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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 by Various
page 28 of 38 (73%)
at the poll. And if we do not run at least a hundred Labour Candidates
to enlighten you as to our "unanimity," call us--items! [_Exeunt._

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_Matinées_ of _Peril_ are advertised at the Haymarket. Most _Matinées_
deserve this description.

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THE ARCHDEACON ANSWERED.

[At the Annual Meeting of the Curates' Augmentation Fund,
Archdeacon KAYE, of Lincoln, urged the desirability of
imposing some limitation to the number ordained to the
Ministry of the Church of England, as three-fifths of the
Clergy were in poverty.]

"Oh, sad indeed it is to think,"
Quoth good Archdeacon KAYE,
"That though our Clergy are so 'High,'
So low should be their pay!

"They fly to money-lenders' lures,
To speculative chances;
Advancement they appear to lack.
And so they get advances.

"This 'Discipline of Clergy' Bill
On us is rather rough;
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