rifle-ball—one portion being buried deep in the brain, and the other between the scalp and the skull. He lived twenty-three days. 37. A SIOUX PAPPOOSE, 482 Or Indian infant, found in a tree near Fort Laramie, where it had been buried (?) according to the custom of this tribe. 38. SKULL OF AN INDIAN, 482 Showing nine distinct sabre wounds. 39. “OLD PROBABILITIES’” INSTRUMENT ROOM, 504 Storm and Weather Signal Service Bureau—Washington. 40. TROPICAL FRUITS—INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT 545 CONSERVATORY—WASHINGTON, 41. THE DOME AND SPIRAL STAIRCASE; RARE PLANTS AND FLOWERS—INSIDE 546 THE GOVERNMENT CONSERVATORY—WASHINGTON, 42. TROPICAL PLANTS AND FLOWERS—INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT 548 CONSERVATORY—WASHINGTON, 43. THE VAN NESS MANSION, AND DAVY BURNS’ COTTAGE, 550 44. THE CAPITOL AS SEEN FROM PENNSYLVANIA AVE.—WASHINGTON, 550 45. VIEW OF THE “CITY OF THE SLAIN”—ARLINGTON, 582 The remains of over 8,000 soldiers, killed during the war, lie buried in this Cemetery—the name, regiment, and date of death of each is painted on a wooden head-board. 46. THE TOMB OF “THE UNKNOWN”—ARLINGTON, 586 Erected by the Government to the memory of Unknown Soldiers killed during the War. It bears the following inscription: “Beneath this stone repose the bones of Two Thousand One Hundred and Eleven unknown soldiers, gathered after the war, from the fields of Bull Run and the _route_ to the Rappahannock. Their remains could not be identified; but their names and deaths are recorded in the archives of their country, and its grateful citizens honor them as of their noble army of Martyrs. May they rest in peace! September, A. D. 1866.” 47. PORTRAIT OF JAMES A. GARFIELD, THE MARTYR PRESIDENT, 588 Engraved from a recent photograph. 48. PORTRAIT OF MRS. JAMES A. GARFIELD, WIFE OF THE MARTYR 600 PRESIDENT, Engraved from a recent photograph. CONTENTS. [Illustration] CHAPTER I. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. PAGE.