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PIMPERNEL 250 PINDAR PIMPERNEL, (Anagallis), a genus of plants belonging to the natural order Primulacex. The A. arvensis, or field pimpernel, a beautiful annual, is com- monly known as the "shepherd's or poor man's weather glass," from the fact that its flowers do not open in rainy weather. The bog pimpernel (Anagallis tenella) grows in the drier parts of marshes. The blue and lilac varieties of the A. collina, originally a native of South Africa, have been introduced into gar- dens in Great Britain, where they have a fine effect. The water pimpernel is the Vero7iica A.; the yellow pimpernel, Lysimachia nemorw^n. PIN, a piece of wood, metal, etc., gen- erally pointed and used for fastening separate articles together, or as a sup- port; a peg, a bolt. Also a small piece of whre, generally brass, headed and pointed, used as a fastening, etc., for dress, or for attaching separate pieces of paper, etc., or as an ornament. PINACOTHEK, or PINAKOTHEK, a name sometimes applied in Germany to galleries of art, especially collections of paintings. The Pinacothek formed at Munich by Louis I. of Bavaria is par- ticularly famous. PINAR DEL RIO, one of the prov- inces of Cuba comprising the W. end of the island. It has an area of about 5,000 square miles. A range of moun- tains runs lengthwise through the prov- ince. In the southern slope are the famous tobacco fields of Vuelta Abajo where the finest tobacco in the world is grown. Other products are sugar cane, coffee and fruits. Cotton is also pro- duced in the lowlands. Cattle raising and mining are also of some importance. The capital is the city of the same name. Pop., province, about 275,000; city, about 12,000. PINCHOT, GIFFORD, forester of the State of P'jnnsvlvania. Born 1865 at Simsbury, Conn., and graduated from Yale in the class of '89. After studying forestry abroad in Germany and Switz- erland he became professor of forestry at Yale in 1903. While he held this position he also held office under the United States Government. During Roosevelt's administration Pinchot as chief of the forestry bureau took a lead- ing part in the movement for the pre- servation of our national resources. He resigned his position in 1911 because of his disagreement with the policies of the Taft administration. Appointed by Governor Sproul in 1920 forester of Pennsylvania. PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTES- WORTH, an American statesman; born in Charleston, S. C, Feb. 25, 1746. He was sent to England and educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Ox- ford, read law at the Middle Temple, and studied for a while at the military acad- emy in Caen, France. He afterward settled as a lawyer at Charleston, S. C. He was Washington's aide-de-camp at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In 1780 he was taken prisoner at the surrender of Charleston, and held to the close of the war. A member of the con- vention that framed the Constitution of the United States (1787), he introduced the clause forbidding religious tests as a qualification for office. He declined the secretaryship of war in 1794, and of state in 1795; in 1796 he was sent as minister to France, but the Directory refused to receive him. While on this mission it was intimated that peace might be granted in return for a money payment; he made the reply, "Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute." In 1800-1808 he was thrice an unsuc- cessful Federalist candidate for the presidency. He died Aug. 16, 1825. PINDAR, the great Greek lyric poet; born in or near Thebes, in Bceotia, about 522 B. c, He was of a noble family, PINDAR skilled in music, and learned his father's art of flute playing. At Athens he was a pupil of Lasus of Hermione. Pindar composed choral songs for princes and states in all parts of Greece; for which, as was the custom, he received money and gifts. Yet he did not become a mere hireling, and spoke truth fearlessly to all. He did not live at courts, nor