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HIeH-cLAss FINANc1ERING.
How a Bureau Chief Obtained tn
Salary for an Extra Clerk.

The tables adopted by the government on
July /, 1904, for determining the salaries
of it's various employees are fearfully and
wonderfully made. is the view of many
clerks who received promotion in the lat
ter part of the month Of February. For in
stead of receiving more pay on the last
day of the month. they actually received
less than II they had not been promoted at
all. The anomaly Is accounted for In this
way:
A $1,000 clerk serving for the full month
OF February would receive one-twelfth Of
$1,000 or s133.33: but II promoted on Feb
ruary Is to $500. he would then receive
twenty-seven-thirtieths of 1888 t$120) and
one thirtieth of $50 $50, or total Of SIPS
for the entire month. He would thus lose
1888 by being promoted.
The possibilities of the thing best
Illustrated by recent occurrence In one
of the government bureaus. where the
clerks are paid from lump appropria ton.
The official in charge found that he needed
the services of an additional clerk for the
application TO the head of his department
for authority to employ one at the rate
of 500 per annum. That official, upon in
vestigation. found that the state of the
appropriation would not warrant such an
expenditure. and so advised his subordinate.
The latter, however. was not discouraged
and set about to find way to get around
the obstacle. He did II in this way:
On the first day of February he appoint
ed Buster Brown at salary of $6OO. He
waited until near the end of the month
before he set the machinery in operation to
raise the $50 required to pay Buster his sal
airy. and this Is the way 1t was done.
He selected from the roster of clerks In
his Office one clerk In each grade to be
promoted to tine next higher grade on the
last day of the month, the promotions to
a
gins, a $1.600 clerk was promoted to
81. 500 and he forfeited $S.33 for the priv
iiege. John Jones was advanced from 81, 400
to $1,000 and II cost him $7.23. Reggie
Reynolds was elevated to 81, 400 from 81 90
and he had to stand his landlady of to the
tune OF $611 on his board bill. Birdie
Buckeyes was popular In the bureau and
she went up from $1,000 to 1890. but
BRIDES pin money was shy just IS the
next month as consequence. Chollte Chug-
water lost $4.72 by going from $500 TO
$1,000. and Carrie Nation forfeited collat-
erai to the amount Of $3.50 when she found
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marks the other extreme with a wing nine
feet In length and leg so small and weak
as to be OF little use save for spreading the
wing membrane. For. like other pterodac-
tyis. whose wings are accurately known
from their Impressions In the fine-grained
photographic stone Of Solenhofen. this spe-
cies doubtless had membranous wing
something like that Of a bat. AS for the
body. being that Of reptile 1t must have
been naked and possibly covered with
small scales like those on the body of an
iguana. so that on small picture the skin
would appear quite smooth.
While the body was small in COMPARE
son with the extent of wing. the head
which was principally beak. was very near
ly four feet long. extending backward to
form large but thin crest. This has d.
rect relation to the enormous length of the
beak, since 1t furnished a point Of attach
ment for muscles whose pull counterbal-
anced the leverage Of the front part Of the
head. The beak was dagger-like. being
very narrow pointed and quite toothless
whether this beak was covered with a
thin, hard skin. like the epidermis on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

special correspondence OF The Star.
GLOUCESTER. Mass. July 8, 1906
East Gloucester. for many years most
popular with Washingtonians. is welcoming
back old habitues of it's resorts daily.
Contrary to their European plans. Mrs.
g. c. Reid and son, G. Conrad, have re-
turned again. and other Washingtonians
recently registered at the inn are Mrs. A.
J. Guest. Mrs. Charles Seymour, Cazenore
=. Lee, 1r., Mrs. Margaret Dupont Lee.
Maurice Dupont Lee. Mrs. VIM J. Rhees.
Miss Flora g. Rhees. Mrs. Alex Britton,
Misses catherine and Margaret Britton and
maid. Mrs. III. c. Winship. the Misses M. Is.
and e. G. Winship. Miss E. F. Hopes 81.
r. Crittenden. Mrs. A. A. Alderman and
Albert NJ. Alderman.
The following Washingtonians have ar
rived at Hotel Fair View East Gloucester.
Mrs M. 8. Duncan. Mrs. L. D. Baxter and
Lillian D. Baxter, for their annual visit.
At Hotel Moorland. Bass Rocks East
Gloucester. Is HI g. Powell of Washington.
Robert Winthrop, secretary of the United
States legation at Madrid, Spain. is soon
due at the Winthrop cottage, Manchester
where he will spend his American furlough.
Count Borghetti OF the Italian legation
Will summer at Manchester, and will reg
lister at the Essex County Club
Mrs. w. H H. Switzerland and Miss
Switzerland OF Washington have arrived at
Hotel Oceansidc. Magnolia.
Mr; Fred G. Richards and family Of
Marmton way. Rockport
Mrs. Mary X. Coffey OF Washington Is at
Brownland Cottages. Manchester, Mrs. r.
A. Collins and Miss Matte J. Woodman of
Washington are occupying cottages at Old
orchard this season. At Hotel Sippican
Marion. are E. p. Kimbail Mrs A. j. Raw
Mrs. i. II. Howe and F. Ray Howe, ali OF
Washington, and Capt F. j. Kane. u. s.
N. and family. New York
MIS-. q. r Thompson of Washington has
opened her Plymouth cottage for the sum
mer.
DR.. Louise Joisey of Washington is at
the Ocean View, Winthrop.
The widow OK Admiral Sampson Is at
Rockland. and Mrs. Dickens Of washing
ton. wife OF Admiral Dickens, is soon due
at Rockland.
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HTHE GREAT OPNlTHo5TOMA

the biggest thing in the animal line that
lived during the cretaceous age-the ptero-
dactyls ornithosaurS or flying reptiieS
whichever name is preferred - existed IN
large numbers and spread their great wings
In wondrous flight over land ana sea
AS the huge dinosaurs were the largest
creatures that ever walked, according TO
records in the archives of science, so tne
greatest of these pterodactyls were the
largest creatures that ever new, their out-
stretched wings having a spread OF from
twenty to thirty feet. The triceratops. the
three horned dinosaur, which was described
in The Sunday Star several weeks ago. was
scarcely more grotesque and blZarre IN ap-
pearance than these flying reptiles. In fact,
these two classes of reptiles-the dinosaur
and the ornithosaur-which existed during
the same geological period, were rivals 1or
the belt with respect to gfotesqueness.
From the curious appearance of these great
flying creatures they have been given the
popular name of dragons of the air. 1t
seems most appropriate designation.
The flying reptile is accounted one of the
wonders of the world. Its coming into ex-
istence, Its structure and its passing away
from the living world are among the great
mysteries of nature. 1t has no representa-
tives in animal life today. There are flying
fish. flying frogs, flying mammals-repre-
pterodactyls inhabt the air of the modern
world This curious animal belongs to the
dim past. The creeping reptile is common
" imagined as the antitheSlS OF the bird,
and yet the pterodactyl in some respects re-
sembled the feathered creatures of the air.
These huge flying reptiles have been the
subject of considerable study by those per-
sons who have been bent upon tnventing
machines that would successfully navigate
the atmosphere above the earth. Prof.. >.
P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institution,
whose experiments with flying machines
have attracted widespread attention. men
tions the pterodactyl in a paper entitled
THE Greatest Flying Creature and he
discusses the question of What has nature
herself done in the way of large flying ma
chimes and are the birds which we see now
the limit of her ability to construct them?
In connection with his treatise on this
subject Prof. Langley introduces paper
by Prof. F. A. Lucas, formerly of the Ma
tional Museum, In which the latter de-
scribes the ornithostoma, the greatest of
the pterodactyls.
According to Professor Lucas the ornith-
ostoma abounded on the shores of the in
land sea, that during the cretaceous age ex-
| tended from the Gulf of Mexico up the
Mississippi valley and northwesterly through
Kansas. The wings OF these flying crea-
| lures were attached to the fifth finger on
| the fore limbs of the animal.
Among other things. Professor Lucas
says: The great moa marks one extreme
of specialization, the disproportionate size
of the hind as compared with the fore
limbs, for this big bird had legs six feet
long and no fore legs at all; ornithostoma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
The Wood Road.
From Recreation.

#
The wood road is the one to strike for
GOODNESS and quiet The pink and yellow
moccasfn flowers nod from behind q
decayed log In place of the lupine of the
open highway. or the ghostiy Indian pipe
pushes the dead leaves aside with its
pale pink and white blossoms. In place of
the yesper sparrow of the open road the
oven bird runs along the road before the
traveller and finally fits into the shade.
The silvery note OF the wilson's thrush
comes tinkling through the woods in
rhythmic cadence. Even the bell of the
COW as she browses through the wood,
the distant cock crow and the shout of a
plowman are not discordant sounds since
they emphasize the separation from the
outside world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
The Milkman's Revenge.
n the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An antique milkman driving a veneer
able horse of hatrack proportions was
slowly ascending a hill in the suburbs
when heavy touring car of the latest
fashion rolled up behind him and then
whirled by. AS the car passed the milk
man the chauffeur looked around at the
ancient outfit with derisive smile and
then saluted It with three hoarse
"honks" OF the shrillest proportions
TWO hundred feet away the car came
10 brief. A tire blew up with a startling
report. and the great machine came to
a sudden stop.
Then the venerable milkman ciucked
10 his pioddfng horse. and urging him into
trot passed by the car with head well
UP and close copy OF the chaufYeurs de-
risive smile on his weatherbeaten counte-
nance.
And as he passed he stopped and raised
MS milk bell and gave IL three mighty
rings and logged contentedly along
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the development Of larger creaturef
These are queries that may not be set
tied offhand. and 1t may only be said that
the vast majority Of birds are small and
agile. and that. although birds and ptero-
dactyls flew side by side over the creta-
ceous seas and shores. the birds never
reached the size Of their reptllian Assoc
ciates, and SO far as we know. these mark
the limit OF size among flying animals
There were several other species of fly
ing reptiles. the fossil remains OF which
have been found In Solenhofen. Bavaria
and also in England. DR.. George p. Mer-
rfil Of the National Museum has but ro-
Gently placed on exhibition In glass case
on the southeast corner Of tho museum. q
skeleton of one Of the extinct species OF
pteradactyis which was found in the slate
deposits Of Solsnhofen. This IL the skele-
ton Of rhamphorhynchus.
Just what the creature had done to de-
serve such a designation cannot be ascer-
tanned. That perhaps Is another geological
secret. 1t seems easy to believe, however
that this species is very dead, indeed. Tor
what creature would care to live or could
live with such a name hanging over II ike
pail to blight its life? 1t resembles the
name of a defeated Russian battleship.
However. the rhamphorhynchus. millions
OF years before the modern scientists las
tened upon 1t the picturesque appellatiOn.
tapped Its wings aloft and SCARED far ana
wide in the ambient atmosphere OF the Gre
taceous age. occasionally swooping Gown
from its height and pausing to pounce upon
some unsuspecting finny inhabitant OF the
deep to appease It's hunger. The rham-
phorhynchus was pterodactyi tnat carried
a long tail. on the end Of which was
sort Of fan Tho tail served as kind OF
propeller for the animal at II new tnrougn
the air.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was smaller than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
MILLIONAIRE BEaaARs.
Romantic Story Of Abraham Fidler
Learned After His Death.

From Tit-Bits.
That Is strangely romantic and al
most unknown story which links Abraham
Fidler, the beggar. with one of the greatest
and most highly placed Of the worlds mil
ionaires. As boy. Abraham was kid
mapped from his home in Odessa. but he
escaped from his captors and became one
OF the most successful professional beggars
who ever found charity comfortable sub
stitute for honest work.
After his death at Nice. in August last.
securities worth fSO.o00 were found attach
ed to his body. and with them was a will
bequeathing the fortune to Lord Roths-
child, giving as the reason for such a
singular beQuest that money goes to
money To Lord Rothschild the fortune
thus Economically acquired has proved a
source OF embarrassment and trouble. for
he has had to employ number Of detec-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
War and Boot Prices.

From the Shoe and Leather Record
Is peace in sight? If SO. we may reason
ably look forward to cheaper material for
both tanner and boot manufacturer On
tho other hand. II the war Is to go on. even
for another six months. leather must be-
come increasingly dear and scarse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Fat and Thin.

II you are a fat woman and want to get thin,
or thin woman and want to get fat, you know
abJrt how to accomplish H.
II is largely a question Of food and exercise.
But If you suffer from monthly pains. Irregular
fly. dragging sensations. falling womb. headache.
nervousness loss Of vitality general weakness. or
other symptoms of female troubles. diet and ex-
egcise viii not be sufficient to effect cure.
You will have to get something that will 60 to
the spot where the real trouble is. search out the
cause and make away with It.
1t is no use thinking that female trouble Will
cure itself for It won't.
The most scientific and successful treatment for
II is Wine OF Cardui. that natural. medicinal
plant essence of which you have heard 50 much.
This known, old and reliable medicine Is
safe and perfect cure for female complaint"
in all its forms
I, strengthens the muscles and tissues, pulls up
falling womb restores the vitality Of all the female
organs stops pain, rurihes the blood and renews
the constitution
The persistent use of Cardui will build you up
into woman. and will make you to look
like beautiful. blooming rose.
Cardui VIII add years to your life and you Will
cease to worry about whether you fat thin
for you win be well. hearty and happy, you
will realize that health Is more important than
your weight the scales.
Think what IL VIII TO you. a sick woman,
To be able to say once more: Il am well and free
from pain"
A million women have said so. after taking
Wine OF Carlui.
Try It. At every drug store In sI.OO bottles
with full directions for use.
For special directions in your own case-sent in
plain. sealed envelope, Free without charge-write
fully to: Ladies' Advisory Dept, The Chatta-
nooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga Tenn
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Readers

Leaving the city for any Pc
Rod should have the Even
ing and Sunday Star sent to
them by mail. Fifteen cents
per week; sixty cents per
month.
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little ability of any kind less faith. still
less gratitude and no courage at all He
was beyond question the most singular
and original compound of the courtier and
conspsrator, the charlatan and the coward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Resigned in Disgust.


Admiral Jones took part in the siege of
Oczakoff, but soon afterward surrendered
his commission In disgust and returned to
Paris, disappointed and embittered man.
He was but forty-three and looked sixty
says his historian. Buell., 'the victories
he gained brought to his brow new
laurel while the lntrigues. the cabals and
the conspiracies of which he was for a
time the victim embittered his soul, shat
tered his health and shortened his life
many years"
Before Admiral Jones entered the service
of Russia he had plainly expressed his
attitude toward the republic he had so
signaliy served. He said that while he
had accepted the commission of the en-
press he would never serve with or under
Englishmen, and added: Il am not for
sakng my country, and l can never re-
nounce the glorious title of a citizen of
the United States of America"
Now he is coming back to his home. at
tended by all the splendid pomp and cere-
mony that a mighty country and its vast
navy can display, amid the acclaims of a
proud and admiring people TO rest in the
soil of the nation he served so gloriously
and loved so we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

Another species of the flying reptiles was
the dimorphoGon, the remains of which were
found in deposits in England. This spe-
cies also has a long tail and its head Is
given a fierce appearance by reason of the
sharp teeth that show a.ong the jaws out
side the closed mouth.
Each great epoch of geological times has
had its dominant forms OF animal life.
Among the most strange and curious of
any age are tie flying reptiles. 1t Is
stated that there is no geological history
of the rapid or gradual development of the
wing finger. such as is noted on the ptero-
dactyis. and it is one of the most highly
specialized forms OF animal life of which
there is any knowledge.
In work on Dragons of the Air." Prof.
H. CIR Seeley, an English scientist, specu-
lates on the manner of extinction of the
flying reptiles follows:
"One OF the fundamental laws of life ne
cessitates that when animal type ceases
to adapt It's organization and modify its
structure TO suit the altered circumstances
forced upon it by the revolutions of the
earths surface. its life history become
broken. 1t must bend or break"
1t is possible. he said. that the animal
may have been exterminated By some ca tas-
trophe, by the submersion of its habitat or
by some other change, and unable longer
to continue the fight it disappeared, giving
place to more vigorous types adapted to
live under the new conditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

!, the ornithostoma, but 1t, too, had a long,
slender, conical form of head which tap
cred to point like the beak of a heron. 1t
had sharp, fornlida BILE teeth, and undoubt-
eddy was a flesh eater. The specimen in the
national museum here is considered as
fine one, and there is only one other of the
same kind in the United States. the other
skeleton being in the museum of Yale Uni
yersity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

Among other things, Professor Lucas
says: The great moa marks one extreme
of specialization, the disproportionate size
of the hind as compared with the fore
limbs. for this big bird had legs six feet
long and no fore legs at all; ornithostoma
Evening journal., 1905-07-05
STEAMBOATS,.
WILSON LINE
PHILADELPHIA PASSENGER
AND FREIGHT

IRON STEAMERS CITY OF CHESTER
AND BRANDYWINE
Leave wilmington. Fourth Street
Wharf. week days and Sundays. for Ches-
ter and Philadelphia. 7.sO and 1O3O a. m..
l.sO. 4l5 and 200 p. ~. Leave Chester one
hour later.
Leave Philadelphia, Pa, Pier North
above Arch street. week days and sun
days. 7.30 and 1880 a. no., 150 415 and
100 p IN. Leave Chester one hour later.
SATURDAYS. SUNDAYS AND HOLI-
DAYS.
Extra boats leave wilmington and Phil
adelnhia, 80 p. m.
For washington Park. OSo a. m. 80,
AIS and 200 .. m.
Returning leave Washington Park. $50
7.l5 and 1000 p. M.
Saturdays Sundays and Holidays be-
tweea Philadelphia and Wilmington:
Fare ONE WAY. soc. ROUND TRIP. Soc
Between Chester. Philadelphia or VII
mington;
Fare ONE WAY, l5c. ROUND TRIP. &c.
on an other days, good on day Of sale
only, between Philadelphia and Whining
ton;
Fare ONE WAY, 15c. ROUND TRIP. 25c
Between Chester. Philadelphia or VIII
mington:
Fare ONE WAY. i0c. ROUND TRIP. 15c
WILMINGTON STEAMBOAT CO
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PhiIa. and Reading Ry
Wilmington divislon)
Time table in effect June .. 1875.


Trains leave Wilmington. CSing street
s,ati,n). for Elsmere Junction. Mont
-,,o,in Wlnterthur. Guyencous, Gran
o~,,c cossart. Chadds Ford Junction,
r,o.o,eon. West Chester, Embreeyille
n,ortonville. Coatesville and intermediate
stotions. daily. except Sunday. at 7.a2 a..
m daily aa0 and 45o >. m. Sunday only
$40 a. m. 2e0, $50 p. M.
For suplee. Elverson and intermediate
stations. daily, except Sunday at 7a2 o.
m daily. go and 4.5o p. m. Sunday only
te1o n. m.. e2o. 4.5o p. M.
ror Joanna. Birdsboro. Reading and
,,,t,rn,ediate stations. daily, except sun
AZ, "a zs2 n. M. and 2.2o D. M. Sunday
a,iy nj $40 a. M. and 2.2o p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY r. r. From Chestnut
G, FERRY. For South ST. see timetables
al stations
week-days. Atlantic city. 500 a. m
r,vn GOO a. m. Lei, 900 a. M. Exp. II 60
n M. EXP. 100 p. M. ENp. (sat. only. 200
N m. EXP. 400 p. m. Exp. go minutes).
tso n. H.. Exp, 500 p. m. Exp GO min
,,tcs,. so p. m. Lei, $40 p. m. Exp, us
p. M ENp.
weekday. Cape May. $50 a. m. Exp
tmp. M. Exp, Csat only), ll5 p. m. Exp.
fao minutes. $40 D. M. Lei
weekday. ocean city, $40 a. m. Exp.
ssoa. M. lei. lso p. M. Exp (sat. only)
400 %. m. Exp, $40 p. M. Lei.
weekday. Sea Isle City. 500 a. m. Lei.
Al n. m. Esp Csaf. only). 40 p. M. Exp.
sunday. Atlantic City. 600 a. m. Lei.
2 ao a. m. 81 Exc 500 "a. M. ZAP. 900 a. m
EXP. 1000 a. m. Exp. 500 p. m. Lei. us D.
m EXP.
sunday. Cane May. 7so n. m. 81 Ike. 500
a. M. Lei. SIS a. m. Exp, 500 p. M. Lei
Sundays. Ocean city and Sea Isle city.
7.so a. m. s. Exc, 9.l5 a. m. Exp. 500 p. m.
Lei
A. r. DICE. EDISON ]. WEEKS,
Gen'l Supt. Genl Passr Agt
Evening journal., 1905-07-05

waist were uneiy uc6ed on each Side,
and the sleeves just above the elbow
trimmed in the same way. The only
other trimming was lace chemisette
and puff undersleeves Of valenciennes
insertion
On tub gowns this summer one often
sees puhings Of tie material inset be-
tween bands OF embroidery. This
trimming is difficult t. launder, but
often these gowns are Worn an entire
season without visiting laundress or
cleaner. and the style then is } ef
fective ana practical.
The frock Illustrated is of heavy
white linen The odd trimming about
the bottom of the skirt is accomplished
with narrow insertions Of lace sewed
on in serpentine fashion. Between the
convolutions are graduated dots en-
broidered in mercerized cotton. These
dots appear on the bloused waist as a
Evening journal., 1905-07-05
D. g A. Phone I75SA.
Delmarvie Telephone los.
D. b. MARTIN. c. w. BAssATr
n. OF p. I. @. p. A.
Norfolk & Western Ry

Schedule IN effect June II, 1905.
Leave Wilmington. Penna. r. r. sta
ton:
40 a. m. daily-An points on Norfolk
and Western; also Knoxville. chatta-
nooga and Memphis.
6.3S D. m. daily Washington ana cbstts
nooga Limited-Roanoke, Bristol Nvin.-
ton, Salem, Knoxville. Chattanoora
Nashville, Memphis. New orleans
Through sleepers. cafe cars.
For Norfolk via Washington and Rich.
mond. 1855 n. M, daily 7l5 a. m. d,llv
i2.a5 p. m. daily. Arrive Norfolk II m a
M, $50 p. M, 1920 p. m.
Via Philadelphia -Pennsylvanls 7, d
Cumberland Valley r. R.-shenandoab
Valley Route
Trains leave Philadelphia. Pennsvivants
r.. r. station:
SIS D.. M. daily Shenandoah speoiot ,or
Luray, Elkton, Basic. Buena vista Nj
ural Bridge, Roanoke. f. Radford win
ston-salem, Blueheld. Welch and Cav
Pullman buffet sleeper between pbns-
delphla. welch and Gary.
n.i0 p. M daily-Express For Tursy
Natural Bridge, Buena Vista. Roanols
Radford, wythsville, Abingdon. Bristol
Morristown. Knoxville, Chattanooga ana
Memphis. Pullman sleeper between
Philadelphia and Knoxville
Via Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
From b. o. station los p. m.. daily
for Beryville, Luray. Shenandoah. r,lt-
ton and intermediate points.
r. J. LOCKWOOD, Passenger AGENT
18th street and New York Ave. Bond
Bids, Washington. d. c.
W. .. BEvlLL. C. p. A.. Roanoke. Va