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Hib.iroitltt Mualor ;
!. r'cHr!oriiti)!i, ncretavy.
(1 1 uiirfB. Tii rctruliir meoiiiia of
(liuligo hio liuld ou tlie Sulurtiuv of
mill.
lllHc kwell, Mnuter ;
Merei-a, Sucivury.
1 Hill (.range. The rojkrnlHr DieetiiiK
v Hill Graii(e ara held ou tlie third Sut
I' each mouth.
Ihiii; Mii
Cox, ttaiiretitry.
IK'UI. AOENTH FOB PYTHONS OP
MlKKlSSIl'l'I.
V:iii(flinn. Kiont Street. Meniplila.
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V itr.putiii'kt Coimuerpe St. Mobile-
lli.r.inmou Si, Co, 7'J Jt'uroudolfl tjt.
rluaus. tf
XARATION OF TUErOSES.
titidly imprciwed with the trnth, tltHl the
I (iianire of the United Sunea tlionld
ly iroclaira to tha world ite irenernl oh
e l,ereliviniHiiinion4,y niHke this Iec
of l'urioaea of the I'atrona of lim
ited by Hie atronji and faithful lie of Ait
e, ?ve nmtnatlv resolve to lahor lor the
our order, our rouutry and uiankmd,
e heartily iudor.e the motto .- ' In eaaen
lily in iiou eaaentiala, liberty ; iu all
?lttiritv,"
a t-hall endeavor to advance onr caune by
I to areotnnlivh the toliowiiir olijectei
hIop a belter and htkrher manhood and
loud amonr onraelvea. To enliauee (tie
and attraction of our home and
en our attachtueuta to our purauit. To
iintual underatandinir and co-opertii,
itnin inviolate our lawa, and to emulate
her io lahor to haiten the piod time
Tu reduce our expenre, both iudivirj.
eoiiorta. To buy lee and produej more,
" to niake our farma self-auataininir, Tu
y our crop, and crop no more than we
ivate. To eontletiM the weitflit of our
, aellinr leaa in the bnahel and more on
fand in fleece; leaa in lint aud mote in
d woof. To ayateDiatiaa our work hi d
a intelligently on probabilitiea, To dia
nr the credit ayateui, tba raortiraire
the faahion ev.tin, and every other
lending to vrodiirality and bankruptcy,
Ka aiectiliK toifelher, talking toiretlier,
t together, buyiiiK toiretlier, eellina: to
aud in treneial acting tofrctlter for our
protection and advancement, a occasion
Hire, We ahall avoia litigation aa much
hie by nrbitraiion in the aranire, We
iiatanlly atrive to aecure entire haimonv,
II, vital brotherhood among nnruelvee,
make our order perpetual. W ahall
7 endeavor to eupnreea peraouat, local.
1 and national prejudicea, all unhealthy
all ae!fiah ambition, Kaithful adherence
Trinciplea will inanra our mental, moral,
id material advancement.
t oar baainea intereata, we deaire to
uaeera and eonnumera, farmere aud man
ra inha the moat direct aud friendly re
ieaairle. Hence; we muat diapena with
ia of middlemen, not tliat w are un
to them, but w do not need tbero,
"Tin and their exaction diminiah our
" e waa-e an nirirrawiva war fare
any other intereata wnalever. On the
r. all oar acta, and all our effort, u far
la concerned, are not only for the
l tb prodoeet and eoneumer, bat for all
ten thai tend to brinf theee two par
Peedy aad eoonooilcal ooatact. Heuc
that trauepoilation eompaniee of every
neeeeeary ta ear aaeceaa, that tbeir
are intimately ooanected with our in
arid aarmonioue action ie mutually ad
" 1 keeping in view th ft rat eenteno
deciaraUon of prineiple of action that
PP-aee depeuda upon general
w proclaim our aettled conviction
eanaot eipect I kelp ourselvee In any
Involve Un injury of other, Wa
refora. advocate for every Htata ' tb
a every practicable way, otall facilitiea
!peing cheaply to th araboard, or b
mm producer and ennenmera, all the
of oor anaatry. Wa adopt il a oar
Tee a onw oat th ebannal ia
roat arterie that thar lif bte-ad of
flow freely." Wa ara awt
cf railroad, aavimbl and irrigating
"r of aay eorporatioa that will adraoo
aalrlal inura, nor of aay laboring
la oar nob I order there ia no eoama
agrariaaieae. We ara oppoeed to aack
aaaaairraMat of any coqioraiioa or
N a uad to oppraa U pcile and
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liieir r.i.l...l 1 ., 1, , .-i.tt ion I. a'.i.t in ..iir i-ll trie
miw;ii.4 tt I. .t in i..it w e ln.iy ev.'iil'iiiliy rlin.ve
llulll our ml. lit ll.e lint ventirfe i.l tyrtiliHV Hint
e'iriti.ii,.ii, VV 1. hdil tlie g.-iieinl it4iitt I r
liiileituil liitriiit.nv. e.iil;il.le ..iiii.r.iiiiia.M, and
eiirnem co ii,i!i.Hii.ii u an uiii'-u ol tmr lulili
atiti-e.
7 it ahull he 1111 aliiding principle with 114 to
relieve uiiv ot our u.ri.4ai.il mul tiiiiiii-iiii; hrulii-ei-ltii.nl
hv any iiicinn at uur citiiumml l,ti4t, tint
lint leuMt wii pnii'lHiin it turning our pm pnwei 10
iilt-lilcute a in-p.':' H ilic:iliiMl ,! the Hl.llitii-M
ami epliuiee ui w.iiii.iii, 114 in i!i,llcnll t.y it.liuit'
ling her to itieniiii,-,i!iili Hlnl u. 4111,111 in unr'.r.l.'r
nij.lui lt,g I he foul 1 lined iim.i4titiil'e of our M VI lie
iilio-ler .0 guide ti4 in uur wnl-k. We hero I'li-da-o
iMii-ie.vea tu liiltlilill 44 nil liiii nti.nioiia hihiu- loi-ull
Inline lime. li. lellllli liv our Ulille" i (1. 11 14 to tiie
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our loieluthoiy-
A Sound Platform-
. The followiu"; ia tlia platform of tho
Farmers' ami. People's Auti-Monopoly
Tarty of Livingston conuty, Illinois.
Every farmer aud workitigaian ia the
country can stand Uuoa it and make a
micceseftil fight against all opposing
elaaat'g and interests. We endorse every
word aud sentiment of this platform :
DECLARATION.
This organizniou is opposnd to railroad
steads, tiirill' steals, t-ulury grab
stealf, hank steals, and every otber
fium of stealing by wLieb the farmer and
iulioring classes are robbed of the legiti
mate fruits of their labor.
PLATfORM.
1. We are in lavor of contiol'infi; by
law the rjilroa.1 corporations of onr istme .
2. We submit to luxation and iliitii s
to meet the ntc't-sitv of llio O. verunieut,
but denounce as niij tst an.l opureesive l
taxation for the Imiietit of special cUsses.
3. We are in favor of tne pteoeut bank
ing system being so nin.lu tint ad m?n,
by giving the proper seo.inty, sho'iM
have tquul privileges, so that supply and
demand shall regulate our money market.
i. We are opor-ed to all future gr.tuts
of land to railroad cr otii.r corporations,
aud believe tuat the pnb'io domuiu should
be held sacred to the actual settlers.
5. We are iu favor of a true sysltm of
civil service reform, making houesty and
capacity tlie only valid claim for public
employment ; and believe that the office
should seek the man, and not the man tne
ollioe.
Some Things Which tho Tat
rons Propose to Do.
1. To secure for tnemselves, through
tbo Granges, social and iducatioual ad
vantages, not otherwise attainablo, and to
thereby, while improving their condition
as class, ennoble farm life, and rtnder it
attractive and desirable.
2. To give fall practical effect to the
fraternal tie which unites them, io helping
each other in case of sickness, bereave
ment, pecuniary misfortune, and want
and danger of every kind.
3. To make themselves .better and
more successful farmers and planters, by
means of the knowledge gained, the
habits of industry snd method established,
and the quickening of thought induced
by intercourse and discussion.
a. To secure economies in the baying
of implements, fertilizers, and family sup
plies, and in transpertation, as well as in
creased profits in the sale of the products
ot their labor, without enhancing their
oost to the consumer. (
6. To entirely abolish the credit sys
tem, in their ordinary transactions, al
ways buying and selling on eash basis,
both among themselves and ia their
dealings with the ontsidef world.
6. To encourage co-operation in tnda,
in farming, and in other branches of in
dustry, especially those moat intimately
eoanected with sgrionlture.
7. To promote the true unity of the
Republic, by drawing the best men and
women of ail pari of the country togeth
er in an organisation which knows no
Motional bounds or prejinlioes, or owes
no party allcgianoe. ltuial Carolinian.
in:, wli'iii u unity of ur.(.iro ami
notion m nod'-Kiry.
A Visit to Oceaa Orange.
1'vo lia'l tilt) jilcanuro ot (..tending
llio rcfiifur monthly meeting of
Ocean U.'iiiijji'. No. 5(i0, on Suturduy,
tl.o 1st ult. ut Ocean tinriiign, Jack
son county.
Oci'qii (Jrunro, i.-i perfectly orjran
iznt, JJ.o. (i. li. Cupcrn, tliecoui to
ous and ellieieiit Muster, hurt entered
tliu content will) tl.o spirit and inters
e.-t of a truo Tatron , and liu in hu-i-tained
to an eminent degree by all
tho able officers of the Grange.
JIucli business waa before the
Orange and llio systein aud dispatch
with which it met, reflected greut
credit upon their able Secretary, T.
W. Grayson. Tlie ladies manifetted
much interest in tlie discus-ions, and
lent much to ineko the meeting pleas
ant. I he attendance was notas large
as is usual, but this was owing to a
misunderstanding in relation to the
hour of meeting.
F01 the Star.
Worthy Brother :
Aethii: on a request made through
the ".-tar' of Secretaries and other
I'utroiis to furnish any inlorrnation
concerning granges, I send you a few
words in relation to our Grange.
JJIuff Grange was organizod on the
25th day of March 1874. Tho of
ficers are
James 13. Mcllae, Master.
J. W. Weftfall, Overseer.
J. Cherry. Lecturer.
3. A. Thompson, Irtcwa.rd.
C. J. Harrington, Ass't Steward.
Rev. E. Roberts, Chaplain.
D. Suraerall, Treasurer.
J. W. Thompson, Secretary.
W. Dnpriest, Gato Keeper.
Mrs. E. T. Edwards, Ceres.
Mrs. E. Ware, Pomona.
Mrs. L. Ruble, Flora.
Mrs. L. Thompson, 1. A. S.
Since our organization we hare
received sixteen males and seven
females making a membership of
45. Our Grange is composed of the
best men and women in the county
and we continue to receive applies
lions. We have a strong element to
contend against but the influence of
tho Grange for good, is being sens
ibly felt and we are gathering
strength as we advance and we look
lorward to tho day when all will
ioin in saving "God bless the noble
order Of I atrons oi uusoanary.
Yours Fratornally,
J. W. Thoaisty1' Sec.
Bluff Creek, Jackson Co. llUs. Aug.
6th 1874.
In a moral point oi view, the fife
ol the agriculturist is the most pure
and holy of any class of men ; pure,
because it is tlie most healthful, and
vice can hardly find time to contami
nate it ; and holy, because it Irina
Deity perpetually lefore his view,
jriviug him thereby the most waited
notions of supreme power, and the
most fascinating and endearing view
of moral benignity. Lord John
l.ul i. rii, i4.w-.iw ratrni :
m'l'l aujws.tf tut trn--tt at-J lflil)ril
a-ijifxirl. Wf !iv b.l.!y put
1'tnt atn.r ifcl udfiirl.; I niif b imi-r
t.i till lire an I r'Ki M fi,''it
for y'dir rihi4 nil pnii:ipli.'i4 lot l!ii
i4i. l,o what il limy.
Ti.en rally i uur lupiori I I't
our brethren every wheru put their
dliMil l.-re Io the wheel Slid roll Up
eath ne k lot) or mora nili-aTiln'rs
f'ir I'm only ojien And ivoweJ Grange
or'an aloitif the coast.
I)ii not be 1 1 1 a-ttrny by pretended
j iiirna'istic fri.'n'lhip', and inliM'.ribo
to o p:i'i' who-to Rilmirutioii and
zenl for our cauo i. confined to con
vtiiii'iit place and limed. Thoie who
are tut opeiily with us are secretly
uguinst IH.
Keep on in the Good Worke
Wo must continuo in tho gooi
work so earnestly bc;jun. We tuut
work ssetilously and continually to
otil in t iimlor oar banner every
fanner and planter of Mississippi,
and if all truo friends of reform Mil
give us an honest and steady support,
we c;in save ourselves and redeem
tho State. Nothing has evor been
developed that is doing so much
good (or tho farming community, as
the Grange. Let us increase its use
fulness by organizing Granges until
they become as numerous as tho
grains of sand upon the set shore.
Ihere must be no standing itill no
folding of idle hands, no loitering in
pleasant place?. Organize! is the
cry ; organize is the motto organi ze
the purpose. In the association of
the Granges lies our only hope.
We are in a woful condition. Now
all is dark, very dark. The only
distant light is the Grarftre. Then
let the work of reorganization po
bravely on iu this M-ction of our
State, and let tho Granges in this
State act together for their mutual
interest, and make our power for
rood folt everywhere. Let us at
this late day organize one thousand
Granges all over this State ; let
the noble women cf Mississippi
enler these Granges and become co
workers with tho men in this great
movement, and endburago the men to
keep up with the spirit and progress
of the cause.
An "Open Orange." .
A Grange in Muscnntino countr,
Iowa, holds what is called open
Grange, in which no business is
transacted, and invites evcrybodv to
attend. Questions of interest to ag
riculturalists and others are to be
discussed. We suggest that the
Granges in Mississippi do likewise.
Let every Grange have an opeu
meeting once a mouth at which, ditr
ensss all matters of interest to thoso
present, inviting all to take part in
those discussions. . It will be the
means of arousing the indifferent and
callous, to a true realization of the
benefits that may be gained Iroin the
association of the Grange. Let us
hear from the Granges on this
subject. -
Andrew Jackson's Duel. Thom
as Rutherford, ot Sumner connty, Ky
has a braco of pistols in his posses
sion which were given to an uncle of
his by Andiew Jackson, at a duel
between the two. The words ''one,
two," had been giyen, when "Old
Ilickorv." stepped up to his vis-a-vis,
8ayinK.""By the Eternal! fir, I would
despise myself to sacrifice such noble
material a you are mado of. iNr,
accept these p'stols from one who
ever admires true courage and pluck,
such as you have to-day demorrstra-.
ted. nod accept these from tne as an
evidenco of tuy high appreciation of
you as a man who dues to defend
bis rights."
Ornri .'" Mat lii! fin'ri t'.'.tM l
Kin pti'.le'l w'l Irifuffii ili.il n fi
illljrfrrt irt, lieti.l I S.tll JlHfte (
o'ir f.o! f, mi I Irinl Iit will ! rm
fur if a" r i'Uli in ol tUn i iiteipl.;
ati l liii minliiiiti'iii of o ir Or I t,
il t n-l lli" niitt of our riTiiiifi
WO )) hi dr.'.l'l SO lllltl l S Ill444l')l
rt)-tii In our mi l. I.
The Oranger'i Ten Command
ments.l
'. Thoii slut It love tho Granite
with all lhy heurt ami with all Ihv
mil, and llimi ahull love thy brother
Granger as tliynelf.
1 1. Thou shall not nuffi.'r the
inme of thy flrang.i to bo evi! spokfn
j of, HHt shall'scvcrely clniffiso the
wretch who speaks of it wit'i con
tempt. Ill, Remombor that Saturday is
Granger day. On it thou shall sot
aside thy boo and rake, and sewing
machine, and wash thyself, und ap
pear beforo tho Master in tho O ange
with smiles, and songs, and hearty
cheer. On tho fourth week thou
nlmlt not appear empty-handed, hut
ahall surely bring a pair of ducks, a
turkey roasted with Dro, a cake
baked in the oven, and pics and
fruit in abundance for thy harvest
least, So shale thou cat and bo
morrv ond ''freights Diri fares" shall
be remembered no moro.
IV. Honor thy Master, nnd all
who sit in authority over thee, that
the days of the Grange may be long
in the laud which Undo 5am hath
given thee.
V. Thou shalt not go to law.
VI. Thou slnlt not burn thy
straw, but shall surely stack it for
thy cattle in winter.
VII. Ttmu shall do no business on
"tick." Pay as thou goest, as much
as in thee lietli.
VII. Thou shalt support tho
Granger's Bank ; for thus it becometh
thee to fulGll the laws of business.
IX. Thou shalt by all means have thy
lifo insured in the Granger's Life In
surance Company, that thy wife and
little ones may have friends vhen
thou art cremated and gathered unto
tht fathers.
X. Thou shalt have no Jewish
middlemen between thy Tanch and
Liverpool, to latten on thy honest
toil ; but Ehall surely charter thy
own ships, and sell thy own produce,
and use thine own brain. This b the
last and great, commandment. On
this hang all the laws and profits.
And if there be any others, they ere
these : Choke monopolies, break up
tings, vote for honest men, fear God
and make money. So shalt thou
prosper ; and sorrow and hard times
shall flee away. -California Granger.
To the Patrons of Husbandry
Throughout the- Union
- a
It is with great pleasure that the
Patron's Relief Committee announces
to our large-hearted brethren through
out the Union, tliat no more contri
butions to sufferers from overall.) w ig
needed, the liberal assistance already
received being amply sufficient to
carry our distressed brethren through
the most urgent of their necessities.
A full report of the disbursements, as
well as of the receipts will soon be
published by the Committee and
placed in the lianas ot the Master oi
every State Grange. Until then,
the Committee, as well as those who
have been t e ipients of our brethren's
kind liberality return sincere tharks
for the samp.
II. W. L. LEWIS, Master.
0. L. HALL. . )
E. F. VIRGIN. V Committee
. N. D. WETilORE,)
llio g"tieral want of full eonfl hnce
at prrarnl wanifclr-i l twcn (r
int r an l merchant. The true Patron
dor not proaie to break down the
Icitiimite Luiiies of any man or
Kt of men. On tho Contrary, overy
ihiellieut member of the Order is
aware that the ''middle man" must
come in somewhere, and is just at
tiecttfHHry for tho purposes of trade
as the "middle men" is to a boy'i
game of marbles the game would hot
be perfect without that one marblo
co business cannot be conveieutly
transacted without a "iniddlo man"
some where, and why not
have our own local merchants
in thut capacity, just as well
as the man in Memphis or New
Orleans ? In the language of a tal
entcd member of the Order, we af
firm that "onr organization 'simply
directs its assaults upon vitiated sys
tems thut, vampiro like, fan its vie
tim whilst it draws the red current
that gives it life." And if our Order
develops a ' system out of which
will spring a judicious economy that
will make our planters solvent and
invest their business with a merit un
known to it lor years, every other
interest, aud especially the met can
tile, will feel its revivifying effects.
We do not wish to be understood
from what has just been said, us
being opposed to the system of
Grange Agencies as established at all
the principal points of commerce, by
the different State Granges. On the
contrary, we believe it to be the im
perative duty of every member ut the
Order to sustain them with their
wholesale trade, for through tbcm
thousands of dollars have been saved
to the planters throughout tho coun
try. " ' r '.
Our Order was not established to
mako war upon any pursuit or pro
fession, but for the purpose of plac
ing the Agricultural interests in
their proper position,' as" the founda
tion of all other interests and not
subservient thereto ; aid also for the
purpose of restoring our country ' to
its former political purity and pros
perity. ' We have declared war
against none but the politically cor
rupt, the monopolist, and .various
rings and corrupt combinations or
ganized by capitalists for the sole pur
pose of controlling all the industrial
interests, as well as the Legislative
and Judicial bodies of the e unlry.
These we recognize as our enemies,
and we have a grand army cfover
one million, beside the hearty co op
eration of all good men outside the
Order, to crush them out, and no
roan will dare say we cannot or will
not do it. The Order is in its youth
yet, bat its influence for good is even
now felt throughout the land, and it
will continue to grow in power in
fluence and usefulness, until the last
vestige of political corruption lias
been swept out ol both State and
National governments, and the mo
nopolists, the Salary grabbei, Credit
Mobilier, Speculator and extortioner
are sank into an ocean of .Oblivion.
Ilowever, political or religions
questions are not tolerated aa tub
iects of disenssion inf the work ot the
order, and no one-tcrificcs bis du
ties as a Citizens, or his political or
religious principles in uniting with it.
It iuo.udcs men of all political opia
. t' r-ei'i 4.r1- ff.f.-aint
i. t I " I ftt (rT'ldiri-ll ( t
!. a e-r-.l (i'.e) S II M Ula'itf'p
I tltrirte I ' '..) ',t yttmf
j wh'fU a.'fri!taVl(otf fN"H)s)'
f '.lf' f II.) I fKiVt) Iff Atf? M,
l'i4 ,(. io., i uf a!) r,f wi Hi ft)
t,( i'i'mmi fiJ,nM, pu'imI fijMl
tin a Ly wy Ctim'ti.
fi'-''f wtt trtjt tit th) faf
riris hi l mall oar eoeriff nn
I sri'l fif etlrtotife, frfinoft an l
i j.iM, ni lo lalincf f itis'i'l've
!ier iij r,tru.'tli avrrinl later
cotir. Womm have Iwri ailmittol
to the Grantf tof the raon Ihil
wilhotit lir preni.) ami al l, il i
di.oMful wlinthitr the object! tit the
Onler, especially In rgari l7 the
refinement of education and all that
leinh lo briifhien the flretide and en
liven borne, could have been aorom'
plihwl. Whure he can be accom
pained by his wife or sister, every
hunband aud brother knows that
he will learn r.b lessons but those of
purity and truth.
Such Mr. Editor, aro some of llio
objects and features ol tho Order
There are many others I would be
glad to refer to, but I fear I have
already trespassed too touch upon
your columns, and will, for tho pres
ent, leave the subject f but, witli
your permission will, at some future
day, tell yon and your numerous
readers something more about this
great uprising of the producing class,
which has already swept over th
land from Jafne to California,
shedding its purifying influence in
every nook and corner of the Union,
and causing corrupt political trick
sters, monopolists and renal represen
tatives in both State and Natio al
Legislatures, and all others. who
have been preying open the hard ;
earnings ol the country, to ti emote
with fear, and to ory out- t
Hark I from the Granite there oome a soaoii-..
Miuea eara bav boafd th rotee-u-
Th th.ev.nff arowd bar all been found,
Aexl we'll kill them with oat Vote.
3. It. W.
Clear Branch Grange, No. 270,
July 1st,- 1874.
Press Gag aw
Tho Radical Republican press of
the country are blowing fearfully
about what that ' party has dona
for the liberty of the press. They fail 1
to tell rrs that the party unanimously, '
at the close of (he last session of Con-. '
gress, passed aa act which ia the gag '
of the press for the purpose choking off '
thejlrath. A special to the Chicago
Tribune thus gives Its working.
Ei Gov. Shepherd appeared be
fore the Grand Jury in this city to
day, with a number of editorials in
the New York Snn ', treating of his
public acts, whicb he solemnly made
oath were untrue, and npon this lie
asked that Chas. A. Dana, the edi
tor of the 'Sun', be indicated lor libel .
and brought here for trial. This, 1 1
is presumed, is the beginning of the
programme to be carried - out order
Mr. Poland's new libel law, which he
claims cannot be osed in retaliation
by offbial gentlemen who feel ag
grieved at the criticism made upon
tbem by the press. No action waa '
taken by the jury to day, bat it ia . i
thought that tbey will prepay th
Indictment before they adjoarn. The
hope is expressed here that Dana
will accept the nght and allow the
case to come to trial here. ' All the ' '
resources' of those who "propose to,
thus nozzle the press will be made
use of to secure his conviction and
imprisonment, and it is urged it
might be as well to let the people t
knowonce for all, what desperate
measures can bo restored to by the '
men who nnd it disagreeable io be -
exposed io their official misconduct.
It is argued that, if Jlfr. Dana should
be convicted and imprisoned, which
is altogether unlikely ex ept with
a packeJ jury, the fact and the meth
od by which it would be aecoar
pushed Would make apparanl to the
country how infamous this- coder- ,
band attempt Uo" curtail the freedom
of the press really is, and its so. (front
would, iu the storm of condemnation
that must lollo-r, receive such a re
buke as oulil forever alter prevent
a tiiuilar attempt.