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Southland Times, Issue 1310, 20 September 1870, Page 3

The Ba.ce fob Empibe.— The .Hho York Herald thus sums up an article on this subject :—-" All the movements of the present tend to unity. The most potent of the forces are T3riglish-speaking. The English-speaking forties are represented by Great Britain and the United States. Hand in hand they are going forward, though somewhat unconsciously, to universal empire. Meanwhile it is a* common triumph and a com mod gain, and the nations are envious. So far as man can.now judge, Great Britainand America are to make an end of the Babel curse — confusion and division. It is a great, a mighty honor — an honor never given to .a people or a language before; but who can say what terrific rivalry may reveal itself in' the future for absolute and universal empire? We do not, finrhar-^ g ptoofiuvK&^~ rttflsw ourselveposay "wiat jblngland is greater out of England than in it, and that if the world is to become an English-speaking unit, the world's centre is much more likely to be New York than London." A. Cauded Cbitic. — A prosy lay member of the church' rose iu meeting and said, "My friends, the devil and I have been fighting for more than 20 minutes. He told me not to speak to-night, but I determined that I would. He even whispered that I spoke too often, and that nobody wanted to bear me; but I waa not to be put down that way ; and, now that I have gained the victory, I must tell you all that I have in my heart." Then followed a tedious harangue. Coming out of the session-room, the good pastor inclined his head so that his mouth approached the ear of the brilliant member, and whispered, " Brother, I think the devil was right." — American paper. A Licensed VictualleraVAiwociation has been established at Batlarat, and already the association is at work, drafting a newliquor law. . $gf INSPECTION^YITED,