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PINERO 252 PINKNEY armed with claws; snout sharp, vibrissae long; fur dark brown, lighter on cheeks and snout; throat, and under side of neck light-yellow. It is arboreal, and frequents coniferous woods, whence its popular name. The female makes a nest of moss and leaves, sometimes occupy- ing those of squirrels or woodpeckers and killing the rightful owners. PINERO, SIR ARTHUR WING, an English dramatist; born in London, May 24, 1855. A lawyer's son, he studied for the law, then became an actor, and ultimately left the stage for dramatic cotton, and silk are manufactured, about 13,000. Pop. ARTHUR W. PINERO authorship. His first comedy, "Two Can Play at That Game," was produced in 1877, and was followed by "Two Hun- dred a Year" (1877); "The Money Spinner" (1880); "The Magistrate" (1885); "Dandy Dick" (1887); "His House in Order" (1906) ; "Thunderbolt" (1909); "Mind the Paint Girl" (1912); etc. PINEROLO, or PIGNEROL (province of Turin) a town of North Italy, at the E. foot of the Alps, 23 miles S. W. of Turin. From 1042 a town of Savoy, it was till 1713 strongly fortified, having among other defenses a citadel, in which the Man with the Iron Mask, Lauzun, and Fouquet were imprisoned. This fortress was in French hands from 1536 to 1574, again from 1630 to 1696, from 1704 to 1706, and from 1801 to 1814. The town contains a cathedral and a technical school. Cloth, paper, leather, PINES, ISLE OF, an island S. of Cuba belonging to that country. It is about 40 miles S. E. of the S. coast of the province of Pinar Del Rio. Its total area is about 840 square miles. The production of fruits is the principal industry, although there is extensive cat- tle raising. In recent years large num- bers of people from the United States have settled on the island and tentative efforts have been made to have it come into possession of the United States. The capital is Nueva Gerona. Pop. about 3,500. PING-PONG, table lawn tennis, a game that was introduced from England and became very popular in the United States in 1902. The game is played very much as is the regular game of tennis. Across the center of a table a net about six inches high is stretched; the rackets and balls are proportionately small, the former being strung with fine gut, or formed from a single piece of vellum stretched tightly over a racket frame; and the latter being made of celluloid. The scoring is the same as in tennis. PINGtriCULA, a genus of plants of the natural order Lentibulariacese, with rosettes of fleshy radical leaves, and sol- itary purple, violet, or yellow flowers. PINK, in art, a class of pigments of yellow or greenish-yellow color, prepared by precipitating vegetable juices on a white earth, such as chalk, alumina, etc., and used only in water colors. The varieties are Italian pink, brown pink, rose pink, and Dutch pink. In botany, the genus Dianthus, of about 70 known species. The majority are cultivated in gardens; specifically, Dianthus plumarius, the garden pink. Also various plants superficially resem- bling it in flowers; thus, the cushion pink is Silene acaulis, the moss pink, Phlox subulata. PINK-EYE, a highly contagious dis- ease in horses. PINKIE, a battle fought on Sept. 10, 1547, near Musselburgh in Midlothian, Scotland, between 14,000 English under the Protector Somerset and twice that number of Scotch. The latter were ut- terly defeated, more than 10,000, it is said, being killed on the field and in the pursuit, while the English loss was barely 200. PINKNEY, WILLIAM, an American diplomatist; born in Annapolis, Md., March 17, 1764; was admitted to the