aidenn has been attributed by some critics to the necessities of rhyme. It is the Arabic spelling of Alden, capital of Arabia Felix, "beneath the cedarwood," birthplace of Tennyson's Eleanore.
 While Europe remained in darkness the Arabs were erecting. with marvellous rap idity, dazzling civilization. In two cen turies after they emerged from the de- sert wandering people they had con quered an empire among the older na- tions. Their fresh, vigorous intellect, un- encountered by accumulated error and un- trammeled by effete traditions had seized and appropriated and clothed in novel forms the learning of Persia, Egypt and Greece. They translated into Arabic the scientife and philosophical literature of theN countries they conquered. on which they commented with unbinded eyes and to which they added an extensive litera- ture 'of their own on science, history, elo- quence and poetry. Their libraries were numerous and vast. From the Persians they learned to reform the calendar, to use the pendulum, and the refraction or light. They mastered Persian astronomy and built the first observatories They
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-04
JUST A STARTER.


Governor Carroll has signed the bill
taxing moneys and credits half Of one
per cent on actual value and bank and
competing capital the local rate on 20
per cent less than the assessed actual
value Of other property.
This legislation will have to run the
gauntlet OF the courts. Its constitu-
tionality will be attacked by bankers
or others on the ground that 1t violates
the requirement OF uniformity. AS
Stunning that it survives this attack. it
will have to undergo the test oe re-
suits. The theory is that with the tax
reduced to half Of per cent owners
Of moneys and credits will voluntarily
report them for taxation. This theory
did not work in New York. There
the tax Of half Of per cent a year on
mortgages was evaded until reduced
to half Of 1 per cent for the entire life
Of the mortgage.
Banking capital should be taxed on
a basis determined by the average val
uation Of other property. Mortgages
should be subjected to a recording tax
Of half Of per cent. All other moneys
and credits should be exempted. Own
ers Of foreign stocks and. bonds will
not voluntarily report them for taxa
ton even when the rate is only half
Of per cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-04
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE TO THE BOY?

A big fireworks factory which has
recently gone broke attributes its fail
ure to the adoption Of sane methods Of
celebrating the Fourth of July. Cities
are drawing the line closely. The dan
gerous cracker and explosives are
barred in a great many towns as are
certain contrivances and conbustibles
with potential probabilities OF fires and
loss. So the market being restricted
the firm fails.
However few people are sordid
enough to insist that children be sacrf-
feed in thousands annually that the
fireworks manufacturers may prosper.
These dangerous methods must 60. If
the manufacturer must go with them
there may be regret, but scarcely
protest.
And there isn't an argument against
the unrestricted sale OF dangerous fire.
works that doesn't apply to the retail
LIQUOR traffic and the saloon. Where
the cannon cracker brought agony and
sorrow and cripples into one home the
saloon destroys ten. So many boys every
year are necessary to keep the busi-
ness profitable, to buy automobiles for
the saIoonist. pay licenses, relieve tax
alton" keep up rents" make business"
etc, etc, thru the list Of saloon argu-
ments.
What's the difference which way you
destroy boy?
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horse won his championship OF the
world but Bonner bought the horse as
he bought Longfellow's Hanging Of
the Crane" as an advertisement for
his story paper. He didn't drive the
horse. He patronized speed as he
patroned poesy, without the sincerest
appreciation Of either horsehesh or
poets. Work and Vanderbilt sought
excitement. They were virile, fierce
men. So they drove their speed mad
trotters in spider wagons with their
own hands for the lust of contest, hun
cry for action of which they must be a
physical part.
These early vikings of the CONNER
cial seas We're men. Their faults were
manly faults. Somewhat they pirated
it was in much the fault of the age
but they took with their own hands at
their own risk. The modern sugar
trust magnate is no more to be COM
pared to them than a porch climber
to Robin Hood.
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Looker-On In Iowa

Williams. April 3.-Altho Rev. Mr..
Enslow has left this burg, his farewell
remarks seem to linger in the minds OF
the citizens here and the general sub
ject of Enslow and his revival meet
:ngs is still interesting. The writer has
had some experience in writing up"
affairs Of this kind. but never before
has had as hard job to get at facts
For instance. it was told the writer
that members Of the Methodist church
ard some outsiders had proposed to
Mr. Enslow that he should preach here
for ifty-two Sundays. twice each Sun
Gay. for $1,000. but 1t was in the con-
tract that he should not live here. This
came from a reputable citizen. but an
other equally reputable citizen says
there is nothing in 1t. The latter. how
ever. said that If Mr.. Enslow had not
left town when he did there was coat
of tar and feathers being prepared.
This is not capable of proof naturally
and is only given az a sample Of what
one hears when trying to get both
sides of story.
Some things Of this "fracas" both
sides agree on. 1t seems the Methodist
church invited him here tsc . sc-!cs CO
meetings. his pay to be collection be-
fore he left. Some claim the Presby-
terians were invited to join in union
meetings afterwards. others say they
were in at the beginning The meet
ings were only fairly well attended at
first, until the public began to find out
what a genius was "in their midst" In
leading the singing, by the way, all
agree he is fine musician. He sat on
the piano in front of the audience.
trousers turned, la raining in Lon
don" showing display OF hose nearly
to his knees. Others claim he occas-
ionally also stood on the plano once In
a while and st liz all scratched up"
and no one has offered as yet to pay
for the damage to loaned piano, Mr..
Enslow also apologfzed for the slang
and plain language he used. saying It
was necessary to get the crowd out. and
he had TO have the crowd before he
could do them any good. It has been
printed how his advertising signs were
changed to his assistants being named.
"a live wire" 1.-The prin1a DONNA" and
get right with Cod" to get right with
Enslow" Then some m1screant put q
rope. string or wire across the path and
he had q severe fall. Meanwhile he had
"a. So. ..:.:ea -hs. haA town W!llian4s
was and things were ready for the cti-
max. It came with his seffnon on
cards ana dancing. He out SundAyed
Billy Sunday In plain language and de-
nunciation OF those who l1ea1~A =.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-04
THE FIRST MILlI0NAIR sS

Frank Work, a millionaire. died in
New York yesterday. aged 90.
A millionaire nowadays is not spec
tacular parsonage. Millionaires have
become common. The garden variety
Of millionaire excites small attention
and little remarks He is one of a class.
His automobile passing along Broad
way no more draws curious crowd
than the mechanics overalls.
Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rookie
Teller still attract attention, one by his
ber1efactions and the other from a var
iety Of causes. But an airship, a
champion prize-fghter, a great GRIM
inal or Roosevelt is required to draw
a big crowd and Roosevelt is losing
out. The common, modern millionaire
belongs to none Of these classes. He
is never a prize-fighter, rarely an
aviator and his connection with crime
Is not unusually spectacular.
But when Frank Work landed in the
American metropolis with five dollar
gold piece and ambition, millionaires
were scarce as hens teeth. The first
Vanderbilt had left his ferryboat and
was founding the colossal fortune which
put him in the ranks Of the richest men
in the world. Jay Gould had grabbed
his sawmill,. quit peddling maps to
hillside farms and was making the
money wherewith his daughters were to
purcnase princes and his granddaugh-
tsrS buy place in the British peerage.
IN that environment and amid those
opportunities the five dollar gold piece
grew into twenty millions. It was the
old story Of the Third reader over
again; the poor boy in rags sur
rounded by wealth. The bells rang to
him as they had to Wilmington. So he
rot rich, lived to 90, died and was bur-
led. And when he was dead those who
write biography off the bat and round
the story Of life before rigor mortis
has stiffened the body which held it
found their text, not in that he was a
millionaire. but one Of the first mil
Monaires and the last OF the first. So
much had times changed.
It 10 worth while to note the COM
parison between the first miIlionaires
and their successors. Frank Work,
Coenalius Vanderbilt and their ilk
Wsslthy and looking for relaxation
Turned 70 horses not to chorus girls
aud Monte Carlo. Vanderbilt and Work
1900 prominent on the speedways
Nveeks pole team held the record and
- championship for years. Wander
balt bought the best horses money could
- ana drove them for his own pleas
ma Bonner bought Dexter when that
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their depositors. Both OF them knew
when they were doing it that it was
wrong, measured either by the de-
mahds Of the law or OF good banking
Neither Of them had to do it to get
enough money to live on OF to become
q rich man. They simply did it to sat
isfy an overwhelming desire for more
money and thus violated the conf
dsnre their depositors had reposed in
them as well as the laws Of their land.
II the banking business is to remain
upon a sound basis, using deposits for
stock gambling must stop. The people
must see to 1t that laws are made more
stringent upon the subject And the
conservative bankers Of the country
should take the lead in every effort to
punish those who squande1' their In
vestments. 1t seems passing strange
that SO many Of them are now lending
support and sympathy to the efforts
exerted in behalf Of defaulters IN
prison.
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such amusements. At the close Of his
remarks he asked those that were
willing to give up such unchristian
amusements to rise. And to his sur
prise, several church members failed to
get up, the choir Of young ladies SEEM
ingly not anxious to stand. Discussing
the meeting he asked the choir what it
meant, and was informed when they
Joined the Presbyterian church, IN
diligence in cards. and dancing were left
to the conscience Of each one. After
this the Presbyterians failed to attend.
1t would seem that Rev. Mr.. Enslow
sometimes speaks without due reflec-
ton. The writer. of course, can not
swear to It, but he was told after this
secession of the Presbyterians this
evangelist referred to his brother Of the
Presbyterian church as long-legged
Jack rabbit preacher. o Another remark
he is credited with is ''he must have
hit something when he bagged D. D."
the Presbyterian minister being a Doc
tor Of Divinity. The Roman Catholics
were told that their highest church au-
thorities. condemning cards and dane
ing. In his farewell sermon he used
plain English: said he had been re-
vivalist for fifteen years but never had
been treated this way before: that Will
liams was the worst town in his exper-
fence. His collection for his four
weeks work was about 5000.
AS an outsider talking with all
classes. some Of them standing up for
Enslow. It can be said the situation
here is very much to be deplored. Be
fore this revival these churches all
worked together ard now 1t will be a
long time before thew get together. The
outsiders say 1t served them right
They have 1t in for Enslow because he
classed the moral men Of the town as
worse than dr-nkards, the Preshyter-
ians because their members who PLAYED
cards and danced feel insulted because
of his remarks. The business men say
he has given the town Of Williams a
black eve. which they don't deserve az
in matter Of r1ora1tv sobrietv. Sabbath
observance. freedom from saloons AMI
general good citizenship. thew invite
comparison with arv town OF It's size
in the state. After visiting the town Of
Williams for over twenty years this
scribe is glad to say many towns in
Iowa would suffer in such a COMPARE
son.
40 ~ Ao,.a.Ar
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Topics of the Times
bish people.


The Anamosa Eureka under its new
newspaper and worthy of its oppor-
tunity.
At any rate everybody knows how
OGorman got his seat. There's MOTH
ing even like suspicion Of the methods
employed.
P. P. G. on a farmers card means
blowing pretty soon for corn.
Mere mention of schedule K sets
saw a wolf.
OF course everything may have been
all right at Mitchellville but when you
smell boiled cabbage in the front room
you naturally conclude that it was
cooked in the kitchen.
April 1 is a suggestive time to start
a saloon petition of consent.
Whether or not senator Is elected
LATE ID a goner, lock, stock and Beryl.
With all this contention there are
two sides to the harefn skirt.
Representative Shankfand was disap-
pointed over the failure Of his bill The
state wasn't.
Boston babies wear q TAG Don't kiss
me. DON'T like it. Lates=, perhaps. Il
will be revised to read differently.
After snow. drag the roads.
Just when the Kenyon boon seems
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THE LODGES
MAooNlc NoTlcG0. |

y MASONIC MoTlcGo.
1Hall In New 1AGonio TemDle.
"\visitors always welcome,
MARSHALL LODGE. 400. a. =. =
A. n. statsd communication ApeN =,
p. m. Work on third degree April 5th,
z: 80 p. m. I;
n ". chambSelala, W. e.
John w. Wells, secretAfy.
s1oNHr CHAPTER No. -. = ~ =
stated convocation Monday; Ap6l ~
1880 p. m.. In the now to1lDlo.
Is Tfod WailaOe, II. =.
!. g. MiilArd. Secretary.
KING SOLOMON Couacil Ne. -. =
4 g. H.. 0ta.sA asssmbiy. AoaAAy.
April II. p. m.
( T. Forbes, Rscordse.
A. D. Nssisr. =. I -
ST. AIDDllAR cO1f16ANDAlEY.
No. 80. K. T.. stated conclavs Tuooday
evening. April 10. p. IN. shASp. VS.
itins Sir Knights always ws,cemA
I. =. ToEbes. - e.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. n. O. =
e.-Regular meeting Wednesday Ovon-
Ing. April II. at 1850 p: N.
Edna G. Fularton, W. =
Lillian Norton, secrstary.
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MONEY SAVING ADVICE.
[Cedar Falls Record.]

The grocers Of Cedar Falls ought to
get together and let the delivery bus
iness out by contract. Then there
would be some system to the delivery
business. It Is a needless expense to
keep up the present system. II the
grocer met the expense thereof the
public would not be especially inter-
ested but he does not. The patrons
of the establishment foot the ex-
pense account. Delivery could be made
at least so per cent cheaper than at
present. AS it is now If housewife
wants to invest a nickel In something
she simply telephones the grocer and
he sends delivery rig promptly to de-
liver the small purchase. Under the
contract system deliveries are made
on scheduled time and those ordering
goods can get them only when the de-
livery is due. This relieves the grocer
Of all Embarrassment and it makes the
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Sticky Sweating
Palms

sitter taking salts or csthaxtio
waters-did you ever notice tha4
weary all gons fesling-the palms
of your hands sWeat-and rotten
taste in your mouth - Cathartic0
only move by sweatinE your bowols
DO q lot OF hurt-Try . CASCA.
RET and see how much easier 10
Job 10 done = how much better
you feel. .
cAscARErs roc boz for weeks
treatment, all druGgists. DiGgese seller
IN the Wo1ld. Aillion boxes Q 0o0tA
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NV Fathers House.

MY Fathers heart Is like rose
That in the balny April blows.
LAS tender as velvet flower
Between two dawns Of sun and shower
NY Fathers smile is like a gleam
OF golden vapor in a dream.
"A ray that fall around my feet
To light the road with bloom and sweet
MY Fathers song is good to hear
AS any brook that ripples clear.
Or marvel of the wildwood note
That raptures from the redbreasts
throat.
MY Fathers hand Is held to me
From out the cloud. across the sea.
AS tender as velvet bloom
OF love to lead me thru the gloom.
MY Fathers house is wide and long
AS loves farewell on lips of song.
And there He bids me come and keep
The feast Of life, the fast of sleep.
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