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advanced that the auditorium building should be made a 

 model of the world-famed tabernacle in Salt Lake City, a 

 building renowned as having the most perfect acoustic prop- 

 erties of any auditorium In the world. The material to be 

 used in the construction of the buildings has not been decided 

 upon by the Exposition authorities, but it is more than lilcely 

 that the temporary buildings will be built in the same way as 

 the World's Fair buildings, of staff, a form of stucco. The 

 plan of the Exposition authorities, however, contemplates one 

 or more permanent buildings. It is desired to have four of 

 the buildings built in a permanent and substantial manner, if 

 the arrangements for so doing can be made, but it is certain 

 that some of the buildings will be of a permanent character. 

 The Government building will prebably be one of these, the 

 purpose of the Exposition promoters being to purchase this 

 building after the Exposition is over. It is also the purpose 

 to have the auditorium constructed of permanent material. 



Applications for space at the Exposition continue to pour 

 into the department of exhibits, and a very flattering showing 

 has been made in a number of different lines. The number of 

 applicants for space is already large, and growing daily. 

 Manager E. E. Bruce, of the Department of Exhibits, an- 

 nounces special prizes, consisting of six gold trophies, six sil- 

 ver cups, and six gold medals, to competitors in each of the 

 foIIowing"classes : For the best display of an irrigating sys- 

 tem in operation ; for the best electric light service in display; 

 for the best display illustrating the process of the manufac- 

 ture of beet-root sugar ; for the best display of manufacturing 

 plant in operation ; as well as two more lots of similar prizes 

 for other high class exhibits to be named hereafter. 



Manager A. L. Reed, of the Department of Concessions 

 and Privileges, has on file a large number of applications. 

 The latest is an application for 50,000 square feet for a 

 Chinese exhibit. There will be no lack of novelties at the 

 Exposition of 1S9S. A Woman's Department has been or- 

 ganized. 



For further information, address the Trans-Mississippi 

 Exposition, Omaha, Nebr. 



Back Xumbers Since Jan. i, at least for a 

 time yet, we can furnish to all new subscribers who may de- 

 sire their subscription to begin at that date. It is much bet- 

 ter to have a complete volume of the Bee Journal. The first 

 three months' numbers for 1S97 we will mail for 20 cents, 

 as long asihey last. 



The "Divider"— A Ne-w Device.— Mr. S. T. 

 Pettit, of Canada, in Gleanings for Jan. 15, mentions what 

 he calls a " divider." He has kindly sent us one of them, 

 which he describes as follows in Gleanings: 



Oiten to our sorrow we find that the outside of the outside 

 sections in a super, though fairly well filled, are, at least, a 

 good many of them, but poorly capt. This has often been a 

 sore trial — so many poorly-finisht sections after looking so 

 repeatedly and waiting so long. 



It always seemed to me that if more room could be fur- 

 nisht, more bees could be present, and thus a more uniform 

 and the necessary heat kept up day and night at the 

 outside of the outside sections : then the bees would feel 

 and act like those farther inside, and would go and finish up 

 the job "in a workmanlike manner." But the difficulty 

 would always come up that, if more space was given, it would 

 only he filled with honey in poor shape. 



At length I conceived the idea of giving two bee-spaces 

 by putting in a divider to divide the extra space into two bee- 

 spaces. Following up the idea I set myself at experimenting 

 to test what seemed to me so full of promise. After experi- 

 menting with a good many different devices with more or less 

 success, I tried the one which is here described, and it has 

 given very good satisfaction indeed. 



CZT It is simply as follow? : A piece of basswood or pine, 

 about a sixth of an inch thick, and just the width and length 

 of a separator, is bored as full of 5/10-incb holes as the 

 wood will stand and not split to pieces, and five H loch strips 



are nailed across it. These are turned outside against the 

 wall of the super, thus forming two bee-spaces instead of one. 

 The bees cluster on the sides of the divider, and pass freely 

 both ways through the holes, and the work goes right along 

 In good shape. 



I tried a few with -yinch holes, with satisfactory results. 



Nothing is gained by giving mure than two bee-spaces. 



Dividers made of slats H inch apart leave the sections 

 ridgy, reminding one of a miniature washboard, and, besides 

 that, some brace-combs appear between the sections and 

 divider. 



I coined the word "divider," or, rather, applied it to the 

 new device. I hope it will do. 



Tl?e Weekly Budget. 



Hon. Eugene Secor. of Winnebago Co., Iowa, was elected 

 President of the local county Farmers' Institute at its last 

 meeting. A good choice. Mr. Secor never disappoints his 

 friends, but more often surprises them iu a most pleasing way, 

 as he did at the Lincoln convention last October. 



Dr. N. T. Millard, of Green Lake Co., Wis., wrote Feb. 

 25, when renewing his subscription : "I am delighted with 

 the way you handle swindlers and adulterators." 



Mr. Emil J. Baxter, of Hancock Co., 111., son-in-law of 

 Mr. Chas. Dadant, reported. Mar. 2, that he had just sold the 

 last of his 1896 crop of honey. He had about 10,000 pounds, 

 and has not had an entire failure in 18 years, altho two or 

 three seasons he had but very little honey. He keeps from 

 260 to 300 colonies. 



Mb. Wm. Russell, of Hennepin Co., Minn., wrote us 

 March 6 : "The Minnesota Foul Brood Bill has been 'in- 

 definitely postponed,' no one having appeared before the Com- 

 mittee on Dairy and Food, to which it was referred. Com- 

 ment would be superfluous." 



The Leahy Manupactobt Co., publishers of the Progres- 

 sive Bee-Keeper, are written up in great style by the poetical 

 Will Ward Mitchell, in the March number of their paper. 

 Pictures of Messrs. R. B. Leahy, E. B. Gladish and J. W. 

 Ennis — the principal members of the company — adora the 

 congratulatory article. Truly, Missouri, like her sister States, 

 has some wonderful people. And we are glad to know that at 

 least some of them are making a success in life. 



Mr. C. S. French, of Todd Co., Minn., writes as follows : 

 " Of all of the papers that I take, I enjoy reading the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal the best. Long may it continue to prosper." 



Mr. B. S. K. Bennett, editor and publisher of the Pacific 

 Bee Journal, in the March number of his paper utters this 

 sentence, which doubtless is his own experience as publisher: 

 "A bee-paper is, we feel, a good place to burn money." Mr. 

 Bennett might do as another paper in the West did recently, 

 viz.: Publish a form of bequest, so that its readers might 

 remember it when making their wills ! But perhaps most 

 folks would prefer "to burn" their own money, instead of 

 handing it over to a bee-editor to cremate after they have 

 departed this life. 



Dr. Chas. H. Carter, of Los Angeles Co., Cal., wrote us 

 Feb. 27 : " Bees are hard at work, and there Is promise of a 

 good honey crop the coming season." 



Mr. Gustave Gross, of Jefferson Co., Wis., made us a 

 short office visit week before last, on his way home from a 

 trip to Switzerland, his native land. He had not been there 

 for 32 years. He had seven brothers and sisters, and found 

 them all still living. He reports a fine time, and will prob- 

 ably write something of his trip for the Bee Journal. We 

 might give here some of the things he told us about beekeep- 

 ing in Switzerland, but we prefer to let Mr. Gross tell them 

 himself. We had a very pleasant visit with him. He is a 

 bee-keeper of 150 colonies, and expects to double his number 

 this year. He lives in the region where the famous Grimm 

 bee-keepers used to live, but he says that the basswood has 

 been cut down to such an extent there that he has had to 

 move his bees to another location. 



