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YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN.

THE NORTH WIND THAT PUZZLES WEATHER PROPHETS.

The Art of Ventriloquism Taught to Man by the Animals--A chapter in the History of the Old Deadwood Mail Coach.

There are few, if any, of our young folk who have not heard about "Buffalo Bill" and his Wild West show that illustrates life on the western frontier, with its Indians and cowboys, its buffalo huting, etc. (Buffalo Bill's true name is W.F. Cody.) Mr. Cody figured conspicuously in the United States army during the war, and has been a member of congress. He led for many years a most adventurous life, during which time, among other positions occupied, was that of guide to many expeditions. Mr. Cody gained his sobriquet of "Buffalo Bill" from the fact that he proved buffalo meat for the workmen of the Union Pacific railway, bringing down with his own rifle an innumerable number of animals.

OLD DEADWOOD MAIL COACH.

Our illustration presents a relic of those rough days in the shape of a heavy, lumbering coach, which used to convey the miners from Deadwood, Colo. This coach has been one of the feature in the Wild West show, both in America and England, but as it was in the old days often shattered by robber and has been repaired many times, it is quite probable that comparatively little of the original vehicle remains. It is told that some forty years for more ago, Brigham Young rode in this stage when he went prospecting for the promised land of the Mormons.