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TERHUNE

TERRE HAUTE

MARION HARLAND

Eunuch, The Brothers and Phormio. The most popular is The Eunuch. They have been translated into most European languages. He died in 159 B. C.

Terhune (ter-hunf), Mary Virginia, American novelist, familiarly known by her pen-name of Marion H a r 1 a n d, was born in Amelia County, Va., Dec. 21, 1831. Her maiden name was Hawes, and in 1856 she married the Rev. Edward Pay-son Terhune. At an early age she began to write for the magazines, con-ducting The H ome-M aker and Babyhood and contributing1 to Wide-Awake and St. Nicholas. Subsequently she resided in Massachusetts, but finally settled in New Jersey, where she has long been an untiring and helpful writer on themes connected with cooking, household management etc. Among her works are The Story of Marv Washington, Common Sense in the Household, Common Sense in the Nursery, The Cottage Kitchen, Breakfast, Luncheon and Tea, Some Colonial Homesteads, Literary Hearthstones and Marion Harland's Complete Cook-Book.

Tern, a water-bird with forked tail, related to the gulls. These beautiful birds, usually with gray and white plumage, are common in harbors. They are most graceful birds, and it is to be re-i gretted that of late' years they have been killed in immense numbers for trimming ladies' hats. There are about 50 known species of t e r n s. They are coast-birds rather than open-sea birds, like the gulls. The common tern or sea-swallow is abundant on the Atlantic coast. It is about 15 inches long. There are a small black tern in the inland waters of North America and a similar form in Europe. See GULL.

Ter'ra=Cot'ta, unglazed, earthen ware, made of clay and hardened by burning. It generally is a dull red or buff in color. In England the materials used are clay, fine

quartz-sand and finely pulverized, old pottery. It is used for statues, fonts, fountains, drain-tiles and ornaments for houses. The Greeks, Romans, Assyrians and Babylonians used it, manufacturing molds, statuary. vases and lamps. Often the articles were ornamented with designs of men, animals, fruits or flowers.

Terra del Fuego. SeeTiERRA DELPUEGO.

Ter'rapin, the name broadly applied to small turtles belonging to a family of pond-turtles (Emydida?}. It is frequently restricted to the salt-marsh terrapin or diamond-back turtle of the Atlantic coast, which is highly prized as food. The region whence the diamond-back terrapin is chiefly taken is Maryland, although it is captured from New York to Texas. It is caught in great numbers in the summer and kept in pens for winter. It is about eight inches

TERRAPIN

long; swims well; and runs well on land. The red-bellied terrapin, ranging from New York to Virginia, is often substituted, but the flesh is of inferior quality.

Terre Haute (ter're hot'), Ind., county-seat of Vigo County, is upon the east bank of Wabash River on Fort Harrison prairie. It is 73 miles west of Indianapolis and almost equidistant (175 miles) from Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis. The town was laid out ]n 1816 and has since had a steady growth. Its principal buildings are Indiana Normal School, with over i,oco students, Rose Polytechnic Institute and the high school, with 700 students. There are 20 public-school buildings, two of which, recently built, are models, costing over $35,000 each; also two commercial colleges well attended. There are nearly 200 teachers and about 7,500 children attending school. There are several miles of paved streets and 25 miles of electric car-line. The streets are well-lighted by electricity, and many fine business blocks and private residences line the avenues. The manufacture of glass is one of the principal industries. The great coal-beds underneath furnish a quality of coal from which producer-gas is made, which is cheaper and better than natural gas for manufacturing purposes. Among many other industries which exceed $30,000,000

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