Excerpt from The Jambalaya, 1902, Vol. 7 Having decided to adopt the profession of teaching as his lite-work, his first position was in Caledonia, Missouri, but here he. Remained only a short time. He taught continuously from 1871 to 1887 in the public schools of St. Louis, occupy ing almost every possible position from the bottom to the. Top of the system. Out side of his routine duties, his special interest was directed to scientific studies particularly Chemistry and Geology, in each of which he became an expert, In the prosecution of the latter subject he spent much time in the mining regions of the far West, so that his knowledge of practical mining became accurate and extensive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.