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Especial CorresponGence.)

By a unanimous vote the Hon
William A. CASTOR was reelected
president of the Real Estate Tx
change at a recent meeting OF the
directors.
Colonel GastOn's experience in rea
estate matters stood him instead when
he was elected TO the position Of presi
dent OF the exchange one year ago
and his administration has been OF
i great satisfaction TO the members
as not only had he the business
ability that cOWes from long ser
vice, 10 cope with the problems that
came mp for adjudication, but he also
had the legal mind 10 bring TO bear
from that aspect Of the case
He has been for many years con
nectcd with real estate matters, and
has had charge Of the interests OF the
Weld estate. Of The $lOpO,00O or more
in real estate that his father left, and
Of many other properties as trustee.
If the manifold honors that will be
paid TO the name of Ben Franklin on
/ the 2OOth anniversary OF his birth
could cOnjure him back TO the living
world for a day, it is safe TO say that
I he would find it hard 10 resist spend
ing all his time at the exhibition OF the
development Of printing as an art
| that is being held at the Public Lib
rary, this month, under the auspices
Of the Boston Society Of Printers and
in honor Of the Franklin anniversary.
There he could find work by his old
English friend Baskerville, by his
French contemporaries the IDIOTS,
and, following the exhibit from end to
end, he could see at "A glance work
illustrative Of the steps artistic print
ing has made from the time when
monks labored lovingly over the un-
cial manuscript page
The exhibit Of work collected in his
honor would especially please the old
patriot, for it is not only unique, but
cdUcativc.
The first trade census by any state
was made i'm 1904 by Massachusetts
and the rcsult has just been made pub,
lie in No. 3S Of the labor bulletins,
published by the Massachusetts
Bureau of Statistics of Labor Many
statistics Of great value to manu-
faciurors and others are contained
in the report.
The overwhelming trade DOrtancc
Of Boston is brought to J. '. for Of
the total value Of goods sold in the
state, which was Sl,&SA2iL3S3, there
Is credited 10 the Hub itself 1861 OO9,
35i or nearly 20 percent
The number of mercantile cstab-
lishmcnts doing business in Massa-
Chusctts i'm l9u4 was s9O45.
The counties rank in the value OF
goods sold in the following order:
Suffolk. MiddlcseX. Worcester, Bris-
tol Hampden. Plymouth. Berkshire.
Norfolk. Hampshire, Barnstablc, Frank
lin, Dukes and Nantucket.
The Privates' Association OF the
Cambridge battalion OF the Massa-
chusetts militia is organized for the
purpose of promoting interest in the
state militia and among the men OF
the Cambridge companies which have
cCommodations in the big state
armory over in that city
This is the first organization Of the
kind among the militiamen of the
state, for, although the commissioned
and the commissioned officers
have associations, the enlisted men
have never before had one. The Of
icors of the militia heartily approve
of this organization and its pur-
poses.
The association will give entertain
ments and dances. and the money de
rived from them will be devoted To
promoting interest among the militia
men i'm the work cut out for them by
their suporiorS, and 10 assist i'm pay
ing for special furnishings OF the
armory which will be installed for
the accommodation Of the soldier
boys
It looks as II better days for Copley
square were near at hand. The move
ment 10 improve the square started
in 1892. and the project has dragged
along ever since But last year saw
turn for the good with the discon-
tinuance Of the floral epileptics Not
long ago the art commission approved
the original design for the square pre-
pared by the Boston Society of Archi.
tccts a dozen years since. The Metro.
politau Improvement League has just
now approved slight modification
Of IL made by the author. Mr. G. How.
ing carried ont at an early day are
said 10 be very good indeed. The
plan has the merits OF simplicity and
economy. In does not ObstruCt exist.