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TERRAVERDE 309 TERRIER TERRAVERDE, a name given to two kinds of native green earth used as pig- ments in painting; one obtained from Monte Baldo, near Verona, the other from the island of Cyprus. The former has much more body than the latter and is very useful in landscape paint- ing in oil colors. It is a siliceous earth colored by the protoxide of iron, of which it contains about 20 per cent. It is not affected by exposure to strong light or impure air. TERRE HAUTE, a city and county- seat of Vigo CO., Ind. ; on the Wabash river, and on the Vandalia, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, the Terre Haute and Southeastern, the Cleveland, Cincin- nati, Chicago, and St. Louis, and other railroads; 73 miles W. of Indianapolis. The city is built in a farming section, near the extensive block coal mines of Clay CO. It contains the Rose Poly- technic Institute, the State Normal School, St. Mary's Institute (R. C), Old Ladies' Home, St. Ann's Orphan Asy- lum, St. Anthony's Hospital (R. C), Un- ion Home for Invalids, court house, Uni- ted States Government building, several libraries. National, State, and savings banks, and several daily, weekly and monthly periodicals. The city has water- works, a sewer system, well paved streets, and street railroad and electric light plants. Terre Haute is an important manufacturing city, having flour and hominy mills, rolling mills, blast fur- naces, tool factories, meat-packing estab- lishments, casting works, nail works, paving brick, and other clay works, rail- road car shops, and a number of large grain elevators. Pop. (1910) 58,157; (1920) 66,083. TERRELL, a city of Texas, in Kauf- man CO. It is on the Texas and Pacific and the Texas Midland railroad. It is the center of an important truck farm- ing, cotton raising, and agricultural re- gion. Its industries include cotton gins, flour mills, canning factory, cotton mills, etc. It is the seat of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, and a public li- brary, Elks' Home, and a military school for boys. Pop. (1910), 7,050; (1920), 8,349. TERRELL, EDWIN HOLLAND, an American diplomatist; born in Brook- ville, Ind., Nov. 21, 1848; was graduated at De Pauw University in 1871; studied in Europe in 1873-1874; and practiced law in Indianapolis in 1874-1877. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions from Texas in 1880 and 1888; United States minister to Belgium in 1889-1893; conducted the negotiations for the United States with the six pow- ers holding possessions in the Kongo bas- in and secured from them the "Protocol" of Dec. 22, 1890, granting the United States and its citizens full commercial privileges, etc. He was minister pleni- potentiary to negotiate a commercial treaty with the Kongo Free State in 1891; commissioner to and vice-president of the International Monetary Confer- ence at Brussels in 1892; and was one of the Republican State Committee in 1894-1900. He died July 3, 1900. TERRIER, a name originally applied to any breed of dog used to burrow un- derground, but now applied to any small dog. Terriers may be divided into three classes: those able to follow their game into its earth, those kept for hunting above-ground, and those kept merely as companions. Among terriers proper the fox terrier holds the position of greatest popularity. The Scotch terrier, though long familiar in Scotland, only became generally known about 1870. The Scotch terrier is identical with the breed often erroneously alluded to as the old or work- ing Skye terrier. He is a small, com- pact dog, short in the leg; coat short, hard, and dense; ears erect; and with a keen, bright expression. In character he is generally alert and active, and makes a splendid companion. The third variety used for going to ground is the Dandie Dinmont, called after the character in Scott's novel of "Guy Mannering," a character founded on Mr. Davison, a well-known Border farmer, who was one of the founders of the breed. The Dan- die is a low and powerful dog, very courageous, a quality probably gained by an admixture of bulldog blood, but headstrong and difficult to keep under control. Dandies are divided into "pep- pers" and "mustards" — i. e., those colored slate-blue and those of a light yellow. The coat is rather longer than the Scotch terrier, but not so hard. Among terriers kept for hunting above ground the most popular is the Irish ter- rier, a dog larger and considerably leg- gier than the fox terrier, but built on the same lines. The coat is like the Scotch terrier's, but a light red in color. The ears used always to be cut to a fine point, standing erect, but are now allowed to fall over in their natural shape. The Bedlington is popular in the N. of Eng- land; the bull terrier also makes a good sporting dog, but is kept mainly as a companion. The Airedale is growing in popularity, but its large size unfits it for any proper terrier work. It somewhat resembles an overgrown blue Bedling- ton, but lacks the same courage. Among