Partington
Mrs., the heroine of a book by Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, entitled Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington, and published in 1854. Mr. Shillaber, who was a native of New Hampshire , was at one time editor of the Boston Post, at another, editor-in-chief of the Carpet Bag, and still later editor of the Saturday Evening Gazette. He also published Mrs. Partington's Knitting Work and Partingtonian Patchwork. While these writings display no special literary merit, they are full of homely good sense and a certain kind of humor which made them popular.
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Partinico
a town of Sicily in the province of Palermo, about 14 miles S. W. of the city of that name. It is in and a corn and fruit producing region there are also important industries, including the manufacture of wine, linen 25,000. and woolen goods. Pop. about
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Partnership
the state or condition of being a partner, associate, or interest. participator with another; joint An association of two or more persons for the carrying on of any commercial, manufacturing, or other business undertaking, occupation, or calling; or a volunbetween tary, verbal or written contract together two or more persons to joint , etc., or their money, labor, goods, skill all or any of them, for the prosecution of any business or undertaking upon the or losses understanding that the profits M PARTHENON shall be divided between them in proporstock, tion to the amount of capital, labor, etc., supplied by each partner. an Americar
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Parton
JAMES, writer; born in Canterbury, England, Feb. 9, 1822. He wrote many valuable biographies, as: "Life of Horace Gree- ; "Life and Times of Aaron ley" (1885) Burr" (1857); "Life and Times of Ben- Bur jamin Franklin" (1864); „ "Famous Americans of Recent Times" (1870); " (1874) "Life of Thomas Jefferson ; "Life of Voltaire" (1881). Among his other works are: "Humorous Poetry of the English Language" (1857); "Cari- " Lands" (1875). cature in all Times and Lands He died in Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 17, 1891.
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Partridge Berry
. See Wintergreen
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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.
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Parts Brass Parts Zinc
Parts Tin. Refractory 4.00 1.00 Readily Fusible, 5.00 4.00 Half White, 12 00 5.00 1.00 White, 40.00 2 00 8.00 Very Ductile, 78.25 17 25
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Parts Fine Silver
Parts Copper. Parts Brass Parts Zinc. First 4 3 Second 2 1 Third 19 1 10 5 Fourth 57 28.6 14.3
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Parts Gold
Parts Silver. Parts Copper. Parts Zinc. Hard solder for 750 fine 9.0 2.0 1.0 Soft solder for 750 fine 12.0 7.0 3.0 Solder for 583 fine 3.0 2.0 1.0 Solder for less than 583 fine 2.0 2.0 Readily Fusible Solder 11.94 54.74 28.17 5.01 Solder for yellow Gold 10.0 5.0 1.0
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Party
an American political party founded at Cincinnati in 1891. It was the outgrowth of the "Grangers" and "Farmers' Alliance" parties, and was composed of great numbers from the farming and industrial classes of the Middle and Far West. Its political principles were the free coinage of silver, national ownership of the railroads, popular election of United States Senators and a graduated income_tax. In 1892 the party nominated James B. Weaver of Iowa for President, and in that national election polled a popular vote of 1,055,424. In the succeeding ng presidential election the Populists i indorsed the Democratic nominee, William J. Bryan, but named Thos. E. Watson of Georgia, for Vice-President. In 1900 the Populists again endorsed Bryan for President, but as in 1896, named a different man than the Democrats for Vice- President, this time, Charles A. Towne of Minnesota. Towne later withdrew and the National Executive Committee of the party nominated the Democratic tic nominee, A. E. Stevenson of Illinois. In addition to their principles hitherto mentioned the Populists added to their plata plank condemning the in form imperialism in world politics of the Republicans and expressed their sympathy for the Boers in South Africa in their struggle against nst Great Britain. After 1900 the party rty lost strength either by by the adoption of many of their principles by the the indisposition Democratic party or by the of the voters to their radical ideas. They were never serious contenders in the political field after that date.
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Parysatis
Daughter of Artaxerxes I. Longimanus, king of Persia, and wife of her own brother Darius Ochus, and mother of Artaxerxes Mnemon and Cyrus. She supported the latter in his rebellion against his brother Artaxerxes, B. C. 401. She afterwards poisoned Statira, the wife of Artaxerxes, and induced the king to put Tissaphernes to death, whom she hated as having been the first to discover the designs of Cyrus to his brother. Pasiphaë. A daughter of the Sun and of Perseis, who married Minos , king of Crete . She became the mother of the Minotaur, which was killed by Theseus . Patavium (Padua). An ancient town of the Veneti in the north of Italy. It is celebrated as the birthplace of the historian Livy.
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Pas-De-Calais
a department in the N. of France, formed out of Artois and Picardy, and bounded on the W. by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel; area, 255 square miles. The surface is level, with the exception of a low ridge running to the N. W., and ending in Cape Gris-nez. The soil is fertile, mostly under cultivation, and watered by numerous short rivers, the majority of which are navigable and connected by canals. The coast line is 80 miles in length. Fishing is actively carried on, particularly in the neighborhood of Boulogne. Coal, iron, and other minerals are mined and worked. The industrial establishments are iron foundries, beet root sugar factories, glass works, potteries, tanneries, and others. Boulogne and Calais are the principal harbors. The capital is Arras. Pop. (1911) 26,000. In the first week of October, 1914, the Germans attempted to take Arras by storm, but were repulsed by the French. The attack was renewed on Oct. 20, when the town was bombarded. This continued for six days. The Germans attacked on Oct. 24, but the French lines held fast. On Oct. 26 General Maud'huy made a drive against the enemy, who was forced back so far that Arras was soon beyond the range of the howitzers. The Germans' effort was to break the Allied line, which would have enabled them to reach the Channel ports and open up the northern road to Paris.
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