M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-03-31
1WENTYasiXTA BIRTHDAY
OF 1IiE
STAR PAPER OF AMERICA.
January 4. 1854.
Tho NEW YORK MERCURY
FOR Tue
COMING YEAR

ArLcrmoru than quarter of century M
success, rHE NEw York MtECvW
standing Gr,t on the mas GT rGii of Tho lit
.rary Pre4sin this country points pr"nhi! I"
: paS; career as q gu"run'e. Vi nGF rhmph'
II tho urure.
uYre,otore. It i hu- eclipsrl a. ,ivo-y: h"t
=, pruposes to m AXE thn coming year Tonors
old 10y LCLIPFING i1s own rAs1 Eis1"ht' "n'
looming up before the world u the most mat
yelous erccin,ru of = fascinating. brilliant.
,mn>irs .pud comprehensive Literary Newapa
,er that has cy or been published IN either hem
l9p4re.
ill be laid uadcr contribution 10 givo hriIliau-
a 70 is columns, aud siic by side with origl
ol productions Of the most popular romuncirta
y.hc Old World, will b. placed the clefd U"c'
Z Of the most eminent story writer's OF the
N9w.
MISS NJ. + BRADDQN,
,u,hnre5s of "Aurora Floyr Lady Au1loy's
Secret. .n"Jobn Marchmont's Legacy" etc., etc.
VINO has suddenly risen, like
A sfAROF THE FIRST MAGNITUDE
in the literary horizon Of Great Britain, has
,,ecn specially eugaged to supply The Nkw
YORK MlKcrKY from timo to time with the
wonderful creations cf her genius, at II cost
which no other weekly in America could ven
'urc to incur.
Among the multitude of distinguished writers
nd artists who have become familiar to the
| n,a.-os Trough the vast circulation of the SrAR
! WyrElY OF AMERICA, may be mentioned the
following. all of whom are still upon its staff
~ 7 II Rop,Seos, CorSIN MAY CARLEToE
w., NJ, ,nvT RI orSr, W. EATON,
! VI VI n' ,>v GEoRaE MARTIAL,
,. Nhp ~" n GRANGER, Julia s. lSsRAnAM,
HH'h'| .nnyrm. EDWARD WILLETr,
n q BARLEY, Macy CHIrF,
M,naM q pRApDos. GEoReE ALBNhr
- =, other distinguished laeratj, under
- ,or,s de plume, conubuts to It's columns
hla ira nictoriul illustrations are rom Ine IN
ir,i,nhIo ueutil Of Felix .. Z. parley' E'qr'' Tie
hest draughtsnan of the age.
The War, which has gwen .ne ey'P aegr",S ,s
TO 50 many pretentious P"D' u"a ajIaL
dcstroyed those that still survive, HaS sgueu
~ W the circulation Of Tue NEW YORK
| MERCURY. ;,s mil;t,rv
| l.: :..;,,o, Il. rnatcbless serial To,.lanccS, lts
deli,inrs gossip, in fairy taies lot htte loiks
;,s re ,1etry its fresh and vigorous eoitorials
n, mint variety Of its contents, shd ltS arg
omou,, of reading matter that u comprises
ender it welcome everywhere, ana !" Ill 0uS'"'
ociety. Containing, as II dose
Fl RTY COLUMNS
=. .,,o,- rx;ptad matter, it may sa'oly he pro
Sonnccd the chea pest. as well Us the pest Lltei
ary Newspaper oStant n. Rob;n,op
con.in Nov carleton, and Ned Buntline, are
nov, nrsrsI;no three stories for The NEW ORE
SrrcURr. GT one Of these p,oduei!cnss w., % NJ S'
commenced mn in the Opening Numhsr o. Ii tne sos s,
Year. The authors being aware oi s S"io oroJ t"gt
engage snS sss m 1u ranIt will upqss:oraby b
th"t ,bn most effective story ever rehned o!
any Of the three. in the e., rruprP
of,he g-es. re preventative weakly OF ms 's''
srn World. :, .,ra by ali rewp
men and periodical peale's in Amcr,es, acrw San,
subscribers it ia regularly ma'ea s>v'! az *
day morning, for 81 year ,s .n5's ri, SV an az
six copies 80 eight cortes Tor ~ r |, bs cIub
ira copy, free, to the ge''Sf "P - '1' '''0'