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to be an ardent wooer and at once began
to press his suit. The object of his affec-
tons looked favorably upon his wooing,
but the parents OF the young lady seriously
objected to his attentions to their daughter.
Colonel Benton was vehement and out
spoken in his opposition to young FIRE.
mont's suit. He declared that his daughter
should not wed an army suballern. He
declared that the army was not q profess
sion; that an officers income was only a
salary that ended with his life, leaving his
widow helpless ward of the War Depart
ment. Mrs. Bentons objection to Free
monts suit was based upon the extreme
youth of her daughter. Both father and
mother expressed the greatest personal
regard for the young lieutenant, but they
were determined, for the reasons they
gave and which they considered all suf-
fcient, that he should not wed their child.
But the soldier-lover was persistent. He
told the fathe. of the young girl he loved
of his am bitions; how he intended to rise
above the rank of simple lieutenant of
engineers and make for himself name
that should be illustrious; but to all the
young lovers pleadings the father turned
tient at the young man for his persistence.
1t was during the summer of 1841 while
young Fremont was endeavoring to over
come these impediments that had been
placed in the way of his marriage, that he
received n strange but emphatic order
from the War Department to make an ex-
amin aticn of the Des NJ ONES River, then
upon the extreme frontier and upon whose
banks the hostile Sacs and Fox Indians
made their homes. The order was
strange and mysterious one, but it was in
e1ora BILE. The young lieutenant and his
sweetheart suspected that the idea of send
ing him into such distant territory eman-
ated from Colonel Benton, who hoped that
during the long absence of the soldier
his daughter might be weaned away from
what he considered mere infatuation of
hers.
There were but two courses open to
young Fremont-to obey the order or
throw up his commission. He was a
soldier and he obeyed orders! With the
best spirits he could command Fremont
set out upon his perilous expedition. He
discharged his duty with so much credit
to himself that the gallant soldier return
ing not only found the loyal heart of his
lady love awaiting him, but an appoint
ment to explore the Rocky Mountains
and also to find a new emlgrant trail to
the Great West.
Soon after the young officers return to
Washington on the 10th of October 1S41,
he and Miss Jessie Benton were quietly
welded in Washington. Colonel Benton
and his wife soon became reconciled to
the marriage-so soon, that the very next
wear the colonel intrusted his 12-year- old
son, Randolph to the care OF Fremont as
his companion during his expedition to
the Rocky Mountains.
Does not interest cluster about a girl of
ia bright vivacious, charming girl--in
love with a soldier? Romance reioices
that an irate father opposed them, and
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THE spicy peppers have grown tall.
RE&? have branched, have bloomed and
,yE2C fruited into aromatic shower
clusters of scarlet berries, these many
years, along the streets of beautiful Los
Angeles-since John c. Fremont first took
up his headquarters IN that low adobe
house standing now in a populous resi-
dence district of this city. BY pretty,
even if not strange, coincidence, the pep
pers have grown tall, too, before that other
home which, after many years, IS destined
now to be that OF the beloved wife of the
explorers youth, Jessie Benton Fremont.
This name, so gloriousy written upon
the pages OF history of the entire country
as we II as that of early o. lifornia, is not
unfamiliar TO younger generation which
has read in history of that Presidential
campaign in 1856 when the followers OF
the Republican standard took off their
hats and shouted for its candidate for
chief executive, John &. Fremont, "the
Pathf nder," and then cheered for his
beautiful wife, the lovable woman who is
now spending the evening of her life
within view of the scene of some of the
most thrill ling incidents in her husbands
eventful career. AS she sits in her lovely
home amid beautiful California flowers
to-day, and discusses the changes through
which the Government has recently gone
as she reads of the inauguration of a new
President of the Nation-she hears the
echoes of those cheers, thinking, as pol
itician thinks, after long years OF trained
thought, of the country's perils and the
country's needs in the past and at the
present.
But broader and more beautifully, she
thinks as a woman, of the wives of Nc
Kiney and OF Bryan. even without party
preference, knowing as but few women do
among the millions OF women in this great
Republic just what it is to be the wife of
n Presidential candidate, one of those few
who, through glorious if seemingly al
most endless summer have looked for
ward to that day so full of meaning TO all
Ame1icans-the 4th of every fourth
November.
And on last Thursday, the day of Presi-
dent McKinley's Inauguration, sne could
fully realize and sympathize with the con-
ficting emotions OF these two women Wi
had passed through the souI-harrowing,
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The Stpangest Claim Ever Yet Made
cisco Scientist Declares That the X Ray Will Garry
Medicines Through the Flesh Tissues.

writer who took sparks from different
points on the insulated wires. The air dur
ing the experiments is undoubtedly In &C
tive and rapid vibration. Every atom in the
body OF the subject is lnsenslbly affected
by the electricity. Perhaps this molecular
activity is largely factor.
The X ray concentrating, ,supposititiously
at least, beneficial rays of the sun and
directing them to the anointed part, is
produced by the static machine without
the evolution of any heat in the Crookes
tube The rays generated are so powerful
that it is possible to see through the abdo-
men at a distance of eight feet. The alb
sence of heat is in accordance with
acknowledged electric theories, because
there are no calorific effects in the gener-
alton of energy by the static machine.
DR.. Woolf says that whether the static
machine has anything to do with the
effect of the X rays in carrying medicine
into the system is, of course, matter for
oniecture. Certain it is that the < rays
will not produce the effect alone. The
static machine causes the atmosphere to
be penetrated for several feet around with
electricity which may possibly cause a
molecular disturbance in the flesh tissues,
so that the rays can do the work of carry
ing the medicine. This can, however,
only be determined il the future.
"My discovery was made only a short
time ago. 1t may be summed up simply
in this, that the mysterious radiance in
passing through flesh tissues is capable of
carrying with it certain particles. These
particles can be in the form of certain
chemicals. which are carried directly into
the system, and should there be diseased
part it will surely be reached and cure
can be effected. That this can be done
have in a number of cases fully demon
strated. 1 simply have anointed the
skin over the diseased or painful part and
then subjected it to a few minutes e1
posure under the x ray, and that is all
there is TO it,
DR.. Woolf is young. He is an enthus-
astic electrician and physician. He firmly
believes that he has discovered something
new in electrical application, as his re-
marks indicate. There is no doubt that
mis- claim will be vigorously discussed.
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Fremont, "Jhe Pathfinder" Pitched His
Where the Palace Hotel Now Stands

these bygone troubles of Mrs. Fremont
have made her broader and sweeter and
better. Her soft, glowing white hair is
brushed away from a brow serene and
tranquil, and her bright, steady eye and
beautiful smile are but tempered with
trace of that experience which has swept
through her life only to ennoble it.
Her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Fremont,
whose share of experience in those event
fu! years was not little, gives many
lovely pictures OF her mother; brief
glimpses it is true, but touched always
with that steady lighting of strength and
sincerity so characteristic and SO admira-
BILE. I'VE had a rare opportunity to test
our patience once" she said SIN ilingly,
after finishing bit OF personal history.
"Our camp at one time, just group OF
tents, was pitched on the present site of
the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
"The City then was made up OF the worst
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uncertain days OF the last Presidential
campaign as the wives of the candidates.
She could apprec ate, in part the feeling
of pride in her husbands achievement
that filled the breast of Mrs. Mckinley;
and she could appreciate still more fully
the regretful sorrow that must have per-
meated the breast of Mrs. Bryan, when
she read of the triumphal entry of her
husbands late opponent into the National
capital for the same feelings had been
hers on one similar occasion just forty
years ago to the day.
But those memories have lost, l fancy,
somewhat OF their power TO stir the quiet
of that sweet old lady, who rests and
dreams in the languorous beauty of her
southern garden and enjoys only the
golden reflection of those dazzling days
without their jar and discord.
1t was in this mood l found her one
warm fragrant evening. She lives in
Adams street, that part of Los Angeles
remarkable for its fair homes made fairer
by the luxuriance and charm of tropical
gardens. Magnolias overshadow the fresh
lawn, orange trees and fan palms gather
the perfumes in their cooler masses, and
the graceful. willowy pepper flings out it's
scarlet, bead-strung clusters to every pass
ing breeze, all conspiring TO make beauti-
full the spot which she has chosen for the
home of her dec lining years.
She was sitting in her pretty reception.
room, its windows thrown Open to the
dewy night, so warm and woong in this
southern latitude, and she herself as warm
and wooing as the air. Her daughter was
with her, and friend-some very dear
friend. who proudly professed her love as
she arose to go. Everything and every
body seems to love Mrs Fremont.
And then followed a most delightful
evening, for Mrs. Fremont has seen so
many phases of life and hes gathered
around her such store of "reminiscences
that she is charming conversationalist
and a delightful entertainer. She talked
of fashionable wedding in Washington
at which she appeared in all the glory of
bridesmaid when she was but Is; she told
of her travels in Europe. Of her journey
ings 10 the Golden State in the early DAYS
OF California to JOIN her aaventur Jus hus-
band, and of many other incidents of her
lille that were highly entertaining.
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ripples with laughter when her lieutenant,
after year of absence, returns. flushed
with success, to claim his girlish bride.
Nor does she leave them with plain we'd
ding-ring and an equally plain future.
Step by step she PAGES out for them
career as brilliant and eventful as she does
for the children of her dearest favor.
The year after his marriage young Fre-
mont bade his youthful bride farewell and
started on his perlous expedition to the
Rocky Mountains and began a career
marked by hardships and vcissitudes, but
which finally earned for him the fame OF
being a Presidential candidate and the
name OF Pathfinder"
In these various fortunes of her hus-
band the young wife shared. but history
sometimes forgets to paint the sorrows
and anxieties which preysd upon her
heart while lie marched onward and up
ward through peril and misfortune. But
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some will say. they are not the heat rays
nor the ordinary light rays. DIR. Woolf
thinks they are the mysterious ultraviolet
rays, which are known to have. he says,
capacity to penetrate. why" so he has
reasoned "cannot these ultraviolet rays.
in other words the action of the sun rays,
be intensified so that in few minutes as
much may be effected as could ordinarily
result after many days?' In his expert
ments, tending to demonstrate that his
conclusions as to the actual facts are accu-
rate, DR.. Woolf has employed the appar-
atus which has already been roughly
enumerated.
The static machine is a very large af-
fair, driven steadily by water-powe and
yielding an unfailin- supply of electricity.
the conditions being those of the alter
mating current At distance of few
feet, connected directly with the static
machine by thoroughly we'll protected
and thoroughly insulated wires, is a
Crookes tube OF very large size, supported
on standard. 1t is through the
Crookes tube that DIR. Woolf focuses so
to speak the ultraviolet rays upon the
subject OF his experiments. The produc-
ton of the X ray directly from the static
machine without any intervening coil or
battery is factor which Dr.. Woolf con-
siders unique and valuable.
The remaining conditions are easily de-
scribed. The class of chemicals most
easily caused by the X ray to penetrate
the human system are roughly described
as crystalloids, nor will DR.. Woolf be more
specific in alluding TO them. In addition
10 the X ray the subject is bic to become
thoroughly electrified, so that spark can
readily be taken from any part of the
body. The electric current passes in
through an insulated STOOL. upon which
the feet of the subject rest The first evil
dence of complete electrifcation is the
unmistakable tendency of the subjects
hair to stand upon end. The subject,
Judging by the experience of the writer,
does not experience any particular sensa-
ton while he is becoming electrified.
The wires, carefully insulated. neverthe
less give out much electricity, leakage,
and this was fully determined by the
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E@1QUIPPED with a static machine to
* generate electricity, a Crookes tube
k@N Of unusual size and novel in some
respects for the production of the X rays,
and various minor and accessory appli-
ances, DR.. NJ ]. Woolf is conducting in
this City In laboratory a series of expert
ments having in view complete demon
stratIon of something new alike to medi-
cal and electrical science. His central
idea is that it is possible with the x ray,
and solely through the agency of that
mysterious ray, to convey through the
tissues of the human body medicines OF
curative properties.
DIR. Woolf goes so far as to say that he is
certain that this is so and that he has
demonstrated such to be the fact. IL IS
not the purpose of this article TO deny nor
to affirm that DR.. Woolf's conclusions are
correct. His idea and claims are, how
ever, so distinctly original that some 1acts
are given which are derived partly from
observation and partly from DR.. Woolfs
statements. These are submitted for
what they are worth with the confident
expectation that they will pique scientific
interest and perhaps promote lnVestlga-
tion in the general direction Ill which DR..
Woolf's experiments lead.
For many years. and perhaps many CEN
turies, the idea has been prevalent
in different portions of the globe that the
rays of the sun possess not only the
power to vivify, but that also they are
healing agencies when properly applied.
Solariun!s have been Instituted in con-
nection with hospitals and elsewhere for
the purpose OF affording patients chance
to reap such beneficial results from sun
baths as could be brought. Coupled with
the theory of the penetrating nature of
sun rays has coexisted the practice of
amounting with various drugs or chemi-
Gals for sun rays to act upon directly or
through thicknesses of glass. If benefit is
received in soIariums, and those benefits
are traceabe or al least reasonably to be
attributed to sunbeams or sun-rays,
several questions naturally occur at once
to the lay mind and the scientific mind.
What rays are these which possess the
penetrative ana curative power? Surely,
The San Francisco call., 1897-03-07
The Jessie Benton Fremont Of To-Day
And the Goden Memories That Cluster Jhck About the Noble
Woman in Her California Home

But none of these were as inte resting as
the story she told of the courtship of Gen
eral Fremont and of her romantic mar
riage to the explorer. She met John c..
Fremont in the very late thirties. FIRE.
mont was then second lieutenant of en-
gineers in the United States army and was
engaged in survey of the territory that
lay between the Missouri and Upper riv-
ers. The young officer was introduced
into the home of Colonel Thomas H.
Benton, then United States Senator from
Missouri, and at first sight, according to
his confession to the young lady after she
became his wife. fell deeply in love with
Miss Jessie Benton, the second daughter
OF tie Senator, and then young girl but
Is years old. The young lieutenant proved
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Some Rich and Rare Memories Of 1.-The Days of Old"
Tent on the Ground

zon, where the blue of world and sky
met"
Mrs. Fremont published a book several
years ago under the title of Souvenirs of
NJ Time, in which she recounts most
graphically the most striking incidents of
ner eventful life.
The name of Fremont will always be in
separabiy connected with the history of
California. The old Californian-it does
not matter which kind-he who used to
talk of Pike County, or of baked beans. or
he who still talks of the time when the
water came up to Montgomery street.-The
old pioneer. | say. is proud of the Cali
fornia Battalion, and We, its natives, are
proud of it, too. We honor them, those
fine old pioneers, who were so solid for it
and for it's leader, John G. Fremont. But
1 venture to say there is another kind of
California battalion to-day-a more quiet,
perhaps smaller, but none the less loyal
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company-out for the election to leader
ship of such as this one of California's
dearest women, she who shared the vi
cissitudes of the State and Nation, the
daughter of the Senator and the wife of
the candidate-Jessie Benton Fremont.
MAY Blossom LINDLEY
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His Last Poem.

Blows the wind to-day, and the sun and rain
are flying,
Blows the wind on the moors to-day and
now,
Where about the graves of the martyrs the
whaups are crying,
Ny heart remembers how!
Gray recumbent tombs of the dead in desert
places,
Standing stones On the vacant wine-red moor,
Hills of sheep, and the homes of the silent
vanished races,
And winds, austere and pure
Be It granted me to behold you again in dying,
Hills of home! and to hear again the call;
Hear about the graves CT the msrtyrs the ree-
wees crylnF,
And hear no more at all!
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, in the Arthenaum.
Vaccination has just been introduced
into Afghanistan. by the advice of Miss
Hamilton, an English physician. who is
in attendance upon the Ameer.
The thieves of Great Britain steal about
fs,000,000 worth of property every year.
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When patches show through melting snow.
And softer winds begin to blow.
Though Winter still seems king Of all.
There comes soft, half-moumful tall
And farmers straightway think of Spring
When meadow larks begin TO sing.
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When early day dawns sad and gray.
There comes voice not far away.
From meath some bush-a cheerful voice.
That bids us in our life rejoice:
And spirits cannot long be dark
When sings the early meadow lark.
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When the glad sun his course has nun.
And shadows tell the day is done.
The mournful note grows In his song
As Of longing vain but strong
That finds an echo in each heart,
For longing is of life part.
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The thieves of Great Britain steal about
f8,000,000 worth of property every year.
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An hour hence. along the fence.
A matin concert will commence.
Each lark will sing, and pipe and tri!l
Just when he likes and as he will:
A deafening chorus of bird glee
From fence and bush. from shrub and tret
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In midday's heat, clear, wild and sweet
A lark calls at our very feet.
Then flies to where an answering triIl
Comes from the top of yonder hill:
And plodding plowooys stop to bark
The lovesohg of the meadow lark.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-19

Those who cannot get out to Benning
todayto enJoythis beautiful weather should
not fail to be on hand tomorrow. The
Easter Steepiechase, at two miles, will he
run, and with sunshine and a fast track
Tuesday should see the grand stand and
clubhouses overlooking Society is sure
to have very large representation, for
the dangerous cross-country work is al
ways the most fascinating for the ladies.
The list of subscribers shows three Wash
ington owners-S. S. Rowland (2), II. 8.
Page IL and q. w. Wadsworth 1)-and
many will have personal interest in the
result on their account.
The space at the disposal OF the Jockey
Club has asbeenusedto the egTeatest advantage
in la ying out the steeplechase course, This
necessitat ted denying the admission Of car
Tiages TO the infield, but the course in con-
sequence runs nearer to the grandstand
and there is no possibility of the view be-
ing obstrueted by high breaks and tally-ho
coaches, with crowds of groons congre-
gated about the water jump.
Secretary HELEN is very much pleased
with the excellent attendance last Satur-
day, in spite OF the threatening weather.
Everything has been done To make every
day this week attractive to the public and
owners.
There were plenty OF layers OF odds TO
handle the business Saturday, but there
will be several more today. Everyone
will have chance To back his fancy to any
amount from 81 up TO his limit.
Mike Dwyer swung some good bets at the
bookies on Forget ON the firstday and will
probably try conclusions on big scale be-
fore the meeting ends.
Phil Dwycr is expected at the track this
afterno on.
Entries for Tomorrow.
First race e-Three-quarters Of a mile.
Mormon and Bob Leach, 103 each; Mahoney,
Callibee and Pequod, 100 each; Beaumont,
115: Take Care. Gee Gee and Loeb Glyn,
106 each.
Second race-Four and one-haIf furlongs.
blanchard, Water Crest and Tantris, 100
each; Sly Fox, 109; Delicate, 105.
Third race distance not givenb-Her Own,
50; Square, 1o2; Naughty Girl, 95; Slow
Poke, 105; Russier, los.
Fourth race, one nile-Dutch Skater,
10; Brisk. 115; Ray g., 10, Bolley, 112
Fifth, Easter eplechase-Erie, 152;
Decapod, 167: Teconc, 1877; Mars Chan,
lat; Marietd, 147.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-19

The Market Weak and Prices Lower
Under Active Dealings.

New York, April 19.-UndeT the single
influence of the news that hostilities
had finally broken out ON the Grecian
frontier the stock market opened active and
very much unsettled, the initial losses
ranging from IA to per cent. The latter
decline was in New York Central, which,
like all the London listed stocks, was un-
der severe pressure
The London Stock Exchange was closed
today over Easter, so that there was no
news from that source; but foreign houses
We're, nevertheless, sellers of stocks here.
The most noteworthy feature Of the LEGAL
situation was the increased strength Of the
foreign market, which showed greater
activity than for some time. Posted rates
were raised 1-2c, and the actual business
effected was at an advance of from
Lac to 3Sc.
In the stock market, the opening was
quite exciting, and it was impossible to
fix the exact opening figures in the eases
of the more active stocks. 1t was signifi-
can't that the stocks in which the short
interest is large showed the greatest re-
sistance, Jersey Central being a notable
example ofthis kind. Outside of New York
Central there were serious declines in St
Paul. Southern Railway, Louisville and
Nashville and United States Leather pre-
ferred.