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r tHjHj It OUSTED ??VOUTIOM |N VENEZUELA PROMISEI? IN COMING OC TOfAEK. Million* to Back the Mm e?Amern an? ?a Furnish < ?Mh. Holland the Navy, Tear mesa and Colombia the Flgtu mg Men. Washington. Aug. II.?With the f*U aanctton of Secretary Root and the fttata Department and with prom } lee of effective assistance from Hoi fend. It la stated that a wsll-organlsed end sweeping revolution la being plan **d to overthrow Prealdent Clprlano Caejtro. of Vsncsuela According to the story the revolutionary movement Is now being financed In New York hv end elsewhere, and will become active r directly after the rainy season In Veaosuesa, which Is about the middle ?f October. Within a few months It M expected that a new Ven*suelan ruler will replace President Castro, aa object which the American State Rpertment. Hollaad. Colombia and I Venesuetan malcontents hope to aocosapllah. Piano boos already begun for In bugroffilgsj the revolution. It Is said. Fine?sal aackJag la aot lacking, as mooey esm ha secured la New York (' ?sty, an mall as from other sources. The amount available to perfect the rovolutsoatete' plana may run Into the million* An lasurgent leader has been busi? ly ??gasjsi In saapplag out his cam aoigo for weeks. His first stop was to coaoult the State Department, It Is I ?teted, and It is mid that he learned from both Secretary Root and Mr. Bacon that, while the United States Ooverameat could not support a rev? olutionary movement at ths ami time conditions ha Venesuela were such L that no interference by the United pwatatee need be anticipated. As Vsnesue. ma affairs waxed warm the State de? partment was again sounded by the would-be revolutionists. It Is said now that Secretary Root will leave Castro to , fight bis own battles aad will, in fact. ^_Jead as much moral support as pos Pmble to these who ars planning to overthrow him without la any way In? volving the United Stab? Oovern Hollaad has been Informed of the move moat aad w expected to aid by blockading Venesuelsn ports when the stuck begins along the Aauca river, on the Colombia border. No ^nioci ?fag* ??action on the part of Holland -* until the time comes to la October. Castro probably already knows that Vsaesuelaas are Involved In the plans of the insurgents, who stets that there am many people In Ventsuela, and eoioetelly along the Colombia border, who are hostile to Castro. These peo? ple sag they are hsld to Castro by fear, but upon assurances of a power? ful movement they will bo found ready to aastet. In fact, plans for the Campaign aad detailed information Which will be necessary will come from these Veuesuelana Colombia la expected to help by providing saea who are as anxious to overthrow Castro as sre some of the Veneauelana themselves. From Vene ?ha aad Colombia will be drawn the who are to do the fighting, ac? cording to the plana, whlls the Ameri? can syndicate? who hold concessions In Venesuela The Stele Department and several leaders, leaving Holland to eery out the naval part of the pro A maa who has been consulted by the revolutionary loader says "the movement Is wsll under way. and there u no doubt that action will be started directly after the rainy season la sVneauela. The State Department has consulted with the lesder several times aad knows all about the plans. Ho)load also baa been advised and will. I understand, help by blockading the other countries behind It "The time is not ripe, however, to go Into details, which will become known In due course. There Is no lack of money In this revolution, which cannot In any way be compar? ed to recent revolutionary movements la SJouth or Central America This revolution will have the moral sup? port of the United States. Holland and other countries behind It. It wilt have tremendous capital to draw on. will be carried out In the most syste? matic manner and will. I think, un? doubtedly end In President Castro paying the penalty for hl? attitude toward the United Statea and other countries. It la the means which the state Department and Holland have agreed upon aa the moat efficient to make their Influence felt by the pres? ent Veneauelan ruler." How to Get Strong. ee\ j. Daly, of 1147 W. Congress street Chicago, tells of a way to be? come strong Hs ssys: "My mother, who Is old and waa very feeble. Is de? riving so much benefit from Relectrlc Bitters that I feel It's my duty to tell those who aeed a tonic and strength? ening medicine about It In my moth or's case a marked Vain In flesh hes resulted. Insomnia has been overcome, and she Is steadily growing stronger." Electric Bitters quickly remedy stomach, liver aad kidney complaints. Sold ander guarantee at Slbert s Drug Store, lie. DANGER DECREASING. But Kalnrontls arc Still Having a Hard Time. Columbia. Aug. 23.?Flood condi? tions have greatly Improved today and the rivers In this section have been receding more or less# slowly. Danger to the bridges and to prop? erty fenerally has deceased all day. but the railroads have had a hard time of It. though more trains are running tonight than twenty-four hours ago. Hundreds of persons want? ing to go to Augusta, Savannah and Charleston and points en route have been delayed in Columbia all day, and the hotels have been the only benefi? ciaries, but they have had trouble by reason of scarcity of truck on the market due to the flood also. The two toll bridges at Columbia, which It was feared yesterday would go down, have stood the strain all right aad the principal damage here Is to the wster works plant. Ths Southern today has transferred pas? sengers for Augusta and Savannah across ths Congaree trestle on hand cars, meeting the trains on ths other side of the river, at Cayce. The trains to Savannah and Augusta made their schedules in this way with some vari? ations and passengers to Charleston were sent by the satne route to Blackvllle. The Congaree trestle will be safe by tomorrow night A train has been operated between Spartaaburg and Carlisle, but no fur? ther South on that road. Nos. 41 and 41, between Columbia and Ashevtlle, have been temporarily discontinued. No trains are In operation on the Co? lumbia and Greenville branch. A telephone meesage from Newberry states ths Southern's tracks between Chappell's and Old Town, a distance of rive miles. Is nine feet under water and the distance has been covered to? day by boats along ths railroad track. The water today was 12 feet In the depot at Chappell's and about the same at Old Town. The approaches to the bridge at Dyson's are gone and the wagon bridge over the Saluda at: Chappell's Is washsd away, as la the steel bridge between Prosperity sind Saluda and between Saluda and Newberry. Nu? merous small bridges are gone. Newberry has communication with only Alston and Silver Streets by ths Southern, but the Co? lumbia. Newberry and Laurena to Greenville Is open from Newberry. There has been no trains In from Charleston today over either the Southern or the Atlantic Coast Line, aa the tracks are unaafe. The South era's line from Columbia to Charlotte is the only line in and out of Colum? bia that Is operating without Inter? ruption, and it Is only by Charlotte that Columbia la In touch with the up country* NEW SERUM SAVING LIVES. Physicians at Pasteur Institute Use Discovery With Success. Nsw York World. It seems probable that five persons havs been saved from death In the laat ten daye by the new serum ob? tained by Dr. O. G. Rambaud, of the Pasteur Instituts, for treatment In advanced oases of hydrophobia. There were thirty-eight patients at ths Institute yesterday suffering from mad dog bites. In one case Dr. Ram? baud used the Paris serum. "It is too early to aay what this new serum will do," said Dr. Ram? baud, "but It appears that It will do all that Is claimed by the Paris phy? sic-tana I have used It In five cases where people were bitten on the face by a mad dog?the most dangerous place a person can be bitten?and with good results. If I had not had this new ssrum no doubt ths patients would have died. "It will take some time to demon? strate the complete value of the se? rum, and It It Just as dangerous for a person to delay the treatment of hy? drophobia now as It waa a year or a month ago. We have hopes that the new serum may save patients In ad? vanced esses of hydrophobia. If we had had this serum to use on Mr. Marsh, who died In Brooklyn some months ago, It Is possible that he could have been saved." For a time yesterday Dr. Rambaud wat a much worried man. He thought he had lost his first patient out of one thousand cases. According to a telegram he received, Harry Clemens, of Camden, N. J.. had died at his home from hydrophobia. "The young man came to the Insti? tute July 4." said the doctor, "and we gave him the usual eighteen-day treatment. We sent him home as out of danger. Today I am Informed that he died of hydrophobia. I was so sure that some mistake had been made that I took the matter up with Camden doctors and now find that tho young man died from the result of an operation. If he had died from "hydrophobia It would have been our first case lost In Just one thousand treated; that Is, when we get the pa? tient within s ressonable length of time after the bite." FOREST PRESERVATION. National Coin* ntions of Interested Or? ganizations to be Held in December Are Attracting Great Attention. Special to the Dally Item. Washington, D. C, Aug. 24.?In? terest in the coming national conven ons of the Conservation Commission, which Gifford Pinchot is chairman, and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, of which Hon. Joseph E. Ransdell, of Louisiana, is president, largely on the Increase, as Is shown by the discussions throughout the country during the past few weeks. The meetings, of these two great bodies, in December next, gives prom? ise of being most largely attended by the representative men of the Nation interested in the conservation of our natural resources and in waterway improvements. Although no special effort has been made to bring together the leading experts and enthusiastic workers for the causes represented, letters re? ceived by the president of the Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Secre? tary of the Conservation Commission show that the week of December 7th In Washington will be crowded with Important meetings. The Conserva? tion Commission will meet on Tues? day, the 8th, while the National Con? vention of the Rivers and Harbors Congress will be held on the 9th, 10th and 11th of December, at which 6, 000 delegates are expected. Among the Governors who have al? ready indicated their Intention of be? ing present at the Conservation Com? mission meeting, and who will remain over to attend the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, are: Hoggett of Alaska, Freer of Hawaii, Wilson of Kentucky, Guild of Massa? chusetts, Warner of Michigan. John? son of Minnesota, Glenn of North Car? olina, Post of Porto Rico, Cummins of Iowa, Brooks of Wyoming, and Sheldon of Nebraska. These State executives have inti? mated their presence In Washington during the period mentioned, while many others are yet to be heard from. It Is expected that In conjunction with the annual national conventions of Rivers and Harbors Congress and the Natloal Conservation Commission, President Roosevelt will ask the at? tendance of the Governors of all the States into conference largely pat? terned after the wonderfully success? ful meeting at the White House last spring, snd from which vast benefits have already accrued. During the next month or six weeks both the president of the Riv? ers and Harbors Congress, Represent? ative Ransdell, and the chairman of the Conservation Commission* Chief Forester Pinchot, will be busily en? gaged in addressing conventions upon the subjects of interior waterways and the conservation of natural re? sources. Mr. Pinchot and, in all prob? ability, Mr. Ransdell, will address the National Editorial Association to be held In Boston August 21-17. Mr. Ransdell will speak before the Na? tional Irrigation Congress to be held at Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sep? tember 29 to October t. Vice Presi? dent Fairbanks and President Rans? dell are scheduled for addresses at the convention of the Upper Missis? sippi River Improvement Association, to be held at Clinton, Iowa, Septem? ber . 12-14. Both Mr. Pinchot and Mr. Ransdell ars expeeted at the Farmers' National Congress, to be held at Madison, Wisconsin, Septem? ber 14-28. Chairman Pinchot and possibly Representative Ransdell will address the American Bankers' Association which meets at Denver September 28 to October 1. Among the many organisations which have held their annual conven? tions, conservation of natural re? sources, and Improvement of the wa? terways of the United States had earnest consideration at the National Association 'of Manufacturers, which met in New York City in May, the National Educational Association at Cleveland In June, the Yellow Pine Lumber Association at Chicago in July, and the Chautauqua Institution at Jamestown, N. Y., July 26 to Au? gust 1, at which meetings committees were appointed and resolutions adopt? ed looking to a comprehensive move? ment on the part of the general gov? ernment for the conservation of our natural resources and the Improve? ment of the Natlon'a water high? ways. A Sure-enough Knocker. ?J. C. Goodwin, of Reidsville, N. C. says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve Is a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one came on my leg last summer, but that wonderful salve knocked It out in a few rounds. Not even a near re? mained." Guaranteed for plies, sores, burns, etc. 26c. at Siberi a Drug Store. Many a man with one foot In tho grave does enough kiektng with the other one to make up for It. They Take the Kink* Out. ?"I have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for many years, with Increasing satisfaction. They take the kinks out of ntomaeh, liver and bowels, without fuss or friction," says N. H. Brown, of l Plttsfield. Vt. Guaranteed satisfac? tory at Slbert's Drug Store. 2Gc. IMPORTANCE OF DRAINAGE. Ridding Roads of Storm and Under . .gTOftnd Water Subject of Thought? ful PaiH'r Sent Out by the United States 0000 Of Public Roads?Will Soon bogg a Rulletln on Concrete Drains. With an average of 27,000 tons of water falling in the form of rain on each mile of public road in the Unit? ed States annually, it is scarcely to be marvelled at that the ten command- : ments of the road builder can be summed up succinctly in the word Ilnage." le saying has truth for a basis, as drainage is the primary requisite ill roads. Even in sand roads holds true, for there "good drain means such as will safely re e the storm water without ero or gullying and still retain the ace moisture. > secure good drainage one must ? into consideration both the eur water and the underground wa The surface water must be re? ed quickly and completely and tout subjecting the road to excess scour or erosion. For this rea the center of the road should be ed and the slope towards the side hes should te from 1-2 to 1 inch ?ach foot distance, or so that the er will run freely to the side hes and not flow down the road or tain In puddles on the roadway. I side ditches should be of ample to care for the severest storms h a fall of not less than 6 Inches each 100 feet. Frequent and am* cross drains should be construct and every opportunity taken to get water away from the road as ckly as possible. Any road along Ich you see water standing in the e ditches or on which puddles of ter have collected or which has :n badly gullied and eroded by the ns has poor drainage and is in need Immediate attention. In fact earth ids nearly always require a little entlon after each rain. The split ' drag Is essentially a tool to main n good drainage on our earth roads, a should be used after each rain, i a heavy clay or gumbo soil the ig when properly used tends to ddle the road surface, keep it free >m ruts, dense, smooth and hard, us securing the best surface drain e possible. But in many places the under ound water is too near the surface d must be removed before a good ad will be possible. This means that me form of sub-drainage'must be sorted to, usually tile drains, of ly or concrete. Water from what er source must be gotten rid of ef ctlvely, for water plus clay or gum > Invariably equals mud when mlx I in spring and summer.* Water be mes Ice in winter und as water in eezlng expands one-eighth Its vol Tie, the road heaves out of shape id when the ice melts the road dis ppears beneath the rising tide of iud constantly fed by rains, melting lows and underground springs. In sleepy and boggy places the sub ralnage in order to be fully effective lould lower the water level to not iss than three feet below the road nrface. If tiles are used the should e carefully laid, true to grade. Most allures In tile drainage can be at ributed to carelessness In laying, or 3o flat grade. Tile less than 4 inches n diameter should rarely be used, tor should a grade of less than 6 nches to the 100 feet be used unless .beolutely necessary. In a very dense oil, It is always advisable to cover the lie to at least a depth of I to 12 nches with coarse sand or fine gravel. ?are should always be taken to se? cure a free outlet for the drains and o protect the outlet wlh a concrete Dulkhead or catchbasln, which can ilways be kept clean and the outlet tree. The kind of tile to be used depends >n local conditions. Concrete tile if properly made are equally as good as c'ay tile. Which kind to use is en? tirely a local question of dollars and cents. If concrete tile can be made more cheaply than clay tile can be had, use concrete; if not, use clay tile. One great advantage of the concrete tile is that they can be easily made by the local user at or near the place where they are to be placed, so that the freight charges are dispensed with as well as the large breakage losses due to handling. Placed in the ground, both are durable. If con? crete is used, great care should be taken to see th-.it a good grade of Portland cement Is selected, and that the drains are properly constructed. The Impression, which prevails to some extent, that ti'e disintegrates is erroneous. A bulletin is now in course of prep? aration by the United States Office of Public Roads telling how to make concrete drains. This bulletin will treat the subject fully, explaining care? fully every point that may arise In making drain pipes and culverts. IGood for Biliousness. ?MI took two of Chamberlain's Stotn ; ach and Liver Tablets last night and I feel fifty per cent, better than I have , for weeks," says J. J. Firestone of jAllegan, Mich. "They are certainly a flne article for biliousness." For sale by all druggists. Samples free. FARMERS NEGLECT THE LANDS. Rritish Agricultural Expert CriticisesI American Methods?Not KrrTrngh Diversification. Washing-ton, Aug. 24.?Crii.ieising agricultural methods in the United States, Prof. Stewart J. McCall, head of the Department of Agriculture in Zomba, Nyassaland, British Central Africa, who has Just made a tour of the Southern States said today: "It is difficult for a farmer to form a correct estimate of this country, per? haps, but in my Judgment there is not enough mixed farming in America. Take your State of Texas, for Instance, It is largely devoted to the raising of cotton, whereas, if there were a great? er rotation of crops it would have a most beneficial effect upon the land and keep it fertile. "What has impressed me more than anything else, is the failure of farmers to take care of their soil. Such a waate of good material aa yo-i have here would not be permitted i i Eng? land. There the soli la highly culti? vated, but never allowed to run down. In this country I have aeen acres of uncleared Umber land that I would much prefer to some of the cultivated farms. "I came to the United States to study agricultural conditions and to look over the cotton belt," explained Prof. McCall. "We are just starting some experiments in cotton growing in Central Africa, and I have been much pleased with my visit to the cotton ^growing sections of the United States, especially Texas. The future of that State, I believe, la as bright as any in the country. To be sure, I taw the boll weevil, but I believe science will eventually conquer the pest." Prof. McCall says Egypt Is the fore? most agricultural country In the world. It is wholly agricultural, and there Is scarcely a foot of ground wasted. There are no roads In the rural dis? tricts and there is scarcely room for a person to ride a burro through the fields. Land in Egypt is worth from $300 per acre up, and farming lands rent for '$75 per acre. "The Depart? ment of Agriculture of the United States," added Prof. McCall, "Is not surpassed In efficiency and In the per? sonnel of Its experts by any similar department In Europe. ?To those afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble, backache, rheuma fem, Pineules for the Kidneys; brings relief in the first dose. Hundreds of people today testify to their rctmarka ble healing and tonic properties. 30 days' trial $1. They purify the blood. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m Frequent meetings of department heads, and meetings of all the work? ers in any one department are good things. They disolve much social Ice. Tou can't afford to cut them lut. ?Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar have been sold without any person ever having experienced any other than beneficial results r!rom its use for coughs, colds and lung trou? ble. This is because the genuine Fo ley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Guard your health by refusing any but the genuine. W. W. Slbert. It has been discovered ?.hat the Democratic candlate for Vice-Presi? dent once wrote a book. We had ex? pected this. What Indiana man hasn't written a book??Philadelphia Press. When Trifles Become Troubles. ?If any person suspects that their kidneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk having Bright'*, disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Rem? edy. W. W. Slbert. In ?drinking liquor some men com? plain that It goes to the head sind oth? ers that It goes to the feet, which would seem to Indicate that It goes where there Is the most room for it. Passed Examination Sueeofsful'y. ?James Donahue, New Britain, Conn., writes: "I tried several kidney remedies, and was treated, by our best physicians for diabetes, but did not improve until I took Foley's Kidney Remedy. After a second bottle I showed improvement, and five bottles cured me completely. I have since passed a rigid examination for life in? surance." Foley's Kidney Remedy cures backache and all forms of kid? ney and bladder trouble. W. W. Sl? bert. "Reclproca' Insanity" sounds like something that might appeil to a dough-headed jury.?Philadelphia Ledger. ?Foley's Orino Laxative is a new remedy, an improvement on the lax? atives of former years, as it does not gripe or nauseate and Is pleasant to take. It is guaranteed. W. W. Sl? bert. Lazy men fancy that the ?vheel of life Is a roulette wheel, on which fortunes are won only by chance. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. ?Foley's Honey and Tar affords im? mediate relief to asthma sufferers In the worst stages and If taken In time will effect a cure. W. W. Slbert. If our good intentions wer:? all re? alized the devil would have to open bids for a new paving contract. SM BRYAN WILL WIK. SENATOR TILLMAN PREDICTS CERTAIN DEMOCRATIC VIC? TORY. Taft Too ffnhsi 11 hH. He Says ami Sherman's Nomination to the Vice Presidency an insult to the Name of Reform?bessosi in Recent Panic ?People Realize Tluit it Ls Not Gootl for One Party to Hold Power In? definitely. The following special cab'e dispatch* from its representative irn London, printed in the New York Herald Sat? urday, will be read with interest in this State: Among all the prophets of Demo? cratic success at the coming election none is more confident than Senator Benjamin R. TlUman, of South Caro? lina, who, after an extensive Continen? tal tour, is enjoying his visit to Lon? don. "It may be that the wish is father to the thought," said Senator Tillman when I encountered him at the officer of the American Express Company,, but it looks to me as if Bryan has a powerful good chance of cleaning up the other crowd this time. In the first place he has been nominated in spite of the best organized newspaper fight against him ever known, thus demonstrating his innate strength with the rank and file of the Democratic party. Taft, on the contrary, has been nominaed solely at the dictation of Roosevelt and against the wishes of the masses in the Republican party. While Taft is a lovable character ixx every way, and I don't wish to bo constructed as saying anything against him as a man, his self-obliteration and what I should call the element of subserviency in his visit to Oyster Bay to get his speech revised are not. in his favor. "There are other facts that must, appeal to the people. If, for instance, we are going to Mexicanize our country by having the President ap? point his successor through the ma? chinery of the Republican party and the use of office-holders to a stock, nominating convention. it fa-" simply going to make a great slump1 downward in the history of the Ameri? can Republic. "Again, if the country is really in love with, and anxious to have carried! out, reforms which Roosevelt stole from the Democrats and proclaimed! as "my policy," the people will reco? gnize that Bryan more fully represents* those Ideas tan does Taft "Then again the Vice Presidential nomination of the Republican Conven? tion ls an insult to the name of re? form. Everybody in Washington im familiar with Sherman's alignment with the plutocratic influences of the country, and unless I mistake the character of the people generally they will consider the nomination as a sur? render to the plutocracy. "While Taft friends are denying, everything that is calculated to loose him any votes there Is still another important consideration which will influence the election of Bryan. The panic of last winter has only left un? pleasant recollections and an amount of damage to business which now lm relatively small. Things seem to bo almost normal at present, but what? ever It was, harm resulted with Re? publicans in possession of branches- of the Government, in spite eft ttse - protective tariff, in spite of the gold' stand r-J. "The money question is no issued now and cannot be made one. Bryan's? attitude in 1896 and 1900 would not influence even a nervous babyr sauefa less a sensible voter, and unless Asaer lean minds are absolutely besotted", crt~ which In my opinion there is not the* slightest indication, they will realize1 that to allow one party to remain in* power indefinitely ls not healthy ear for the good of the country. "Consider, besides, the disaffection in the West over the tariff, and the clamor for Roosevelt's programme, which Bryan represents, and you will see that Bryan cannot keep from, winning." In answer to a question Senatorr Tillman said: "No, I don't think anything much can be done with the tariff next ses? sion. Two-thirds of the Senate are a gainst any reduction, and if ther* were a change this big majority would rather favor an increase. Evern If a Democratic President and House* were elected wouldn't Aldrich just sit: there In the Senate and laugh at any tariff bill sent from across the way?" Best Treatment for a Burn. ?If for no other reason. Chamber? lain's Salve should be kept in every household on account of its great val? ue in the treatment of burns. It al? lays the pain almost instantly, ancl unless the injury is a severe one, hesEr the parts without leaving a scar. This* salve is also unequaled for chapped hands, sore nipples and diseases of the* skin. Price 25 cents. For sale by aX druggists. ?Bees Laxative Cough Syrup always? brings quick relief to coughs, colds?, hoarseness, whooping cough and aUI bronchial and throat trouble. Moth? ers especially recommend It for chil? dren. Pleasant to take, gently laxav tlve. Sold by Sibert's Drug stores 9-l-3m