Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-09-30
CAPITALS MADE TO opn--
terror OF Ar ,is In Remo+.

Ne" Stes to Be Bulls In
~ OF Australia ana Rove lns-
n'eI heard Of DalgetyP Ne,
you VIII soon. In a year - w Well
name of this city that is 10 TWO the.
as familiar as is London 20 Will be-.
New York. For Dalsety has , raris or
selected as the federal can,,s, St oeea
new Australian commonwealth u ~ the
II is but tiny township 200 iOoay
south or Sydney, on the She mlles,
with population all told ., River. w
ooo souls. Tomorrow 1t will tara s snaa
as one OF the worlds great c,t 4e fanA.
social legislative and business oss The
OF a country as big az tha SsnteS
states and only about one-fft, onited 4
than all Europe. SniallefT
Brazil is about to build for ,...,.
brand new capital, and this, TOO en a
Oh necessity become one Of tbo lust
the world will presently be- .. Ilue'
about. Just now, of course nAhg
capital is Rio de Janeiro. Rnt a. D.azlrs
recently incorporated In tne coa a..cs'
ton DEGREES that another shan ha n
on the lofty central plateau. It !. '
called Gorgaz. after the nama !" 90
state In which it will be sitnatoS me
almost directly under the aouo.. ana
viii enjoy, owing to its altitude It
lightfully cool and wholesome c,,. 10
Br1tons, In particular, are nkolr
hear a good deal In the not d,s.. "
future OF Murghab, the great for.S "u'
city which Russia Is about r. Inn,
the northern frontier of AfgbanIa.D IN
and which will form the southern 90
minus or the Merv-Murghab ra,In,sI
now practically completed Muras.r,
Will be within easy striking dista
or Herat, the traditional key Of IN
dia," and there can be only one raosaa
for binding such city and constrno.
Ing such a railway.
1t Is agreed on all hands that who..
Is now Victoria Falls station on az
Cape to Cairo Railway, there will srlss
In due course the Chicago of Sontb
| Africa"
That Is to say, the site Is des,pna,
by nature, as was the site upon which
Chicago stands, for a great commerc,a,
distributing center via rail, road rive,
and lake. But this Is not all III.
mighty waterfall, twice as broad a.
Niagara and more than twice az hivh
Is able to furnish energy equal to a.
100000 horse power. 1t follows. tharo.
fore, that the banks of the Zambes,
hereabouts are bound to be lined soon.
er or later with factories and WORK.
shops. In other words, the coming
metropolis of South Africa will NOT
only be Chicago, but Plttsburg a
Manchester and a Sh Id into the.
bargain.
Farther south, In Mashonaland.
there Is already rising from the mldst
Of wilderness OF prehistoric ruins
another African city OF which the
world will soon be talking. Its name
Is doubtful. AT present it Is known az
Havilah. But Ophir has been suggest
ed, and Sheba. The natives call II
Ximbahwe.
Three thousand years ago there was
a CITY there which must have rivaled
In extent and magnifcence the glories
Of Babylon and NIneveh. And-for
there is much gold there-the twenti-
eth century Is setting itself, with u
stout heart, the task Of resuscitating
these ancient gfories.
TO Canadians first, and afterward 10
educated people the world over the
name of the little village Of Monckton,
IN New Brunswick, will shortly be as
familiar as is that of Quebec or Mont
real, For 1t has been selected to be
the Atlantic terminus Of the great
trancontinental railway which the Ca
madam government Is building from
Ontario, through Manitoba and the
Northwest Territories, to British Co
lumbia and the PARKWAY Pacific. Also,
on the shores of the last named ocean,
there will arise In due course an as
yet unnamed city, which, as the
western terminus of the new line, VILE
presently be a rival to Vancouver, ana
as well known.-Pearson's Weekly.