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.any electric machine may be recharged by con- 

 necting the batteries with a charging plug and 

 depositing the price in an automatic receptacle, 

 which turns on the current for a certain length 

 of time, sufficient to charge the batteries. 



Automobiles for Racing. The machines 

 built for high speeds, as for racing, have attracted 

 a great deal of attention. They are mostly of the 

 gas-propelled type. They are very heavy and pow- 

 erful, and a speed of a mile in one minute sixteen 

 and three-quarter seconds has been made over a 

 measured course. These machines have a power of 

 more than 50 horse-power. A vehicle now under 

 construction in Jersey City is to be propelled at 

 the rate of 70 miles an hour. It was ordered by 

 several well-known men, and will cost $20,000. 

 The carriage will be of the skeleton type, follow- 

 ing the lines of those used in France. . The engine 

 will be driven by gasoline gas, having 6 cylinders, 

 .and will develop 125 horse-power. It.wi'll weigh 

 about 2,800 pounds. In a test on the Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., speedway, Nov. 16, 1901, a Mors gasoline 

 machine made a mile in 51 k seconds. 



Regulations. In New York a speed limit of 

 8 miles an hour is imposed on automobiles. In 

 Cincinnati an ordinance was passed on Jan. 28, 

 1901, to regulate the operations of automobiles in 

 the city streets. This ordinance requires every 

 automobile to carry a lighted lantern between 

 sunset and sunrise, the light to be visible at least 

 200 feet distant. These vehicles must also have 

 a whistle or alarm-bell, to be sounded on ap- 

 proaching or crossing intersecting streets. The 

 speed is restricted to 8 miles an hour, and no two 

 may be operated abreast except upon special per- 

 mission of the chief of police. They are not per- 



mitted to interfere with any vehicle or member of 

 the lire department or salvage corps going to or 

 from a fire. A fine not exceeding $5 is the pen- 

 alty for violation of this ordinance. 



The regulations in force in Paris, France, re- 

 quire the vehicles to be so constructed as not 

 to allow the escape of any matter that might 

 cause explosions or unpleasant smells, frighten 

 horses, or obstruct the view of the driver. They 

 must carry lights after dark, and handles regulat- 

 ing the machinery must be so arranged that the 

 operator can work them without taking his eyes 

 off the route he is following. Each vehicle must 

 be provided with two distinct systems of brakes, 

 each capable of shutting off the force of the motor 

 and bringing it under instant control. One at 

 least of these systems must act directly on the 

 wheels or axles in such a manner as to bring 

 them immediately to a standstill. All carriages 

 exceeding 250 pounds in weight must be able to 

 reverse their machinery and run backward. The 

 name and address of the maker and owner of 

 the vehicle must be displayed on it, and the op- 

 erator must slow down, or if necessary stop, each 

 time the vehicle may be the cause of an accident, 

 of disorder, or of an interruption of traffic. In 

 narrow or crowded thoroughfares the speed must 

 be reduced to a walking pace. The approach 

 of the vehicle must, if necessary, be signaled by 

 a trumpet, and each one must be provided with 

 two lamps, a white one and a green one. 



In Spain automobiles are taxed, the tax being 

 regulated according to the size of the cities. In 

 Belgium one weighing 880 pounds or more is taxed 

 $9.65 a year, while those under that weight are 

 taxed $3.86. 



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BAPTISTS. The statistical tables published 

 in the American Baptist Year-Book for 1901 gives 

 the number of regular Baptist associations in the 

 United States as 1,680, with 43,959 churches, 29,- 

 810 ordained ministers,' and 4,233,226 members. 

 These numbers show gains during the year of 25 

 associations, 532 churches, 337 ministers, and 51,- 

 540 members. The number of baptisms returned 

 during the year was 107,235. The number of 

 Sunday-school pupils, 1,794,820, was equivalent 

 to about 40 per cent, of the church-membership. 



The colored Baptist organizations have in all 

 10,043 ministers, 14,897 churches, and 1,591,735 

 members. These figures are included in the above 

 enumeration. 



The total amount of contributions for general 

 missionary purposes was $1,186,296, and $10,128,- 

 298 were contributed for local purposes. 



Two hundred and two Baptist institutions for 

 higher education returned 2,463 teachers, 39,408 

 students, and property and endowments amount- 

 ing to $36,072,735. 



The names of 38 Baptist benevolent institutions 

 orphanages, hospitals, etc. are given, and a list 

 of 118 Baptist periodicals is published. 



The table of Baptists in the world gives : In 

 North America 45,301 ministers, 30,586 churches, 

 and 4,376,666 members; in South America, 28 min- 

 isters, 15 churches, and 1,639 members; in Europe, 

 4,069 ministers, 3,118 churches, and 488,869 mem- 

 bers; in Asia, 1,602 ministers, 852 churches, and 

 119,745 members; in Africa, 111 ministers, 129 

 churches, and 6,700 members; in Australasia, 236 

 ministers, 169 churches, and 19,261 members; to- 

 tal, 51,347 ministers, 34,869 churches, and 5,212,880 

 members. The number of baptisms returned dur- 



ing the year was in North America, 203,306; in 

 South America, 291; in Europe, 22,492; in Asia, 

 8,178; in Africa, 810; in Australasia, 1,252; total, 

 236,329. 



, Northern Anniversaries. The annual meet- 

 ings of the Northern Baptist Societies in the 

 United States were held in Springfield, Mass., be- 

 ginning with the twenty-fourth anniversary of 

 the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society, May 

 20 and 21. The receipts of this society for the 

 year had been $68,972, and the expenditures 

 $72,970; and the accounts showed a deficiency of 

 $4,429. One hundred and fifty-nine missionaries 

 had labored under the auspices of the society 

 during the whole or part of the year, at or from 

 103 stations, in 34 States and Territories, the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, 3 states in Mexico, Cuba, and 

 Porto Rico 14 among Americans, 12 among Chi- 

 nese, 19 among Indians, 32 among foreign popu- 

 lations in the United States, 61 among negroes, 

 and 12 among Spanish-Americans. These mis- 

 sionaries, besides other meetings, had labored in 

 4,999 Sunday-schools and organized 42. The 

 training-school at Chicago, 111., where, besides 

 Bible teaching, instruction is given in medicine, 

 nursing, industrial training, kindergarten meth- 

 ods, physical and voice culture, with evangelistic 

 visitation among the people, had been attended by 

 518 pupils, of whom 373 were Americans and the 

 rest of 12 nationalities. 



Publication Society. The seventy-seventh 

 anniversary of the American Baptist Publication 

 Society was held May 22 and 23. The report 

 mentioned a largely increased demand for the 

 society's own publications, so many of them 

 never having been sold before in a single year 



