Parks – Pasig
Parks
NATIONAL. See NATIONAL PARKS.
Parnell
THOMAS, an Irish poet; died in Brighton, England, Oct. 6, 1891.
Parr
THOMAS, better known as OLD PARR, born, it is said, in 1483 in Winnington, Shropshire, England. He was buried in Westminster Abbey where a monument records his longevity. His age however, has been disputed. He died in 1635.
Parry Islands
an archipelago of the Arctic Ocean, lying for the most part N. of the seventy-fifth parallel of latitude. The islands extend toward the W. from Baffin Bay. The most important are North Devon, Cornwallis, Bathhurst, Milville and Prince Patrick.
The islands are not inhabited. They were first explored by Parry in 1819.
Parsnip
peucedanum sativum, or pastinaca sativa. Leaves pinnate, leaflets sessile, ovate, inciso-serrate, flowers bright yellow. The boiled root is eaten as a vegetable; sheep and oxen fatten rapidly upon it; a kind of wine may be made from it; its seeds are aromatic and contain an essential oil.
PARSONS
Parsons
FATHER ROBERT, the chief of the English Jesuits in their nent Republican supporters of Gov. J. M. Cox for president in 1920. land, in 1546. When 18 he passed from
Participle
a part of speech, so called because it partakes of the nature both of a verb and an adjective. A participle differs from an adjective in that it implies the relation of time, and therefore is applied to a specific act, while the adjective denotes only an attribute as a quality or characteristic without regard to time.
Partinico
a town of Sicily in the province of Palermo, about 14 miles S. shall be divided between them in proportion to the amount of capital, stock, labor, etc., supplied by each partner.
Partridge
WILLIAM ORDWAY, an American sculptor and writer on art; born in France, in 1861. Among his most notable works are: "Christ and St.
John" (Brooklyn Museum of Fine Arts); "Hamilton" (Columbia University); "Shakespeare" and "Edward Everett Hale" (Chicago), and the Kaufmann and other memorial publications-"Art for America" (1894); "The Technique of the Sculptor" (1895), etc.
Partridge Wood
believed to be derived from various West Indian and South American trees, specially Andira inermis. It is beautifully variegated, and was formerly used in Brazil for shipbuilding. In dockyards it is called cabbage wood.
Pasewalk
a town of Prussia, 26 miles W. N. W. of Stettin, has varied industries. It was plundered and burned three times by the Imperialists in the Thirty Years' War, by the Poles in 1657, and by the Russians in 1713. Pop. about 12,000.
Pasig
a city of the Philippines, the capital of the province of Rizal in Luzon.
The city suffered from the insurrection of 1897 when a large part of the city was burned. Its chief industry is the manufacturing of pottery. Pop. about 12,000.