Show interesting particulars concerning lecont attempts to measure tho height of the aurora have been given to the koyal danish academy by M adam paulsen at godthaab with tho theodo lites four miles apart the height of different auroras was found to range from one third of a mile to forty miles near cape farewell with a base line of about three fourths of a mile the calculations ranged from one to ten miles and at spitsbergen with a base of about one third of a mile the results were from one third of a mile to eighteen miles in earlier observations estimated the height of several auroras at from 90 to miles beimann found a height from one aurora 0 at least miles and placed the mean height of auroras at about miles while lemstrom observed auroras as low as 1000 deot and hildebrands Hildo brands saw them below the clouds M paulsen infers that the aurora only appears at considerable sid erable height in the temperate zone whilo in the zone proper the phenomenon is generally produced in the lower atmosphere OE DAY last week a married woman of this county found a soft shelled egg on which was an eligible inscription as though stamped from the inside of the shell the egg by some mishap was broken a day or two later an with a hard shell found in the same nest the egg bore the following inscription in raised letters prepare to die god wi l 1 take you jesus will come soon it ia no hoax and no trick the letters are perfect and appear as though they had been stamped from the in sido of the shell pueblo star it is a safe bet that the hen had been loafing around with salvati un roosters there is some natural cause for the phenomena THE accomplishment of a hitherto apparently impossible feat that of transforming mechanical work directly is claimed by prof braun of Tn bingen he winds nickel wiro into spirals and as each spi ralis elongated or compressed a current of considerable sid erable strength is generated this is increased by putting a number of spirals in circuit macli positive results have been obtained that the experimenter peri menter is hopeful of constructing a useful generator on this principle prohibition takes effect in north j dakota tho first of baly the biej for this purpose has passed both houses of the legislature by a two thirds vole AT TUB present time says the in cr ocean chicago has miles of underground wires and in a year or two there will not be a telegraph hue to bo seen in the city |