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Show i IMPROVEMENTS IN" VENICE. "The widening of the streets, tho erection erec-tion of now comfortiiblo houses nnd tho carrying out of needful sanltarv reforms have cono on unremittingly for these two years. All tho shops havo been embellished: embel-lished: tho water is excellent. Tho temperature tem-perature la generally moderate In winter and summer, and tho rate of mortnlltv is one of tho lowest In Europe." These'ox-tracts These'ox-tracts are not taken from a periodical holiday pamphlet Issued by some enterprising enter-prising coast "resort;" they appear In- tho annual report of the British Consul at Vonice, a gentleman, by the wav, who bears an Italian name. It Is common knowledge that much has boon done of lato to lmprovo the "Queen of tho. Adriatic" Adri-atic" in a sanitary senso and to ruin her plcturcsqueness. And now wo aro assured as-sured that the ebb p.nd How of tho tldo every six hours not only clears tho air, but carries away all refuse and "purines tho emanations from tho soil." And you .can cnll up a stoam- launolv Instc'ad of a gondola. London Chronicle i 6 |