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HAMILTOI GlHl rive Bullets Were Fired Into Miss Ethel Kinrade's Head and Breast, A despatch from Haiuilton says: About 3.45 o'clock ou Thursday afternoon ono of the most daring, cold-blooded and wanton murders that has ever blac-kcH'Od tho crim- inal annals of this country was committed at thc> iiomo of T. L. wholo block in which th« houso in situat<>d was crowded witli a, push- inpt roultitud'D which displayed a morbid curioeity tiiat led ewoo of those who were in front to act in a mannci- that wae uibgraccful. Men and Women crowded upon the vcr- uiiidah and peer<yi through tho win- Kiurodo, 105 Ucrkinicr BtrC'Ct. His dowa to get a glimpse at what was second daughter, Miss Etlu-l, is ly- taking place inside, while thoto log at the morgue with five bullet, who could not got clo*8 t^j the win^ holes in her head ind breast, v.hiledows contented thtnn.wlvci* with her murderer has, so far, eluded ' standing on the verandah railings. tho police. Tho mwrderer is sup posed to be a tramp. He went to tho houso at the hour mentioned while only Miss Floronc* and Miss Tho stre«ts along which the funer al passed wero lin-ed with thou itamls of pooplo, and at the ceme- tery tliejie was another large cri^wd. Etlicl wer» at hom«, and in re- The police were stationed about the spouse to hJs knock Miss Florence answered. Ho t;aid ho wanted house and at t!H^ cemetery to keep tho crowd in order, and while it «on:«'thing to cat and was invited i was too large for them to manage, in, after which he d^-mandcd thore was no noiay demonstration Biorcy. lie was given what Miss Florence could secure in the house, afti r which he ehot Miss I'Lthel, who was about to leave the houso in her fright, fi\e times and escaped from the dining-room window. The police were notified about fifteen minutes after the shooting took pluce and were on tho scene with- in less than h.ilf an hour. C'hief Smith had Inspector Mc- Mahon, Detective Rloakley, Sayer and t-'oulter and some policemen quickly on the scene, and shortly after a fair description cf the man who did the murder was furnished to tho members of th<^ force, who radiated to fill parts of the city. They devoted their energies parti- cularly to tho western part in which the tragedy took place, and kept It close watch on all the railway dcjpots. DKSCllIPTION OF THE MUR- DERER. One of the most remark.^ble fea- tures about the tragedy i.s the fact that a man has been hanging about that neighborhood for several days paft, and he is believed to be the murderer. The following descrip- tion of the roan who did the shoot- ing has been furnished tho police by MiMS Florence Kinra<le, and is all the police have to guide them in their search : â€" Age about 35 years, height about five feet seven or eight inches; pretty stout; medium dark com- plexion ; long, wavy, dark-brown moustache, drooping over mouth ; wore a dark suit an^l dark over- coat; a black slouch hat, pulled down over the eyes. This has been placed in the hands of all the members of the force, and hope is entertained that the Diurdorcr will not be long at large, ap word has been sent to the po- lice at all outside points within a radius of several miles. or unusual confusion. LIVING THE KCENE OVER. A pa,tlietic scene was enacted in the houso shortly before the ser- vice was held. Miss Florence Kin- rade waa brought down with her mother to have a last look at tho loved face, and as the coffin, was opened sho ficrcamed, "Ethel, lock yourself in your bedroom, " and fell in a faint, from which it took some time to revive her. REWARDS OFFERED. The Government has decided to offer a reward of $500 for the ar- rest an<l conviction of the murder- er. This makes tho total r-oward t)ffere<l $2,000. Mr. Kinrade, it is Baid, offered $1,000 to the person, , , , , who vail furnish iuformation that i'^r '"â- â- Â»Â».)â-  "'""H's tl>«y li^vc been A PETERBORO' ASSAULT. Deputy Firo ChV.^f (Jraingc Very Jindly llaiiillcd. A despatch from Peterboro' says : On Saturday night a brutal assault was coramitled upon Deputy (,"hiof Graing© of the fire bri.<?adc, Grain^e had reported Firemen Chapman, Hawes and Craig for being late on duty. These men, it is claimed, went out and came, back to the Cro hall under the inducnco of liquor during tho chief's tempor- ary absence at supper. (Jraingo vas in the chief's oflice v;hcn, the men returned, and it is stated they kiwxjked iiim down and kicked him fevorely. Ho escaped into the apparatus hall, where the men are alleged to have followed him, re- newing tho assault. He was se- verely mauled, and several of hisi ribs were broken. When found he was in an unconscious oiidition. Ho was removed to. his home, and at noon on Sunday was reported to be in a semi-conscious condition. Tho three men whom the dei)uty thief reportc<l wero arrested on a charge of having committed tho ns.sault, and Mugistrato Dumblo refused bail. *' _ CLSTO.nS COLLECTIONS. Fdwiiary Returns Show a Slight Increase. A despatch from Ottawa says : Customs collections have begun to respond to the improvement in business conditions of Canada. will lead to the arrest, and the city had offeretl $500. In reply to a request that a Provincial detective be sent here. Detective Miller arrived in the city on Friday afternoon, and received instructions to go to work on tho case. MRS. AND MISS KINRADE. Reporters have been denied ac- cess to Mrs. Kinrado and iier daughter, Miss Florence, who are in a state bordering on nervous collapse. Mrs. Kinrado requires the attention of a trainexl nurse and medical treatment. On Fri- day night she fainted away, but recovered a short timo afterwards. FUNERAL OF THE VICTIM. Hamiltf.n, Feb, 23â€" Thi,s "aTteT- noon the funeral of Miss Ethel Kin- ratio {/)i)k placo from the homo of her father, Mr, T, L. Kinrade, 10,5 Hf'rkimer street, to Hamilton cc- inotcry, and it was witnessed by one of the largest crowds that ever gathered on such an occasion. Tho running behind tho recor<l of col lections made last year. IJowcver, coUceUons during February v.cro not only equal to but a little bet- ter than liio collections of tho previous Feiiruary, tho total amount collected for tho month be- ing $'1,113,047, which is a bett/?r- mont to tho amount of $'24,919. For eleven (months of the fiscal year the collections totalled $42,030,700, which is 910,879,821 less than tho customs returns for the same period of the year before. COiMB CAl GHT FIRE. Brantford Child Playing With It Wan FataHy Burned. A despatch from lirantford says; John Flaherty, a 3-year-ol<l son of Alanson Flaherty, received fatal burns from a celluloid comb, which caught on fire while the chiJd was playing with it in the kitchen on Sunday. The infant's face and body were badly burned and it can- nob recover. WAB Austria Likely to Move Against Servia Withiu Next Fortnight. A despatch from F^ondon says : The Times of Wednesday morning publishes despatches fruin Vienna, fcit. Peter-sburg and P>cilin taking li. gloomy view of the Austiiu-Ser vian situation. The Vienna corre- spondent says preparations foj eventual hostiliticH aru naturally being complete*! in Aup.tria-Hun- gary. It would, nevertheless, be «reinat»rc to regard war as cer- lin, ami it may be asserted with confidence that the nearer the pos- sibility of an iirntp^l Aonllick »p- poarn tho grtater is tho Wosirs in this country that it may be Hvi)i<l- ♦<!. The AuBtroHuuKaiiau mili- t,;ry preparations aro estimated to i,i costliig JL'4Q,000 a day. This ex- penditure represents a burden that cannot bo homo indefinitely. Tho public and tho authorities are well awaic that war would in- crease the expenditures tenfold, Imt both tlesira tl>e clearing up of tiie situation, preferably by ami- cable arraiigfments and agreement, or, failing that, by a jiansago at orms, which, it is hopeti, would open up a prospect of* quiet in the future. How far events would bear out the expectation should the cou- fiict cume is a question which ex- perience alone could decide. The Times, in a grave leader proposes titat an normal diplomatic nvetliods have now broken down, a confer- ence of the poMers be summoned. CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS RAPPEXINCS FROM ALL OVEB THE GLOP.E. THcsrnphIo Briefs From Our Owu Aud Other Countries of Ueccint Events. CANADA. A new cavalry regiment is to bo organized in Brant county. Ontario's i.^jineiMl output last year totalled iu value $25,218,609. The Kingston Board of Health will enforce compulsory vaccina- otion. The C. P. R. has let tho contract for ft $900,000 elevator at Victoria Harbor. The cost of Winnipeg'* hij 'i pres- sure water syttcin is to be iuvesti- gitcd. Mayor Thorno of Woodstock, N. B., editor of The Carleton B&ntin- el, is dead. Alberta Lpg-'p!i,tur<) has dis- solved, and the election will be held on March £2. A conference to discuss recipro- city with Canada will bo held in Detroit in April. Mr. J. W. Tyrrell believes that Fort Churchill on the Hudson Bay will be a great seaport. The new line of Atlantic steam- ers to ply on the; fit. Lawrence route will bo named the Canada Line. Sergt. Davidson, who was with Inspector PellcCier's Mounted Po- lice party, was drowned at Marble Island. The Canadian Pacific having ac- quired the Tilsonbnrg, I^ake Krio i- Pacific Line, aro asking power tc extend it from Ingersoll to Col- lingv.ood. John Dubois, contractor on tho National Transcontinental ne."ir Frcdericton, N. B., has burned his books and disappeared, owing $0,- 000. A report comes from Victoria, B. C, that tlie Sikhs there have an association that is collecting money to buy arms for the disaf- fect/cd natives of India, The Government will declare Hecate Straits a closed sea, and place en armed cruiser there to protect the halibut fishing from United Sta-tes poachers. Charles Hodgson fell down an elevator shaft at Perrin's confec- tionery at Ijondon, Out., and, land- ing on a pile of paper, escaped with a dislocatc<l finger. Because the school trust''»9 of Section No. 9, near Amherstburg, appointed a colored teacher, tho white children have all been with- drawn from the school. Twt> of tho three trustees are colored. GREAT BRITAIN. J T. Dawson, formerly of Mont- real, shot his wife and then com- mitted suiciilo in fjoiidon. Tho Vanguard. Britain's seventh vt>sscl of the Dreadnought type, was lunnched at Barrow on Mon- day. W. Vernon Booth, head of tho great fish concern that failed last Sejitombcr, ha.s been indicted for fraud. Three Chicago highwaymen, con- viotcd of robbing a. man of 4ti cents, have been given life terms in tho penitentiary. Tho Attorney-General of Arkan- sas has fiixHl suits against members of the Beef Trust, asking tiucs which aggregate $3,300,000. Wireless messages wero suceesR- fully received on a train between Buffalo and Chicago while the train was running at si.\ty-tlireo miles an hour. Twenty -eight women, many of them members of prominent fami- lies, were given terms iu prison tor rioting in Westminster on Thursday. THE WORLD'S MARKETS REPORTS PROM THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle. Grain, Cheese and Oilier Dairy Produce at Unme and Abrni-.d. BREAD8TUFFS. Toronto, Mar. 2.â€" Flourâ€" Ontario wheat 00 per cent, patents, $3.v- to S-1 to-day in buyers' sacks out- side for export. Manitoba flour, first patents, $5.70 to $5.80 on track, Toronto ; cccond pa<,ents, $6.20 to $5.30, and strong bakers', $5 to $5.10. Wheatâ€" Manitoba wheat, $1.19 for No. 1 Northern, and $1.16% for No. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 1 Northern nominal, $1.25%, all rail, and No. 2 North- ern, $1.20%, all rail. Oatsâ€" Ontario No. 2 while, 48 to 48%c on track, Toronto; No. 2 Western Canada oats, 48c. Colliug- wood, and No. 3, 47c, Collingwood. Peasâ€" No. 2, 90c outside. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow, 73c on trauk, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow, 72c, Toronto. Canadian corn, C8 to CCc, on track, Toronto. Branâ€" Cars are $22 to $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $23 in bulk outside. ACCOWT S OF THE P BOYINCE; The Past Year Was Not So Good for the; Province of Ontario. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€" $4 to $1.50 for choice qualities, and 03.50 to $4 for cook- ing purposes. Baansâ€" Prime, $I.CO to $2, and hand-picked, $2.10 to $2,15 per bushel. Honeyâ€" Combs, $2.25 to $2,75 per dozen, and strained, 11 to ll%c per pound. Hay-â€" No. 1 timothy, $10.75 to $11 per ton on track here, and lower grades $9 to $10 a ton.' Strawâ€" -$0.50 to $7.60 on tr.ick. Potatoes â€" C2 to 65c per bag on track. Poultry â€" Chickens, dressed, 12 to 14c per pound; fowl, 10 to lie; ducks, 14 to 15c; geese, 12 to I3c ; turkeys, 17 to 19c per pound. UNITED STATES. Franklin MacVcagh of Chicago will be Secretary of the Treasury in the Taft Cabiivet. A Brooklyn man has invented a fog 'phone which will prevent col- lisions between ships in a fog. Lady Cook, a prominent English uuffragist, now in New York, de- clares that the battle for votes for women is won in England. An insane woman made her way into tho City Hall at Philadelphia and threatened to kill tho Mayor unless he paid her fare to Buffalo. An Austrian youth committed suicide in New York because he could not live on $76 a month in addition to his salary as a drug clerk. No rotlical change is expected in the United St.at«3 tariff as a result of the special session of Congress. The duty on lumber may be re- tained. Senator Carter of Montana is working to have tho Oanatlian waterways treaty pushetl through the TTnited States Senate at the present tession. GENBRAL. Propo.sed revenue measures have created a political situation in Ger- many approachirvg a crisis. Earthquake shocks in Calabria shook down ruined buildings at BoritAra, k'Hing five persons. The Revolutionary wing of the Russian Socialist parly has 4l«K*»«led to discri'tiiiue preaching openly against the throne. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Pound prints, 21 to 22c ; tubs and large rolls, 19 to 20c; in- ferior, 16 to 17c ; creamery rolls, 20c, and solids, 25c. I'iggsâ€" Case lots of cold storage, 24c ; selects, 2uc, and new laid, 27c per dozen. Cheeseâ€" Largo cheese, 13%c per pound, and twins, 14c. HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€" Long clsar, 11% to n%c per pound in cast lots; mess pork, $20 to $20.60 ; short cat, $23 to $21. Hara.s- Light to medium, 13% to 14c; do,, heavy, 12% to 13c; rolls, 10% to He; shouluers, 10 to 10%c ; hacks, 16 to 10%u ; breakfast bo- con, 15% to 16c. Lardâ€" Tierces, 12%c ; tubs, 13c; pails, 13'ic. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Mar. 2. â€" Peas â€" No. 2, 97% to 98e. Oats â€" Canadian Western No. 2, 50% to 5Ic; e.vtra No. 1 feed, 50 to 50%c ; No. 1 teed, 49% to 50c ; Ontario No. 2, 49 to 49%c; Ontario No. 3, 48%c to 49c; Ontario No. 4, 47% to 48e ; No. 2 barley, C3% to 65c; Manitoiia fcc<I barley, 56 to 06/ic ; buckwheat, 55% to 56c. Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80 to $5.- 00; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.30 to $5.-!0; Ma<- iiitoba stroi^ bakers', $3.10 t<} $5.20; Winter wheat patents, $5.40 to $6.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; do., in bags, $2.C5 to $2.45; c.\tra in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Feed â€" Manitoba bran, $22; do., shorts, $24 ; Ontario bran, $23 to $24; do., shorts, $24.60 to $25; Ontario mid- dlings, $25 to $25.50; pure grain mouille, $28 to $30; mixed niouille, ^26 to $27. Chcese-^Finest west- ern, 13 to 13%c ; easterns, 12% to 12%c. Butterâ€" Fall creamery, 23c ; Winter creamtry, 22c. Eggaâ€" New laid, 28c per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, Mar. 2â€" Wheat, firm ; No. 1 Northern, $1.17%;; No. 2 Northern, $1.15 to $1.15%; May, $1.10 bid. Ryeâ€" No. 1, 70c. Corn â€" May, 65%c bid. Barleyâ€" Stand- ard, 66%c; sample, 64 to 6G%c; No, 3, 04 to 65c ; No, 4, 64c. Minneapolis, Mar. 2. â€" Wheat â€" May, $1.12%; July, $1.12%; cash. No 1 hard, $1.14% to $1.14%; No. 1 Northern, $1,13% to $1,13%; No. V. Northern, $1.11% to $1.11% ; No. 3 Northern, $1.03 to $1.10. Branâ€" $23 to $23.50. Flourâ€" First pat- ents, $5.55 to $5.65; second pakents $5.40 to $5.60; first clears, $4.10 to $4.25; secon<l clears, $3.05 to $3.15. Duluth, Mar. 2.â€" Wheat-No, 1 hard, $1,14% ; No, 1 Northern, $1,- 13% ; No. 2 Northern, $1.11%; May, $1.12%; A despatch from Toronto says: Tho Provincial Public Accounts, which were laid on the table at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, show a docided falling off in the Provin- cial surplus, which is decreased by about $600,000. The total expen- diture is listed at $8, 567,06'!. GO, while the total receipts amount to $8,602,002.72, giving a total surplus of $45,938.36. The explanation of the decreased surplus is said to bo found in the Dcpartanont of Crown Lands. The past year was a hard on-o and many settlers wero unable to pay their dues through the <iifficnlty experi- enced in selling their lumber. The money is expected to come in even- tually, but it was not desired to sell out many of the now arrivals in the jxxst openetl parts of the Province. The total revenue from the department was $2,430,429.39. On the other hand the sucoes-* sion duties have gone very much,, above the expectation of the Trea- surer's Department, ahowring a to-' tal receipt of $1,134,898.88. Tho Provincial indebtedness to^ the Dominion has boon wiped out while the supplementary revenue* shows a figure of $695,482.31. The- indirect liability of the Province, has been reduced by neajly three millions. Entered on the receipts.* side of the Public Accounts stands* $l,67!,0.M.0a brought forward from, last year. The Dominion subsidiey (on population, and others) were. $2,123,772.08. The mining licenses have netted* the Province $71,721.30. The total amount received in the srhape o-f* hunting licenses and penalties for, infractions of the game laws waa $2S,0;0.20. . slightly lower. Ono good load of feeding sticers, about 1,000 pounds, sold at $4. Go. Sheep and lambs â€" Steady and unchanged. Hogs, â€" Bo- le,ct were quoted at $G.55 f.o.b., ard $6.70, fed and watered. Calves â€" Steady ^nd unchanged. THE AN.NUITIES ACT. Provision for Rights of Ilohlort) In Case of llarriase. A despatch from Ottawa says: In tho Senate on 'rhur:vday after- noon Sir Richard Cartwright moved several amendments to the Annuities .\ct. One amendment provides tliat a man and woman, each of whom have taJten out annui- ties, may each continue to have the right to annuity up to $600 should they marry. Anotlicr provision will allow a, husbaad to share his annuity v/ith his wife. Another provision will allow persons having bought annuities iii class "B," where payments end with death, to contract himself out of his agree- ment with the Government and have refunded to him the amount paid in. To Benat.^r Lougheed Sir Richard said the indications were that the public w^re Roing to avail thcnwelves largely of tho oppor- tunities afforded them by the An- nuities Act. A STRATFORD TRAGEDY. Alex. Sutherland Fnuud Dead o?i the Stroft. A despatch from Stratfo.xl says: Tha body of .Mcxandcr ButhorlaiKl, of West Zorra, was found at the rear of the residence of A. Gueriu, on Brunswick Stroct, at the east- ern city limits on Friday morning. According to tho story tho occu- pants of th« house tell, Sutherland I was driven there en Thursday evening, and ^\as !);it out of tho front door. The only mark appar- ent on the body was an abrasion along tho left temple, whic'i may have been caused by a fall, but har<l!v sufficient to cause death. LEFT THE PENITENTLVRY. • Two Pri.soners Made Their Escape at New VVestniinstcr. A despatch from Vancouver says ; A daring and scnaational escape was made from the penitentiary at' New Westminster on Wetlnesday ^morning, tha fugitives being tk- French-Canadian named Labour- dette and a Britisher namwl Stan- ton, both of whom were serving a» term for burglary. The escape ap^i pears to have been managed with skill and despatch. The night- guard E>ado his usual round at (> o'clock on Wednesday mnrninp, knocking the bars off the cells pre- paratory to letting the occupants- out to work. Labourdettc and Stantcn had evidently tampercjcl with the lock, and when the night guard's back was turned, after tire bar had been dropped, all they had to do was to push the door opep an<l sneak av/ay. Having left the cells the pair climbrd up tho hot water pipes to a window and es- caped. They have not been cap- tured. C. P. R. «l!YS BONDS. President S.ays Company Had $5,000,000 to Sparc. A despatch from Montreal says: Sir Thomas Sliaughnossy on Wc<I- uesday contirmwl ttie rumor fliiat the C. P. li. had been purchasing Dominion debentures. He saki the company had some money to spare, and had invested $5,000,000 in the Dominion three and thi oe-quarter per cent, ten-year debetiiurcs, re- cently issued in London. "We bought these debentures," he said, "because wo conKidered them a goo<l and sound investment." MONTREAL'S ASSESSMENT. ] Exempt Property Valued at Sixlj*- foar Millions. A despatch from Montreal saysj .\ccording to civic statistics, th&- oxe«iipted property in Montreal now runs up to over sixty-four mil-* lion dollars in value. 'The figures' for 1907 are r)5,914,313, and for lOOS* they show $tH,:',35,51b. Tho v.-slue- cf taxable property in tho city, during the past ytar has risen from . $216,840,719 to $234.S21,903, an iu- . crease of $17,981, i:84. FOUR ACCUSED OF Ml CEDR. Men With WJiom They Had Been i)ri!iking Beuton to Death. A dcKp.atch from Prince .Albert says : Four men, Robert Umphr^- ville, John Turner, Alex. Dubois and Tom Ballantyne, are hrld at the Mounted Polite barracks here, charged with tho murder of J. .\n- derson last November at Kinistino. Tho five were drinking together and left for home. Ijater Ander- son's body was found with tho head batteretl in. ANOTHER GREAT QUAKE. Di.'ilurhancc W.uh Somciihoire in th« Paeifle Ocean. A di'spatch from London says : Prof. Milnes' stiismograph recorded a vast earthquake of t.he grt-atesfc intensity at 5.30 p. m. on Friday. He calculates that tha disturbance was 6,000 miles disl.int, app.irent- ly soi-.i.cwhcve in the Pacific Ocean. LIFE SENTESCE FOR lALOl ; w Was Found Guilty of Attempted Murder ^ at Simcoe. ! $1.00%. July, $1.13%; Sept., LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Mar. 2.â€" The top price paid for export steers was 5.40, and for heavy bulls, (4.56. Fair to good loads of exporters' realized from $4.90 to $6.35, with a steady de- mand for more. Butcherâ€" Choice caUl« were firm at (4.80. Micdium ajid light quality were steorfy. C'ows firm at $3.75 to $4; common cows and canners not w»Qted and A despatch from Simcoe, Ont., says: Archibald W. Malone, ex- Chief of Police of this town, was sentenced on Wednes<lay night by Chief Justiee Sir William Miilcck to imprisonment for life in King- ston Penitentiary, at the conclu- sion of a trial which lasted thirty hours, spreatl over three days, in which one ef the strangest stories of secret crime ever heard in the annals of Canadian criminology was reveal»d. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty. The charge which they considered was that iu the early minutes of December 1, 1906, Malone, as chief constable, in cold blood shot and left for desul his assistant. Constable William Wilkins, the man whom, through his weakness of will, he had ma<!e an accomplice in a serie.^ of his rob- beries and incendiary outrages in the town. Thus came to an cud a trial that has interested half the Dominion; in which thirty-four wit- nesses were summt.nod i>y tha ' Crown and none for the defence, iiiid in which Mr. George Tate Blockstock. K. C., Crown Prose- cutor, made an address to t!ie jury lasting two and (^nc-lialF hours, go powerful and jn unanswerable th.at the gloom on the face of the pris- oner and h\i young wife spread through the whole crowded court room. The tension came to an end when, in low tones, his Lordship pronounced senleneo. Last Decem- ber, at the trial for Maloae's com- mittal the crowd then present ch^'ered when the Magistrate ruled against the accused. On Wednes- day night only an empty silence possessed tha room. Men bpoke quietl.v. With covert movements woinen placed handkerchiefs to the':r eyes.