Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-10-29
LITERARY NOTICES.

lractive and interesting ns any OF lis pre- !
decessors. We would suggest that now Is
the time to subscfihe for the next volume. !
The proprietor IN IL prospectus states that
there viii he no change in the plan or pur-
poses OF the Home Magazine for the coming t
year. It will continue to give the most en- '
tertainlng and useful reading matter, and It's
aim will he. rs Heretofore, TO elevate and
purify. The con Q lis will he Of the most
varied character, and highest excellence.
In the January Issue will be commenced
new serial story y Miss Townsend, whose
reputation us winter is unsurpassed.
new series of Temperance Tales hy Arthur
will he commenced in the same number.
The proprietor has made reduction in the
terms, which will he as follows.-o copy
81; three copies, So; four copies, 50; eight
copies and one t. getter up of club, Sl2.
Arthur offers tha' for fifty subscribers to
"The Home Magazine" (Terms So year) |
\ they will send Wilcox & Gibbs, u Wheeler |
/ & Wilson, or n Howe Sewing Machine, |
worth 500, manufacturers cash price. For
| seventy five subscribers to "rhc Children's
/ Hour (rerms $i.25 Year, they will send
one Of the above machines. For forty
I"Chldren's Hour nnd tweniy" Home Maya
zine" they will send a machine as above.
For thirty subscribers TO Children's Hour
and twenty five to Home Magazine, they
will send n sewing machine. For $50 they
send ten Home Magazines, twenty Chill
dren's Hours, and a sewing machine, MS
| above The subscribers need not all be sent
at one time, nor from the same office. Spec.-
men numbers of Home Magazine, is cents
Specimen numbers of Children's Hour, 10
: cents. Circulars accompany them, giving
full particulars, and containing besides other
and very attractive premium offers. This
monthly will, no doubt, have large acces-
sions to It's subscription list next year.
| Dsgn0rest's Illustrated MOnthly-
The current number of this favorite peri
odical is very good one. In addition to
its usual illustrations, including the colored
] fashion plate, there are three large plates
devoted to fashions, and another feature OF
special interest to ladies, VIZ: q full-siZe pat
I tern of Winter cloak. The special depart
! u ments are not neglected, and there is the
usual variety of excellent reading matter,
= stories, poems, etc. This is the best and
: most useful of the parlor magazines, and no
: | family can afford 10 do without it. Subscrip-
!, tion price, $3 yearly, with valuable premium.
!. We would state 10 the ladies that Madame
} | Demorest has just issued an elegant NAM
s moth Plate showing the Ladies Fashions
= for the Fall and Winter of 1S67-S, with
I, y other items. Thisis accompanied by a book
y which fully explains the whole matter,
" making it so plain that any lady can under
y stand It without the least trouble. 1t is sold
u =, at the low price of $3.50, which includes
>, ten full size Patterns of the principal figures
u Dress makers and ladies generally should
y have it, as it will be found TO be OF iucalcu
liable value, and worth four times the amount
~ asked for it. Address, w. Jennings Demo
-, ~ rest, 473 Broadway, New York.
t'etersOn's Magasine.-
The November number of this pOpula
~ magazine has been received. The trunts
re piece is a steel engraving entitled Minnie
D. Pet, which is perfect gem, unsurpassed
III IN artistic excellence The colored fashion
plates arc truly superb, while the colore,
at. patterns in embroidery, crochet, &C., ar
ar wholly unrivallcd in point of beauty. Tn
eli stores are from the pens Of some of tn
hr best writers of the day, are of thrilling in
terest and of high toned, moral character
nr II also contains vast amount of pueticG
in and prose matter of tho most edifying an
II instructive character. We would suggel
to those who desire 10 subscribe lor an e.
.he celent monthly TO send for Peterson. No
is the time 10 forward your names II
,cv terms to clubs are very literal, and II spec
ri men copy will he sent to those wishing
we get up one One copy sent for one year Il
in $500. Many new names should bo nddt
ami TO his list in Delaware for The next volum
ape The ChtldreR's Hour.
ret This beautiful Juvenile Magazine for No
nee emher, is out, and IS well stored with mg
on ter of a character which will prove both j
lies The proprietor announces in his prospect
ugh Tor 1865 that the effort to publish the ''HOui
the has been attended with Unprecedented su
Ock cess, and that no changes will be made, Q
ccpt in the line of increased beauty and c
wn, cellence. We know of no publication th
Ag" so strongly cOnmepds itself to the patrona
run OF parents, as this one. IL is calculated
and mould the mind and inspire the ehildr
with reverence for God, and sense of 4
his loving and fatherly kindness, and to le
100 them into the path OF right and truth, ma
licr- ing them good men and women. No hou'
hold should be without it, The childr
Itur- will admire it, and the parent cannot spel
the the price OF years subscription in me
the profitable manner. Terms, $l.25 per YET
The t. s. Arthur Il Son. Publishers.
MGM ',id Petersons Philadelphia Counterfeit Detect
: 'un, ,ha, This periodical, which is regular sa
80, guard in Banks, offices, Counting -hou
av5 and Stores, is issued on the 1st and 18th
i'oir each month, and has become necessity
all business men. Some few people thi
u,o that Detector is not Of any use now,
''e we have nearly all National Bank curren
anil This is great mistake, as to-day there
,rsai aa more counlerfeits, nd broken bank motel
~ circulation than there ever was; so you
n,n', that Petersons' Detect0r is actually grea
a ~, necessity to all Bankers, Merchants
~ VI Storekeepers, and we would advise all
IL. readers to subscribe to il at once. Term
t,a'e ,n'o subscription 10 Petersons' Counterfeit
,n'I tector, corrected by Drexel & Co., Bank
,',i,, is, for the Monthly issue, (per annum) 81
y an 'ms Semi-monthly (per annum) $500; sir
,ar' s",s, numbers, Is cents. To agents, $40 a Ii
mn ss dred net cash. Subscriptions may c.
, .ie .ne mence with any month"; and are payab!
i 1.e ,e advance. Address 4. r. Peterson tS /
+ ~ tho thers, Philadelphia, Pa
train miraculous Escape from DrOnning.-
Somn most pliracplogs escape from drowning,
i in n Cured yesterday, In this city. 1t app,
wos that MessrA William Bright and Henr,
,ed os Finegan were transacting some private
,',oso 80 siness together at the Railroad depot,
ySas having finished it, they walked eisurely
""S gether along the track to King street,
ii,cs. went down King to the coal wharf rece
Par. purchased by Nr. VIM. Bright for his
~ in. and Mr.. kehhler WhilC conversing
Cai,I. gether near the coal wharf Mr.. FlpGgap
v emf served something moving about in the
jorl, ter, and called the attention Ol his fr
re cm, Mr.. Bright to it,who glancng at il for a
in ,he ment replied that 1t was a musk-rat
4 ies agitation of the water increased meanw
IhacE and Messrs. Bright and Finegan wei
"'1" the edge Of the wharf, when Mr.. Brig
loor, once saw beneath The surface of the "
ing 8 g W, ., nuuah pSlts ~, "'s
IN has one % tuiew hlnlsS,i ac'oss tne eugo 9'
length into the water, caught the slee
In the 1lls uso%ning F ,sg pcIson, VINO proved 10
lord), ,an W nuoul .en yoase ~ "Eu' anu uLem W
in OBJ "ooss ~ ~ fee y, 1'o mu'c,, anu i,o -,
Right ri',, Ts..aon ho,1 n,rt ~ uaeu rus.f ~ ~
ica, OF G ~, nn,',n ~ H. ~ s'