Arizona republican., 1899-07-06
Mines and MininQ

1 IhS cats that run wild in Central Parl i are objects of detestat ton to the keep
 CTS when fun grown: in their infancy t seems, they secure sympathy ana
 assistance. The cat of this story made
 it's spring h0nle in an abandoned bird:
 nest. that had lasted through the win
 ter in One of the tall trees near the
 plateau at 104th street. It first at | tI'acted attention by running rOun6 and round the trunk of the tree. new ! ing horribly It's actiOEs led to inyes- ] tigatiOn. and investigation disclosed q
 blind and furry family in the nest
 quite th.rt- feet from tL, ground When a policeman climbed the tree i the eat climbed too. and entered such a demurrer to any interference with the nest that it had to be removed. with its cOntents. in q box the Squallin9 parent being meanwhile beaten off with club. The kittens were duly fed and presumably preserved. Their sal vation, humane as it was. seemed hardly possible since the felines in that vicinity were pursued Eg the keepers last autumn with shot guns. It is nevertheless. the first case on record of a ver.ta be nest of wild cats being discovered in Central Park.
 The owner of a vacant lot in the
 
 Boulevard is either very courageous are the small boys of the neighbor- hood are cinsidera,te The owner or someone in h.s employ has nailed to q tall post al0ve his fence a stuffed owl of great size and unusually wise aspect. It's wings are extended az gressiyely. its glass eyes glare and it has q cigar in it's mouth. So exposed. it is an affront to the nerves and a menace to surrounding windows: for the temptation. even to grown persons. to heave a rock at the bird is almost irresistible.
 The remodeitng of the Cyrus Field house in Graanercy Park means the ob,iteratiOn of another famous land mark. The house, together with the one adjoining. on the corner of Lex ington Avenue. is Ibealg ''mOdernized.- - which means that the costly interior decorations have gone into the gener- al heap of dust and lath and plaster. The carving on the Eanis'ters in the Field house alone cost a sDall fortune. the ceilings on the ground floor were the work of famous artists and the stained glass windows at the rear. (which of course. have been SaveD, we're of intricate and beautiful design After the Field family retired from the mansion it degenerated into q fashionable" boarding house. There is little left of it today save its outer walls and it's flight of stone steps.
 A men1ber of the New York Yacht club is authority for the statement that nothing that floats and carries sails will be obta:naible for love or money during the cup races next Oc- tober. 1t was made in response TO a query from an amateur yatchTaE-I one of the kind that sells his boat whenever he gets q fair offer for her and never rep aces her until ie has missed some such event as q cup week This amateur wished to know about what sum it would take to charter q c0mfi0I;GDls schooner for the week one to hold. say. a cluib 1f ten = en with their friends. He thought :tI ought to be managed for about $50l apiece. Five hundred doHars.' was the veterans comment: 'fWhy. my boy. five hundred wouldn't pay for the chain to her anchor This was metal phOr, of course. The veteran meanT. as he prts Antly explained, that every nan that possessed I bOIc or any ki1Iil would sail ner hiDl<Alf that week or never. The man that w:>hts tn rer a yacht must choose another time.