Pueblo
a city and county-seat of Pueblo co., Col.; on the Arkansas river, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé, Missouri Pacific, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and other railroads; 118 miles S. E. of Denver. Here are the State Hospitals for the Insane, the State Agricultural Society's buildings, etc. There is an extensive park system, excellent schools, public and private, libraries, county court house, State Mineral Palace and Park. The city has noted iron and steel plants and large stock-yards. Pop. (1910) 44,395; (1920) 42,908. PUEBLOS (Spanish, pueblo, "village"), a semi-civilized family of American Indians in New Mexico and Arizona, dwelling in large single habitations, which are sometimes capacious enough to contain a whole tribe. In New Mexico there are 19 such villages, with over 8,000 occupants, who are skillful agriculturists, employing irrigation ditches extensively, and rearing horses, cattle, and sheep. Spinning and weaving and the manufacture of pottery also are carried on. The Moquis of Arizona are a related tribe, numbering about 1,800, in seven villages built on the summit of isolated hills. The Pueblos are under Roman Catholic missionaries, and are making steady progress in civilization and education. They were first visited by the Spaniards about 1530, at which period their habits and their habitations were very much the same as today.
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Puerperal Fever
the low fever of childbed, commencing with rigors and chills. There are three marked varieties: the simple inflammatory, the mild epidemic with nervous disturbance, and the putrid or malignant epidemic. It is highly infectious, and even contagious, sometimes associated with erysipelas.
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Puerto Cabello
a seaport of Venezuela, in the State of Carabobo, 78 miles W. of Caracas. It stands on a long, low narrow peninsula on the Caribbean Sea, 34 miles from Valencia. There is an active foreign trade; the chief exports are coffee, cacao, indigo, cinchona, cotton, sugar, divi-divi, and copper ore. Pop. about 15,000.
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Puerto De Santa Maria
a seaport of Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalete, dalete, on the bay of Cadiz, 22 miles N. E. of Cadiz. It is one of the principal export harbors for sherry, and manufactures silk, soap, hats, leather, spirits, beer, etc. Pop. about 20,000.
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Puerto Plata
the chief port of the Dominican Republic, on the N. coast of the island of Haiti. It has an open roadstead, and exports a good deal of tococoa, bacco, mahogany, sugar, coffee, y, sugar, coffee, divi-divi, etc. Pop. (1916) 10,000.
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Puerto Principe
an important inland town in the E. of the island of Cuba, 40 miles S. W. of its port, Nuevitas, with which it is connected by railway. It manufactures cigars. Now known as Camaguey. Pop. (1916) 30,000.
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Pufendorf
or PUFFENDORF, SAMUEL, BARON VON, a German writer on the law of nature and nations; born in 1632. He studied theology and law at Leipsic and Jena, and in 1660 appeared his "Elements of General Jurisprudence." In 1661 he became professor of the Law of Nature and of Nations at Heidelberg. In 1667 he published his work "The Commonwealth of Germany," which, from the boldness of its attacks on the constitution of the German Empire, caused a profound sensation. In 1670 he went to Sweden, became Professor of Natural Law in the University of Lund, and brought out his chief work, w "Natural Law and the Law of Nations." Other famous works are "On the Spiritual Monarchy of the Pope" (a vindication of Protestantism); "History of Sweden," "History of Charles Gustavus," etc. Died 1694.
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Puff Adder
the Vipera (Clotho) arietans, one of the most venomous serpents of South Africa. In length, when full grown, it is from four to five feet; is as thick as a man's arm, and, when disturbed, puffs out the upper part of its body, whence its popular name.
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Puff Ball
a fungus of the genus Lycoperdon. They mostly grow on the ground and are roundish, at first firm and fleshy, but afterward powdery within.
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Pug Dog
a dwarf variety of the common dog, like a diminutive bull dog.
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Pug-mill
A mill used by potters and brickmakers to cut up and blend the clay. Pug-mills are of various designs, and some of them are capable of performing several operations successively, as cutting the clay, grinding and tempering it, and finally ejecting a limited quantity into the moulds below. Pulverized Coal.-See PRESSED FUEL.
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Puget Sound
an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N. W. Washington coast, connecting the Strait of Juan de Fuca with Admiralty Inlet and the Hood Canal; in all an area of over 2,000 square miles and having 1,600 miles of shore line. The sound has many bays, islets, and inlets. Fishing, especially that of salmon, is carried on extensively. Clams and oysters are found in profusion. Shipbuilding is an important industry. Seattle and Tacoma are the most important ports situated on its shores.
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Puisne
in law, younger or inferior in rank. The several judges and barons of the divisions of the high court of justice other than the chiefs, used to be called puisne judges.
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Pulaski
COUNT CASIMIR, a Polish patriot and military officer, who participated in the war of the American Revolution; born in 1748. His father, a Polish nobleman, and his brothers were killed fighting against Russia for the liberty of Poland. Casimir escaped to Turkey, whence he proceeded by way of France to join the Americans, then fighting for independence, bearing recommendations from Franklin to Washington, whom he joined in 1777. Entering as a volunteer, he so distinguished himself at the battle of Brandywine as to be promoted by Congress to a cavalry command, with the rank of Brigadier-General. He afterward organized an independent corps of cavalry and light infantry, with which he rendered effectual service under General Lincoln, in South Carolina, in 1779, and in the siege of Savannah, Ga., where, in an assault on the latter place, he was mortally wounded. He died in 1779.
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Pulitzer
JOSEPH, an American journalist; born in Budapest, Hungary, April 10, 1847. When quite young he came to the United States; served in the Civil War; and found a home in St. Louis, Mo. He began journalism as reporter on the "Westliche Post," of which he afterward became editor and chief proprietor. He was well known in that city as a politician, legislator and Congressman. In 1878 he assumed control of the St. Louis "Post-Dispatch," and in 1883 purchased the New York "World." He endowed a School of Journalism at Columbia University (1903) and gave large sums for educational and philanthropic purposes. He died in 1911.
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