, ▁by ▁reporting ▁the ▁mock ▁procedures ▁and ▁hosting ▁advert is ements ▁for ▁Fac la . ▁Like ▁Fac la ▁itself , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁circul ated ▁s tere ot yp ical ▁sat ires ▁of ▁Carol ▁I , ▁constantly ▁referring ▁to ▁him ▁as ▁ne am ț ul ▁(" the ▁German " ▁in ▁col lo qu ial ▁terms ) ▁or ▁că pu ș a ▁(" the ▁tick "). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁the ▁combined ▁circul ation ▁of ▁A dev ăr ul ▁and ▁Dim inea ța ▁exceed ed ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies , ▁bringing ▁it ▁a ▁re venue ▁of ▁ 1 ▁million ▁lei ; ▁the ▁two ▁period ical s ▁ass essed ▁that , ▁between ▁January ▁and ▁August ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁they ▁had ▁printed ▁some ▁ 1 , 2 8 4 ▁tons ▁of ▁paper . ▁A dev ăr ul ▁had ▁become ▁the ▁highest - g ross ing , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁highest - pay ing ▁press ▁ven ue , ▁and ▁consequ ently ▁the ▁most ▁sought - after ▁employ er : ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁it ▁had ▁a ▁writing ▁and ▁technical ▁staff ▁of ▁ 2 5 0 ▁people ▁( wh ose ▁sal aries ▁amount ed ▁to ▁some ▁ 5 4 0 , 0 0 0 ▁lei ), ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁whom ▁it ▁employed ▁ 6 0 ▁correspond ents ▁and ▁ 1 , 8 0 0 ▁official ▁distrib utors . ▁A dev ăr ul ▁reported ly ▁had ▁a ▁not or iously ▁st iff ▁editor