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Paymaster

an officer in the army and navy, from whom the officers and men receive their wages. In matters of general discipline the paymaster is subordinate to the commanding officer of his regiment; but in regard to the immediate duties of his office he is directly responsible to the war office.

Payne

WILL, an American journalist, born in Whiteside co., Ill., in 1865. He was educated in the common schools.

In 1890 he began newspaper work in Photo, Ewing Galloway AVENUE OF ROYAL PALMS, NEAR HAVANA, CUBA Enc. Vol. 7-p. 148 Publishers' Photo Service

Peabody

GEORGE, an American philanthropist; born in Danvers, Mass., in 1795. He was descended from an English family, and his parents being poor, George received but a scanty education, becoming grocer's clerk at the age of 11. He became chief clerk, and, afterward, partner with his uncle, John

Pearl Harbor

a United States coaling station at the island of Oahu, Hawaii; acquired prior to the annexation of the islands. The harbor has been strongly fortified, and is a United States naval station. It was an important point during the World War.

Peary Land

an area along the most northern coast of Greenland, discovered in 1882 by Lockwood and Brainard and later further explored by Peary in 1892.

Peattie

ELIA WILKINSON, an American writer, born at Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1862. In 1883 she married Robert Burns Peattie. For many years she was a reporter and writer on Chicago papers and contributed articles to many magazines. She was the author of "The Beleaguered Forest," (1901); "The Edge of Things," (1904); "The Newcomers," (1916).

Pechili

GULF OF, a land-locked extension of the Yellow Sea, between the PECOS RIVER base of the Korean peninsula and the Chinese province of Shan-tung, into which the Pei-ho discharges.

Peck

a dry measure of two gallons, or eight quarts, for grain, pulse, etc.; the fourth part of a bushel. So, a great deal, number, or quantity.

Pecos River

a river of New Mexico and Texas, which has a S. E. course PEDAGOGUE of about 800 miles, and falls into the Rio Grande del Norte, but in summer is generally dry. a

Peeblesshire

a county of Scotland, in the S. E., with ranges of hills, and traversed by the River Tweed, which empties itself into the North Sea.

There are many villages, but no large towns. Manufactures include tweeds, and there is dairy farming, with ordinary agricultural products like wheat, potatoes and green crops. Capital, Peeble. Pop. about 16,000.

Pegasus

in astronomy, the Flying Horse; one of the 20 ancient N. constellations, bounded on the N. by Lacerta and Andromeda, on the S. by Aquarius, on the E. by Pisces, and on the W. by Equuleus and Delphinus. It is on the PEIRCE

Pehlevi

PEHLAVI, or PAHLAVI, a Parsee sacred language, which succeeded the Zend and preceded the modern Persian. It was a development of the old Zend. The Zend Avesta was translated into it.