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The old Spaniards thought they lived on the borders of 

 the world. The Pillars of Hercules were placed on their 

 coin with this legend : "Ne Plus Ultra" — Nothing Be- 

 yond. But one day a bold navigator passed through the 

 narrow straits and out over the open sea, and he thrilled 

 mankind with the discovery of a New World. The old 

 Spaniards struck off the little negative and left the motto 

 grander by far, "Plus Ultra" — More Beyond. 



That grander motto has become the watchword of the 

 advaucing century. Every art, every science, all parties, 

 all societies, and every form of associated labor, takes the 

 new motto. The American farmer, stimulated by all past 

 success, holding fast to all that has been gained in expe- 

 rience, looks hopefully to the future, expecting still larger 

 and better things ; new methods, new machinery, new 

 discoveries, by which the art shall be advanced and the 

 earth shall be made to yield yet more abundantly for the 

 sustenance of men. 



