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LEFT FOSTER 182 FOULOIS and for a few years he acted as adviser to the Emperor of China. He died Nov. 15, 1917. He w^rote several important works, among them being: "A Century of American Diplomacy" (1900) and "American Diplomacy on the Orient" (1903). FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS, an American song-writer; bora in Pitts- burgh, Pa., July 4, 1826; was educated at Athens Academy and Jeiferson Col- lege, Pennsylvania. He composed the music and wrote the words of over 125 popular songs and melodies, among which are: "01k Folks at Home"; "Nelly Bly"; "Old Dog Tray"; "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"; "Su- wannee River," etc. He died in New York City, Jan. 13, 1864. (1879): "Kith and Kin" (1881); "The Lass of Lavprhouse" (1888) ; "Oriole's Daughter" (1893). She died in Lon- don, July 30, 1891. FOUGERES, a town and capital of an arrondissement, in the department of Ille-et-Vilaine, France, situated on the Nan?on river, 25 miles N. E. of Rennes. It is the center of a considerable industry in leather goods, boots and shoes, sail cloth, dairy products and tim- ber, being surrounded by extensive for- ests. The population is about 14,000. FOULKE, WILLIAM DUDLEY, an American writer and publicist, born in New York City in 1848. He graduated from Columbia University in 1869 and after studying law was admitted to the bar in 1870. In 1876 he removed to /« 6 1 ■ ■■■ - • c »- • ■ ■ ^■••^^•- •'■:•• ■■'■■ r--"-:; :•^■^|^^.•^<4^^ FOSSIE — SKELETON OF ICHTHYOSAURUS FOSTORIA, a city of Ohio in Seneca and Hancock counties, and near the boundary line of Wood county. It is on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Lake Erie and Western, the Hocking Valley, the Lake Shore Electric, the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis, and the Toledo and Ohio Central railroads. It is an im- portant industrial community and has lime kilns, manufactures of glass, auto- mobiles, lumber, etc. In the neighbor- hood are extensive oil fields. The city was founded by the father of Charles Foster, Governor of Ohio and Secretary of the United States Treasui-y in 1891- 1893. Pop. (1910) 9,597; (1920) 9,987. FOTHERGILL, JESSIE, an English author; born in Manchester, England, June 7, 1856. Her stories show a keen faculty of observation ; among them are : "Healey, a Romance" (1875); "The First Violin" (1878), in which Gorman life is faithfully portrayed; "Probation" Indiana, becoming a member of the Stat© Senate in 1883. From 1901 to 1903 he was a member of the United States Civil Service Commission, and was prominently identified with the work of the National Civil Service Reform League. From 1910 to 1915 he was president of the National Municipal League. He wrote "Slav or Saxon" (1887); "Dorothy Day" (a novel) (1911) "Lyrics of War and Peace" (1916) ; "Today and Yesterday" (poems) (1920). He was a frequent contributor to magazines on historical and other subjects. FOULOIS, BENJAMIN DELAHAUF, an American soldier, born in Connecti- cut in 1879. He entered the army as a private and served until 1901 as a non- commissioned officer. In that year he was appointed 2d lieutenant of the 17th Infantry, and was promoted to be 1st lieutenant of the Signal Corps. In 1914 he