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N ITALY.

taking possession of what has now be.
com German territory in Italy. Olevano
is a small tow about is miles distant
from Valmontone, the fourth station from
Rome on the way to Naples. Near it 10
an old grove a few acres ia extent, upon
which grow some of the finest specimens
OF evergreen oak to b. seen anywhere ia
the world. The spot was q favourits
haunt ofthe artists in Rome, attracted by
the wild beauty of the sight, and especially
BY the picturesque shapes of some ofthess
venerable trees. The owners of the soil, who
were born in the district, had made up
their minds to cut down the timber and
till the sacred ground. Upon h,aring
this, a distinguishes artist from Dresden,
scenery on canvas, offered to buy the pro-
perty, with the grand trees upon it. Ha-
wing struck the bargain aud paid the pur-
Chase.money, on the peasants own terms
he offered his new possession as a present
to bis German Faith 9rland, on condition
that it should become i~nalienable German
national ground, to be held and taken
care of for the benefit of the worlds art.
The Italians can never be sufi ciently
grateful for this generous thought, which
has prevented the preparation of a deed
ofirreparable Van ialisn. Il is hard to
think that in this case Italians would have
BEEN the Vanda.s.-Ttm
90
UTAH.-Three young men residing In Mic ht.
gan wrote to Brigham Young ! few weeks before
his death making inquiries about Utah as a
place to settle in, and received from him Q re-
ply dated ths SRI of August, in which he stated
tha to latter Day Saints it Is the best place
on earth, being their appointed dwelling, and
he went on 10 say :--"To those who.e only
idea is to make Money there are many places
where the chance to get rich quickly is better
than 10 the valleys OF these mountains. The
farmers of Utah have all the Advantages aud
disadvantages of living in q country whore the
crops have to be- raised by irrigation, though
in some parts We are raising fair crops OF small
grain without artui }, al watering. Thsss, how.
ever. must be planted 10 the fall. Northern and
Central Utah arc excellent for wheat, potatoes,
and fruits S1utharn Utah for ootton, grapes,
and semi-tropical fruits. 1t is not q good corn
country, nor is thu climate mist enough FOE
hemp or fax. Lloerne or ~alfalfor, for feeding
stock and domestic animals, will yield hire
or four cuttings each year, while many of the
more thinly populated districts grow rich, Wild
grass 10 abla I'D anee, This territory is admira.
bly, adopted to silk cult ure, to the. manufacture
of cheese, to the cultivation Of fruit for drying
and canning, the m lking Of raisins. and sheep
husbandry and production of wool. In the
higher valleys frJs.s are frequent; in the
sou lhern districts the climate is very warm.
Near this city NEST Of the Government lands
of any value are taken up until more irrigatlng
canals are constructed to carry the water over
fresh tracts of nov unpro1uctivsCountry /; then
thoss sections will be as valuable as any
others. But there is much good land In
various parts of the territory still unoccupted.
The solntry is open to come and go % you
please use yoHr cwu judgment"
o.
GROWTH OF LoNDoN.-In an Article In
the Morning Post on Col. Handerson's'
last annual report to. the Home Secretary
ION the Metropolitan Police ForceI we
obtain a few gllmpses of the wonderfully
sustained growth of the capital. The CO..
lionel reports 226'new streets, and three
new squares were opened and handed OYER
to the protection of ths police last year
extending over more thau IS miles. Near
ly 13. 900 nsw houses were built, aud up
upward, IF 1000 .w.fs in colrss OF
erection. This gives one an idea. says the
paper we quote, OF the rapidity With
which London is extending in every .di-
rection. Since 1850, PIT miles OF new