White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1864-12-15
January {, 1865.
TWESTY-sEyENTU hSylyERs,py
TIE NEW E0RK MERCVRE.
THE PRIDE CT THEFiHEsIpE

In the prime ofs vigorous in'ellectaAl nsn-
hood, the PhGnix OF the w,ekIirs begin, its
| tight Tor the ns% year, over shc wrecks Of its
| Tagging and hfeless cotemn0raries, with its eve
| fixed upon the sun, beneath which il owns 10
rivalry.
The war, which has toprlcd iowa whatever
/. shailow and baseless, has written no wrinkle
on the bright a,Gis Of our success Our feat.
urss for the issue OF 1865 shake the pillars Of
~ha. has heretofore been deemed impe-lal In
serial literature. Both sides Of the Atlantic
render Us tribute. We $, ~ cortinac the thrill.
ing romaTces OF Miss W. f.. Pradjon, rccru.
| mapcer of tho strong, dark passions, TO sbom
we pay more maney annually thar the entire
capital of our imitaiorS. and rdd 70 cur Amer
lean staff tae champion jester Of ;he cap aHi
belle. Josh. Billings, who will commence, with
the first Of Jaruary, n SERVES of IIis well kn1.n
inimitable comic papers, written expressly Er
us, in his irresistibly conrulsivs ysiu. Harriet
L. Prescott, the most polished ard imaginative
sketch writer living; p T. Blrnhm. ,he Wcrhi-
famed show man and autubios sraplrrr; Miss ".
A. Earle. Fairfax Balfour, DR.. J. H. Robinson.
and "Ned Buntline," renowned ana versatile
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contributions OF such ficile poets, fcuIietoni.ts,
humoris's. critics, travellers, pararaphist',
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W. Carpenter. George Alfred Townsend Julia
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Joseph Barber, J. A. Paren, and others NJ
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The vivid pencils of barley, Mcclellan, ,nf
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its deiectabls Gossippers' Club, in which IRs
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quettish Ladies' Promenade, to which all me
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The New York Mercury will continue The
faithful and cogent
PHOTOGRAPHS OF POPULAR PEOPLE.
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commence series of illustrated sketches "
Grotesque Adventure in Foreign Chimes nu
ing the War, by Alfred Temple; a. "sh
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thrilling original novelette, by Dr.J. n N0O'A
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ALETHE;
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