Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-09-28
THE CAT FAMILY,
now IL Is Distributed Over Various Pa.
tions of the Globe.

tions of the Globe.
The true cats are embraced by the
| genus Felis, which includes some tiftv
of The species. These are distributed
over every portion of the globe except
Australia and the South Pacific islands.
though most abundantly developed in
The hot ATTITUDES. According to He'll
prin. the better known American forms
are the jaguar, whose range comprises
The entire region included between
Patagonia and Texas; the cougar or
puma, with probably the most extend
ed north and south range of any man.
malta species-Pataronia to the six
tieth parallel of north latitude; the
ocelot, which, in one or other of its
several varieties, ranges from Arhan.
sas through Texas and Mexico to Pata-
gonna; the nearly equally distributed
margay-Mexico tn Faraguay-and
several allied species of small inter-
tropical "tiger-cats;" the jaguar and
ezra. unspotted cats ranging from
Paraguay to the northern boundary of
Mexico; the Gillian colocollo; the
pampas-cat, and the lynx, which in
habits the greater part of the American
continent north of Mexico. Prominent
among the old world cats are the lion.
the tiger. the panther or leopard, the
ounce or irbis, the spotted tiger, the
serval. the cheetah and the lynx No
form of eat may be said to he common
to Europe and America. though there
are varieties of lynx in both. as well
as in Asia and Africa. The cougar is
often inaccuratcly called the panther"
in America, while the American wild
cat is kind of lynx. The wildcat
proper. Felis catus. extends its domain
over the continent and islands of
Europe, 1t is not. as is frequently
supposed, tho ancc. or of the domestic
animal. this place being now generally
conceded to the Egyptian cat IF. man
icHlata) .-Arkonsalc 7rdueier.
Counsel Ito wtness): "Then you
think he struck you with malice afore-
thonght?' Witness Gndignantly) You
can't mix me up like that. I've told
lou twice he hit rue with a brick. There
wasn't no mallets. nor nothin' of the
kind about. N Y. Ledger
-Sparin' the rod will spoil the child;
yes, but so will sparn' the parents
love, and sparin' the school-house. and
sparin' civilized home surroundin's.
You cant raise children without sun
shine any more than melons. CHICAGO
J0urn I.
-''Vesuvius is again in a state of
eruption, read boy to his grand
mother, who was interested in Canadian
matters. "Well. l declare to good
ness" she answered, that's what
comes of being so foolish and not get
ting vaceinated. "-Ou City Derrick.
While London chemist was test
ing bottle of milk it exploded with
loud report, scattering fragments of
glass all over the room. Professor
Huxley's theory is that the COW had
been eating dynamite, bnt we think his |
hypothesis is wrong. A more plausible /
explanation is that some fiend had
thrown nitro-glycerine into the we'll
NorriStoton Herald.
"A little boy had gathered a flower
in the London Botanical Garoens in de- /
tance of the rules of the society. His |
mother, a stately and somewhat pomp-
Gus dame. approached one of the keep
ers, leading the culprit with one hand,
and holding forth the flower in the
other, and. in solemn tones, said: This ID
the delinquent" mo, beg your par.
don, ma am" replied the civil official,
"that there's q polyanthuh"