The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-04
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPE.
an BRYrIIN SEIZED WITH THE
MISSING Word CRAZE.

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thcnp weehi'e. Clogs the Post Omces
md Forces the Government to Investigate
with "a view or stopping the swindie-
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era Inns NOT s"eSnmoed 10 inc fr"S'S.
,,,,,>, D.c 2-Nonv NJ her Mai,stv's Post
os,,,s h,vo disnlav,d signs this woek rcnd.
~. ~, Moro shilling Postal Orders. All
III" This is tbe lotcst effect Of tho "missinp
eoNL ,.a.," which has soiycI britain. one
I,i,., ,h,t mnnar.d nv J,,orso,,s UopLIu
p",.aA ,nr;n, TIM xvcol endin, nm Last Tuos
Earo ,l,p oI7 GOO sbi,Iings c,rb accom-.
oa, ,a,t, /, rucss 70 thc missinr word in n
'.r,so ,rintcd the week before. The sentence
,,n-rei nj tho end of n uarurrarh describing
,r,,,,c, Of the Romans who when they
,.r,ard Iritain. are said to have beat en- their
~, logs with pettlss in order to neutralize
~. object 81 tho cold. Tho closing sentence
,rn.. "To orr minds such vigorous treatment
hnrd,v scous -" Tho S54. OuO in the pool
v,. divided among the s7O individuals
~ho scnt in the word ENJOYABLE ench receiving
,ho sruc .um Of 81 AZ for ono sbillnr risked,
II look. like an easy trick, especially il one
,nal,s iudicious use OF n book of synonyms
ond ..n,,. in nfteen or twenty words with as
,,,v shiI,ipre Al nll ,vcnts the littls game
h"o.,,ur,J 1,h, Du,l,s rop,cious b,a RI and
from, lnrrd.en to tn, Lizard the silver streams
.,., ,n,,rirc i,to Landau Tho nool men.
TONED il but on. OF a dozen. The amount
maid in for tho current week will probably
eyoccd half II million shillinCs or Sl2J. 900
hcre. Here is n great fad. almost unknown
n month or six weeks ago suddenly developed
int, national inheritance. md of all others,
With What suue-ior srorn I've would look on IL
rr,no, ~. ,ro,ic, should Il, swcnt nv such
,,.n,,I ,nr,,,.iorI A,r,oJy rnhiic ,norolists
h,rn r,isoa - land r,o,nst. md the his Lon.
dor ,,i,;oe Whit, min. c,rcsul,v prepnrod
rono fins o,nrvr,y b,y.u,it,,, in conL.mninr
n, a ,or, o., p. ON Non mora, grounds.
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.;.,. ~. ,ss,,,nao., ii,n,o, ,,nd.r IN,
existing laws. no will ask Parliament tor a
special enactment prohibiting ull prize com
petitions which nre now tho CHIEF features o,
cheap weeklieR
The mud OF corruption in which the Govern
ment and tho press OF Franco arc being
a.,n,aa h.s wow, don,or md ,,,ol..r +his
week Nobody can yct say what the disguised
nation which Is watching the sorry spectacle
will do Tho charges Of wholesale bribery in
connection with the Panama enterprise have
At length something tangible to rest upon. and
most people now belioso thut the very worst
features Of tho current accusations will he
proved. Politically the situation is not en-
courugEg. and guesses upon tho outcome aro
not worth making. Nobody presumes to fore
cast the Cabinet d'autopsie. for MS such the
new Ministry owing to the issue which
gave It birth. will be known. The Pan.
an.a scandal itself receives much creator