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T5he BondnQcn. By HALL CHAPTER I. (Continued.) Once again the seamen railed at their guide, as well as at the whole race of in landers, but Adam was all for lenity towards the priest and hope for them selves. "My faithful companions," he said, "be not dismayed by any of these dis asters, but let us put our whole trust in God. If it be our fortune to end our duyi in this desolate land, we are as near heaven here as at home. Yet let us use all honest efforts to save our natural lives, and we are not yet so far past hope of doing so but that I see a fair way by which we may effect it." With that they set out again alone, and within an hour they had fallen on the second mischance of their journey, for failing to find the pass that would have led tbem across country through Thingvellir, they kept close by the sea line In the direction of the Smoky Feint Now these misadventures, first with the mother and ch'ld, next with the Sheriffs, and then with the guides,, though they kept back Adam and bis company from that quick deliverance which they would have found in meet- lng with the messengers of Michael Sunlocks or with Michael Sunlocka himself, yet brought them in the end in the way of the only persons who are important to this story. For pursuing their mistaken way by the line of sea they came upon the place called Krisu vik. It was a grim wlldnerness of aw ful things, not cold and dead and dumb like the rest of that haggard land, but hot and alive with inhuman Are and clamorous with devilish noises. A wide ashen plain within a circle of hills whereon llttlo snow could rest for the furnace that raged beneath the surface; shooting with shrill whistles ila tihafts of hot steam from a hundred fumeroles; bubbling up in a thousand jets of boiling water; hissing from a score of green cauldrons; grumbling low with mournful sounds underneath liko the voice of subterranean wind, and sending up a noxious stench through heavy whorls of vapor that rooled In a fetid atmosphere overhead. Oh, it wan a fearsome place, like noth ing on God's earth, but a mouldering wreck of human body, vast and shape less, and pierced deep with foulest ul cers; a lener spot on earth's face; a seething vat full of broth of hell's own brewing. And all around was the pe?ceful snow, and beyond the lines of the southern hills was the tranquil sea. and within the northern mountains was a quiet lake of water u green as the grass of spring. Coming upon the ' ghastly place, printed deep with Satan's own features on the fare of it, Adam thought that surely no human footstep was ever meant by God to echo among bodeful noises, But there he found two wood en sheds busy with troops of men com ing and going about them, and a third horse of the same kind in an early attge of building. Then asking ques fiona as well as he was able he learned that the boiling pits were the Sulphur Miles that the new Governor, the President of the Republic, had lately turned to account as a penal settlo mnnt, that the two completed uheds wte the workshops and sleeping places of the prisoners, and that tho unfln lhhed house was Intended for their liobpltal. And bo It chanced that while with l.ls poor broken company Adam rested on his horse, to look on at this sight w!th eyes of wonder and fear, a gang of four prisoners passed on to their work In charge of as many warders, and one of the four men was Red Ja scn. His long red hair was gone, his face wait thin and pale instead of full H'td tawny, and his eyes, once so bright, were heavy and slow. He walked in file, and about his neck was a collar of iron, with a bow coming over his head and ending on the forehead in a bell that rang he went along. The w'.ld vitality of his strong figure seemed lost, he bent forward as he walked, and look steadfastly on the ground. Yet, changed as he was, Adam knew him at a glance, and between surprise ami terror, called on him by his name. But Jason heard nothing, and strode on Ilka a man who had suddenly be come deaf and blind under the shock of some evil day. "Jason! Jason!" Adam cried again, and ho dropped from the saddle to run towards him. Hut the warders raised their hands to warn the old man off, and Jafton went on between them, without ever lifting his eyes or making sign or signal, "Sow, God save us! what can this nxan?" cried Adam; and though with the lame help of his "old Manx" he questioned as well as he wan able the men who wero at work at the building of the bowpltal, nothing could he learn but one thing, and that was the strange and wondrous chance that his own eyes revealed to him; namely, that the last fact be saw as he was leaving Mann, 01; that bail night when be stole away fiom Orenba while she slept, was the first face he had seen to know It since lie aet foot on Iceland. Nor was this surprise the only one that law waiting for him In that gaunt place, Pushing on towards Reykjavik, tho quicker for his sight of Red Jason, and with many troubled thoughts of Michael Sunlocks, Adam came with his o:npany to the foot of the mountain that baa to be crossed before the lava plain Is reached which leads to the cupltal. And there the pass was blocked to them for half-an-hour of predous time by a long train of men slid ponies coming down the bridle jotu. They were Danes, to the num ber of Aft) at least, mounted on as r.uny horses, and with a score of tired Kitbcs driven on ahead of them. What their work and mission was In that gum waste Adam could not learn until he saw fiat the foremost of the troop bad drawn up at one of the two wood en sheds, and then be gathered from many signs that they were there as warden to take charge if. the ecttle inrnt In pi see of the Icelandic officers who had hitherto beld possession of It Little time he bad, however, to learn l riddle ot these traoft doings, or k Continuse Story. CAINE. get knowledge of the double rupture of state of affairs that had caused them for presently old Chaise came hurry ing back to him from some- distance ahead, ;wilh a scared face and stam mering tongue, and one nervous hand pointing upwards to where the last of the men and horses were coming down tho bridle path. "Lord-a-massy, who's this," cried Chaise; and following the direction of his hand Adam saw what the old fel low pointed at. and the sight seemed to freeze the blood at his heart. It was Michael Sunlocks riding be tween two of the Danish warders as their prisoner, silent, fettered and bound. Then Adam felt as if he had some where fallen Into a long sleep, and was now awakening to a new life in a new world, where the people were the same as In the old one, but every thing about them was strange and ter rible. Hut he recovered from his ter ror as Michael Sunlocks came on, and he called to him, and Sunlocks heard him, and turned towards him with a look of Joy and pain in one quick glance of a moment. "My son! My boy!" erlad Adam. "Father! Father!" cried Michael Sunlocks. But in an Instant the warders had closed about Sunlocks, and hurried him on In the midst of them, while thlr loud shouts drowned all other voices. And when the troops hal passed him Adam sat a moment silent on his little beast, and then he turned to his company and said: "My good friends and faithful com panions, my journey is at an end, and you must go on without me. I came to this land of Iceland only to find one who Is my son indeed, though not flesh of my flesh, thinking to rest my old arm on hlu young shoulder. I have found him now, but he is In trouble, from some cause that I have yet to learn, arjd It is my old shoul der that his young arm must rest upon. And this that you have wit nessed Is not the meeting that I look ed for, and built my hopes on, and buoyed up my falling spirits with, through all the trouble of our many weary days. Hut God's will be done! So go your ways and leave me where His wisdom has brought me, and may His mercy fetch you in safety to your native country, and to the good souls I waiting for you there. liut the rough fellows protested that come what might, leave him they nev er would, and old Chaise without more ado began to make ready to I itch their tent on the thin patch of grass where they stood. And that evening, while Adam wan dered over the valley, trying to get tetter knowledge of the strange cents which ho had read as if by flashes of lightning, and hearing In I roken echoes of the rise and fall of the republic, of the rise and fall of Michael Sunlocks, of the fal land re turn of Jorgen Jorgensen, a more wondrous chance than any that had yet befallen him was last coming his way. For late that night, when he sat in Ms grief, with his companions busied iibout him, comforting him with what tender offices and soft words their courageous minds could think of, a oung Icelander came to the gap of the tent and asked, In broken Eng lish, if they would give a night's shel ter to a lady who could find no other lodging, and was alone save for him self, who had been her guide from Reykjavik. At that word Adam's own troubles were gone from him in an instant, and, though his people would have de murred, he railed on the Icelander to fetch the lady In, and presently she came, and then altogether htood dumb founded, for the lady was Greeba herself. It would be hard to tell how at first every other feeling was lost in cne of surprise at the strange meet ing of father and daughter, how sur prise gave place ia ,Vy, and joy to pain, as bit by bit the history of their several adventures was unfolded each to the other. And while Greeba heard of the mischances that had over taken old Adam, he, on his part, heard of the death of her mother and her brothers' Ill-usage, of the message that came from Michael Sunlocks and I-er flight from home, of how she came to Iceland and was married, and of how Sunlocks went In pursuit of him self, and, returning to tho capital, was betrayed Into the hands of his ene mies. All the long story of plot and passion he heard In the wild tangle of her hot and broken words, save only that part of It which concerned her quarrel with her husband; but when he mentioned Red Jason, say li.g that ho had seen him, he heard that sad passage of her story also, told with fear and many bitter tears. Adam comforted Greeba with what words of cheer he could command, In on hour when his own heart was dark pnd hopelesB, and then amid the tur moil of so many emotions, the night being worn to midnight, they com posed themselves to sleep. Next morning, rising anxious and unrcsted, Adam saw the Icelandic warders, who bad been supplanted In their employment by the Danes, start away from tho settlement for their homes, and after them went a group of the Danish prisoners as free men, who had been Imprisoned by the re public as spies of the government of Denmark. I)y this time Adam had de elded on his course, "Greeba." ho said, "this Imprison ment of Michael Sunlock Is unjust, tnd I see a wny to put an end to It. No governor shall sentence him with out Judge or Jury. But 1 will go on to Reykjavik and appeal to this Jorgen Jorgensen. It he will not hear me, I will appeel to his master, the king of Denmark, If Denmark will not listen, I will appeal to England, for Michael Sunlocks Is a Urltlsh subject, and may claim the rights of an Englishman. And If England turns a deaf ear to me, I will address my prayer to Ood, who has never yet failed to fight the wronged, or bumble the arrogance of the mIsVy- Thank heaven, that dm . 'urought me here. I thought I waa coming to end my days In peace by bis side who would shelter my poor I foolish gray head, that had forgotten , to protect itself. Cut strange are the ways of Providence. God has had His own purposes in bringing me here thus blindfolded, and, thanks to His mercy, 1 am not yet so old but I may yet do something. So co;ne, my girl, come, make ready, and we will go on our great errand together." But Greeba had her own ends from tho first in following Michael Sun locks to tho place of his imprisonment und she answered and said: "No, father, no. You may go on to Reykjavik, and do all this if you can, but my place Is here, at my hus band's side. He lost faith in my af fection, and said I had married him for the glory that his place would bring me; but he shall see what a woman can go through for the sake of the man she loves. I have my own plan of life In this place, and the pow er to carry It out. Therefore do not tear to leave me, but go, and God prosper you!" "Let it be so," said Adam, and with that, after some words of explanation with the brave fellows who had fol lowed him from the hour when, as ship-broken men, they set out on foot from the eastern fiord, he started on his journey afresh, leaving tho tent and the last of their ship's victuals behind with Greeba, for Reykjavik was no more than a day's ride from Krisuvik. (To be continued. Monument to Panteur. The model for the monument to Pas teur, which is to be erected in his na tive town, represents besides a statue of Pasteur a figure personifying sci ence, who is holding a wreath of laurel toward Pasteur and a woman holding two small children, who are supposed to have been saved from death by Pas teur's discoveries. M. Anton Charles, the sculptor, is making progress with it, and it ia said to be very effective. HIUIorm of Knltjectts,. Exclusive of Egypt, the area ef King Edward's empire is ll,773,OOt square miles, or much over one-fourth of the land surface of the globe. The wealth of the United Kingdom alone, apart from that of India, Australia, Canada and other possessions, is about $60,000,000,000, or second only to that of the United States. The population of the empire aggregates some 400,000, 000, being comparable with that of tho empire of China. Gift Hotue for Rale. Senator Chauncey M. Depew has de cided to sell the house at Nineteenth and N streets, Washington, which he purchased several months ago, as a wedding gift for his niece, Miss Pauld ing, whose engagement to Lieut. John Edle was suddenly broken off. The price asked by Senator Depew is $26, 000. The purchase ir1ee was $18,000. He has expended $4,000 In alterations and improvements on the house. Glaagow Propone Municipal Saloon, Not content with providing its own gas, electricity, water and street car service, the city of Glasgow proposea to dispense its own liquor, and the mu nicipal saloon Is talked about. A com mittee appointed to consider the ques tion has reported in favor of an ex periment, and parliament is to he ask ed for the necessary power. HnlMlng DenlgneU bj Woman. There will be only one building at the Pan-American exposition in Buf falo designed in its entirety by a wo man, and that one is the structure which will represent the states of New England. The woman whose brillian cy as an architect has gained for her this honor is Miss Josephine Wright Chapman of Boston. ChaDnK DUhea. The chafing dish is among the most ancient adjuncts to the culinary de partment of all nations. It was In great demand at the grand feasts given by the wealthy citizens In ancient Rome. Some of these dishes have re cently been found among the ruins of Pompeii. They are of exquisite work manship. Toronto' Memorial to Victoria. The citizens ot Toronto, Ont., have decided to place an organ in Massey hall as a memorial to the late Queen Victoria. Committees have been ap pointed to canvass the city for tho necessary fundB. It Is estimated that the instruments and tho accompanying tablets will cost $30,000. Cleveland's Mayor a Krntucklan. Tom L. Johnson, mayor elect of Cleveland, Is a Kentuckian by birth and retains strong reverence for tho south and Its traditions. So deeply grounded Is this feeling that when his daughter was to make her social debut the family went to Louisville, whero Miss Johnson was Introduced to. so ciety. In OeJ of Tire, So many fires have recently occurred In one of tho residence districts of Buf falo that a man living In the part of town referred to sent out invitations a few days ago, worded thus: "Com to us on Tuesday for dinner and whist. In case of Are meet at th'i Lenox, at 7:30 sharp." New York Tribune. Caar llaa Twantf -SeTra Physician The czar of Russia has twenty-seven physicians, and they are all select! from the medical cclcbretles of Russia. There 1st?, first physlclan-ln-chlef; then come ten honorary surgeons, two oc ulists, a chiropodist and honorary chir opodist, two court physicians and three specialists (or the ccarioa, SPREAD OF DISEASE HY ANIMALS. The subject of the relationship be tween the diseases to which man Is liable and those from which animals suffer is very Interesting and impor tant, and will well repay the study now being given to it by physicians and veterinary surgeons. These diseases may be divided into three classes those equally affecting both man and animals, those special to man, but which may also be caught by animals, and those belonging to animals, but which may attack man if he comes in close Contact with the sick animal. Of those equally affecting both man and animals the best known is tuber culosis. Some physicians insist that the tuberculosis of cows is not the same as that of human beings, but most are of the opinion that the differ ences between the two diseases are only such as might be expected to exist In view of the vital differences be tween the two classes of beings. Another disease common to men and some animals Is smallpox. In this case there seems to be more difference be tween the disease in man smallpox, and that in animals cowpox and horsepox. Yet that the two affections are closely related is shown by the protection against smallpox that is af forded us by Inoculation with cowpox, or vaccination. Diphtheria and scarlet fever are shared with us byvarious animals, and it has been asserted by certain English physicians that these diseases may be conveyed to children in the milk from sick cows. However this may be, there is little doubt that cats, rabbits and perhaps other domestic animals, can acquire diphtheria from sick children, and can in turn transmit it to healthy children. The plague Is a disease common to man, monkeys and rodents, and Is so equally shared by them that no one knows whether It was primarily a hu man disease or a rat pest. Among the diseases belonging espe cially to animals, but which may also be contracted by men, are hydrophobia, anthrax or malignant pustule, glan ders and foot-and-mouth disease. Some of the parasitic skin diseases are also transmissible from men to ani mals, and the reverse. A very common example of this is ringworm, which is not infrequently introduced among the children of a family by the cat. THE FLY SETTLED THE QUESTION. At a recent meeting of the Entomo logical Society in London the presi dent, Mr. G. H.Verrall.told an amusing story to prove that a knowledge of In sects may even be useful in settling questions In literary history. Commen tators on the works of Robert Louis Stevenson were trying in vain to dis cover whether the notes made by him In a certain book were written before or after he took up his residence In Samoa. It happened that a fly had been squeezed between the pages, and when Mr. Verrall saw it, he instantly recognized it as belonging to a specle3 peculiar to the Polynesian Islands. That settled the question. CON TKAHT BETWEEN THE POLES. Mr. Arctowskl, the geologist of the Antarctic expedition In the steamer Belglca.calls attention to the difference in the distribution of Ice around the two poles of the earth. The floating Ice of the north, he says, comes from true glaciers which are pushed down through valleys until they reach the water, but the glacial caps themselves do not meet the sea. At the south, on the contrary, perpetual snow Is en countered at the 65th degree of lati tude, and it is probable that the float ing ice of the antarctic originates from a layer covering the whole polar crown. THE STURDY PINE TREK. The New England pine, which Em erson so loved, appears, according to the recent investigations of Prof. G. E. Stone, to be holding Its own in. tho forests of central Massachusetts, while some of its old compeers, like the hemlock, tho beech and the canoe birch have decreased, other species taking A STURDY PINE. their place. "The pine," says Professor Stone, "can adapt Itself to a great va- rloty of conditions." MTRTKRY OF THE CORONA. One of the things to be studied by the astronomers who go to Sumatra to observe the eclipse of the sun visible '15 CIEHCE' RESS there on May 17th, will be the ques tion whether the corona emits any per ceptible heat. During fhe eclipse ob served in our Southern states last year it was found that the light of the corona appeared to be "cold light," for even so delicately sensitive an instru ment as the bolometer failed to detect any heat in it. The luminosity seemed to resemble that of a vacuum tube through which electric discharges are passing. VICTIMS OF SNAKES IN INDIA. During the year 1899 no less than 24,021 human beings were killed jy the bites of venomous snakes in In dia. The number was- larger than in several preceding years because, it is thought, of the floods, which drove the snakes to the high lands where the homesteads are situated. Wild beasts during the same year destroyed 2,966 human lives, tigers being responsible for 899 of the victims, wolves for 338, leopards for 327, while the remaining 1,402 were killed by 'bears, elephants, hyenas, jackals, crocodiles and other animals. The destruction of cattle amounted to 89,238 killed iv wild HEAD OP THE COBRA, beasts, and 9,449 by snakes. These statistics are from the government re port of India. PREVENTION AND CIRE FOR IJAI.D- NE.S& Nowhere Is the comparative superi ority of the ounce of prevention more strikingly shown than in the case of baldness, if the hair receives proper care from childhood; but in the ereat majority of cases it Is impossible to coax back a satisfactory growth of hair on a shining pate. The life of a hair is estimated to be from two to four five years, at the end of which time it falls out and, if the scalp is healthy is replaced In time by a new one,which grows out from the old hair follicle. As long as this process of growth keeps pace with the falling out of the hair, there is no danger of baldness, no mat ter how plentifully the hairs are shed; but if the loss exceeds the new growth, as It does when the scalp is unhealthy, thinness of the hair and eventual bald ness are sure to follow. We have seen, in a former article, that the hat is mainly responsible for the unenviable distinction of the male sex as the bald one. The hat may cause baldness di rectly, by diminishing the blood-supply and consequently the nourishment of the hair, or it may produce it in directly, by causing an unhealthy con dition of the scalp, leading to dan druff. This affection, known scientifi cally as seborrhea, is thought to be due to the presence of a special mi crobe, which finds a favorable soil for its growth in the poorly nourished, overheated and poorly ventilated scalp. The prevention of baldness calls first for a reform in the matter of head gear. Stiff hats the derby, the straw or the silk hat should be laid aside, and soft felt hats or caps worn. Then the scalp must be kept absolutely clean. Many people seem to be afraid to wash the hair, or to brush it vigorously, but this fear Is unfounded. The head should be shampooed at least once a week, with soap of the best quality, which should be not strong and alka line, but neutral. If this makes the hair too dry, a little olive oil can then be rubbed into the scalp. If dandruff still persists, in spite of frequent wash ing, it will be well to get advice from a physician as to the occasional use of an appropriate lotion in addition to the regular shampooing. Thorough brushing of the hair morning and night will help to keep the scalp In good condition, and massage with the finger tips, moving the scalp In all directions over the skull, will promote its health and that of the hair growing Id It. AFRICA'S FROLICSOME DWARFS. Sir Harry Johnson, who recently vis ited the dwarf people of the Congo forest, studying their habits and pho tographing them and their dwellings, says that notwithstanding their ape like and hideously ugly appearance, they are usually of a winning and cheerful disposition, and their dancing is frolicsome, gay and full of pretty movements, but markedly different from the motions of the negroes. Their Intelligence Is, as a rule, well developed. Ill Dealt In Palm. According to a man who Is said to be the biggest dealer in palms In New York, above 6,000,000 of them were distributed throughout the country for church use on the Sunday previous to Easter day. The farce that "Ood rules In the councils of nations" Is considered a fake by the candidates who were de feated at the polls. OUR GIANT FATHERS. HOW TALL WERE MEN ANCIENT TIMES ? OF One Authority Figure Out That Adam W a Alan 123 Feet In Heletit, Eve 118 Feet Proof of Mali' Decline In Stature. At various times within the last cen tury assertions have been made that Adam and the antediluvian people were of extraordinary height, bnt the assertions have always been laughed down by scoffers who never think for themselves. In 1718 Henrion, a mem ber of the French Academy cf Sciences, published a pamphlet In which he as serted that these personages of the Bi ble were of the following height: Adam, 123 feet 9 inches; Eve, 118 feet 9 inches; Noah, 27 feet, Abram, 20' feet, and Moses, 13 feet. I, too, said a scientific student of the Bible, In speak' ing of this matter recently, am con firmed in the belief that the prehis toric races were gigantic, bflt figure out their statures, by a process of rea soning different from that promulgated by Henrion. According- to the Old Testament "there were giants on earth in those days whose daughters were married to the sons of God, and whose sons became mighty men. Also, tho sons of Anak, in whose eight men were said to be but grasshoppers. (Grasshoppers of that period were as large as the twentieth century dog.) The Emmlns and Zamzummains were giant nations. Og, the king of Bash an, remained of the remnant of giants; Goliath, of Gath, was a giant." Ac cording to Genesis, Noah lived 950 years and then died. The average life of man today is about 70 years. It is a well defined rule in nature that ani mals, bipeds and quadrupeds live about three and one-half times the number of years required for individual matu rity. Thus man in this century ma tures in twenty years and dies at the age of 70 years. Dividing the age of Noah by three and one-half we find that he matured in about 270 years. The average man of today at maturity measures about 5 feet and weighs 125 pounds. Five feet in twenty years is equivalent to 3 Inches in one year. Applying the same rule to Noah's ma turing years, we find that at his ma turity he was 67 feet tall and weighed 1,375 pounds. It stands to reason that if Noah was so great in body, Adam must have been equally as large. The mere fact that Adam was never born evidences that he was a gigantic man. Everything created during the forma tion ages was according to a very large standard. The trees were sky scrapers, the animals Immense and all other things in proportion. Why should Adam have been a freak in this array of colossal nature? Civilization and multiplication of the races diminish the lives of individuals as well as te statures. Why? Possibly because our civilization is an unnatural perversion of the life contemplated by our Crea tor for us, and as free agents we are gradually destroying the race as a pen alty for our wrong interpretation of our mission. The power to multiply having been given us, death is a natu ral consequence, but death by natural decay. Instead of death by disease, crime, war, pestilence, results of civ ilization, was contemplated. Hence our civilization and all other civilizations are more or less responsible for the inevitable extinction of the race. A curious mathematical coincidence lay in the above proof of man's decline In stature and age. Thus the stature of man in a few more than 6,000 years, according to Hale's chronology being the acre of the human nrp and nennrrt- ing to my deductions, has decreased from 65 to 5 feet, at which rate of de crease the world will be depopulated in 461 years, or the year 2362. The age of man has likewise decreased from 900 to 70 years in the same time, at which rate the race will become ex tinct in about 461 years, or the year 2362. As you observe, both deductions reach the same conclusion. There may be an element of truth In- this theory, at least it 13 worth probing. The great trouble with us today Is that we are too easily satisfied;, we lack the ability and energy to "figure out" or "search for evidences of' truth," and instead, accept all kinds of theories and dogmas as they are presented to us, surrounded mostly by a halo of fanaticism, impossible and absurd. "Crazy" Crocker' California Dream. When the late Charlie Crocker of Central Pacific railway fame crossed the plains In the '40s by ox team over the old emigrant trail from Council Bluffs to San Francisco, he predicted that, within a comparatively few years, a steam railroad would bo "running across the continent, following sub stantially the same course traveled by him. His prediction was considered so absurd by his associates that he was nicknamed "Crazy Crocker." Mr. Crocker had tho satisfaction of not only seeing his prediction come true, but of being one of the leading spirits in the construction of the first trans continental railroad. Since Mr. Crock er's dream was realized and the first transcontinental line was completed, five other dlstlnot and separate lines have been built to the Pacific coast. National Magazine, More Rnppllee for "oath Afrlea, It does not appear that the Ena-llsn are ready to withdraw from South Africa. British agents are In thla country asking bids on 20,000 bags of reeding oats, 20,000 bags of seed oaU, 20,000 hales of alfalfa hay and 10,000 of bran. It is understood that these supplies are tor the troop la South Africa.