M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-02-11
TNENTYae'XT-A BIRTHDAY
OF THE
STAR ?APFa or AMERICA.
GanUary I, 2GGA,
THE N3IN YORK MERCURY
TOR THE


AZ n 70 than qIartsr Of q cen.1rY or un-
iosegr ps suUCes1, 'NHE Nav York MyH curry
-s;Hn,-IIg hfst on tbs mas N roll Of the lit.
srlrg Pre>s in this country -poin;s proudly %
IL past career asa y1lran:sJ ofaOR Ela nj phs
tni p!urs.
heretofore, It il he's ooipssi a,l rivalry hut
IL prJposes TO make tha coming year momora-
Die oy fcLiPsING ITS OWN PAST HISTORY, and
looming up before tho world a. the most mu r
vcioua specimen ofA fascinating, brilliant,
amusing, and comprehensive Literary Newspa-
per that has e7 er been published in either nom
ispere.
TIE GENIUS OF EUROPE
will be Ibid uader contribution 10 give brilliRu-
cy 70 .ts columns, and niio By lido With oiiz,.
QA productions ofEho most popular romancista
u the Old Void vii b, placed the cscfd' oeav
res otth9 most emiaent story writers Of tho
Nav.
MlES u. Z BKADD0N,
Au'hoross OF "Auroa Floyd" Lady AudIe7,s
secret.""J DIN MnrchmonL's Legacy" etc. etc.
THe las suddenly risen, like
TAROFTuE FIRST MAGNITUDE
n the literary horizon ofQraas D,i,sln. has
hoen specially engaged to supply TuE Trw
YoaE mercury from time to time with lie
wonderful ",ca'ions cf her goniua, at Il ccs,
(which 70 other weekly in America could ven-
ture to incur.
Among tho multitude Of distinguished writers
sud artists who have hecrme familiar 10 the
mas es through tho vast circulation of tho STAR
WEEKLY OF AMERICA, may be mentioned the
following. all OF whom are stll upon it's staff
DR. j H. RoBlSsoN, Cousin NAY CAR.EroN,
NAhoAREr BLoUgT, W.0. EATON,
Md BuSTLiNR. GEoRGE MARtIat
ARTHuR VI. GRANGER, JULIA 8. lHGRAuLx,
HRAcE GARbNER, EDwARD WILLErT,
FELIX q G. DARtEv, MARY Cnlrr.
NIsa Me, RRADDoN, GeoRaE ALRaNY.
Soofd' Of other distinguished i'terati, undar
various Mons d plans, cOn,ihuta ~ its q ,lumns
Shile i's pictorial illustrations are from the in
iinitah!9 pencil uf Felix 0. c. barley, E4qr., the
best drarghtsman the ego.
THE War, which has given the oou7 ia crzcs
y 40 many Pre;entiaus punlieatious, aud malt
Destroyed those that s,ill saEviye, has iJe1
thousands to the circulation Of ruR NV Yoax
MERCURY.
.iis heart-stirrins shor. stories, it's military
hstcretiss Us ma tahless serial 70 lances, it's
dsIiciors gossip, ia fairy tales for little folks
is rare poetry, Its !rs.h an1 vigorous editorials
" inbnit We rietY Gifts eoutents, an1 ics large
Inou-t OF reading matter that it comprises
fnder /! Welcome every whero, ana 10 al, classes
oC!ety. Containing AZ It dose,
FLRTY COLUMNS
. closely printed matter, it may safely BE- pro-
ncunoed the cheapest. as we'll as the beat Liter
ely Newspaper extant.
Iht te ta9orite writer's, Or. J. II. Rob,nson.
Coasio May Carleton, and Nod Buntline. are
now preparing three stories for rAE NEW YoRK
MtkcVET. One Of those productions will bo
commenced in tho Opening Number Of the Nov
Year. The authors hciue aware Of this fao,
are engaged in an cmu'a.iye contest for r7tcei
enoa, and the result will uuques.iernbly be-
that tn, moss efs5tiva story eyer neuned by
any Of tie three In the
NEW YEARS NUKBER
srn World.
The Nav York Meronryis sold by ell news
men and periodical pealers Ia America. To
tubsoribsrs, II Ia regularly mailed every sa,nr
day morning, for s2 q yesr; three cories IS ;
aix copiss - eig:st rar,s +. "a. rih an az.
nseopy. frst to taa a.tNy NJ Of shs club =,