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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 68, 29 May 1869, Page 5

Advertising ingenuity has left little room for novelty, but a merchant in Newark, New York State, h:is challenged attention by leaving his space entirely blank, with the following note, in fine print at the bottom : — " This space was sold to A. E. Brennan, but as their business is sufficiently brisk already, they decline to use it.

A Brain Wave. — Mrs. Eleanor P. Jago, Hammersmith writes to the " Spectator " :—": — " As it is my accumulation of evidence that the theory of ' brain waves ' must be established, I offer the following detail of an incident in the early life of my husband's father, which I think supports the sympathetic theory. Richard Jago was. the son of the rector of "Wendron, in Cornwall, and was so determined in adopting a sailor's life that he twice ran away from the surgeon in the village to whom his father had apprenticed him, and entered before the mast. Finding it vain to contend against so strong a bias, ' Master Richie' obtained a midshipman's berth, and went to sea at once. Among the events of his first voyage was the capture of a small vessel, and young Jago was sent homewards in command of the prize. "When his watch expired at night, he asked his successor not ,i'Q allow any one to pace the deck over his head, as he was exceedingly tired, and wished for undisturbed sleep. This was promised ; but he was soon awakened by a steady footstep He called, but was assured that no one had been pacing the deck, and he slept again, again to be roused to inquiry, and with the same reply. He exclaimed — ' If it were possible, I should think that it was my father 1 : s footsteps which I have heard.' He made an entry in his logboqk of the day and hour of the occurrence ; and when he reached home he learned that at that time his father lay dying, and his latest thoughts were filled with- anxiety for his hoy at sea. That boy lived to the age of eightyfour, and frequently related the incident to his family, and I think I have related it verbatim, as I heard it from my husband, who entirely believed that the spirit of the dyipg fatherhad l|6}d ppjaxnunjon, witlj hj§ gbgent ctpld."

The Pope on the Danish Question. — " There is so much talk here," says our Roman correspondent in a letter of the 3rd November, "about the speeches addressed by the Pope to the English and Danish consuls on the occasion of his visit to Civita Vccchia, that 1 have been at pains to ascertain the exact words. The Holy Father first spoke to the counsel of Denmark, saying, ' You represent, monsieur, a Power, the geographical extent of which is very limited, but which has astonished the whole world by the noble courage with which it defended its rights against those Powers which abused tfieiv strength to destroy them.' Then turning to the English consul, Hi* Holiness remarked, ' England, j monsieur, did wrong, very wrong, \o \ abandon Denmark, which it was both her duly and her interest to sustain. It was a proceeding which cannot be condemned too strongly, for it was fatal both Lo Denmark and Poland. If she continues in such a course, England Aviil 100 iate find that she is degraded.' The assembly thronged so close to hear these speeches that the pressure shook the platform of the throne, giving the Pope a violent shock. By an adroit movement he prevented iiimself from being thrown down, md cried out to his alarmed suit, ' Fear nothing ; the Pope's throne may fall, but the Pope will never fall' " — '• Pr.ll Mi-11 Gazette."