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All of the work of laying the pipes and bnikling the septic tanks, etc.. 

 was done by the boys of the Reformatory, and thus the expense of the 

 whole system was very much smaller than it would ordinarily be. The 

 trenches for the pipes vary in depth from two to seventeen feet, and at 

 ■ many points considerable difRcnlty was encountered by running across 

 springs or currents of luidcrground water, which interfered very mate- 

 rially with the progress of the work. At the time of writing the paper, 

 the sewer and septic tanks were all ready for reception of the material. 

 The plumbing, however, has not yet been completed, but as soon as tliis 

 is done the sewage can be tm-ned into llie pi])es and the result of Uie 

 method of disposal instalhd will lie watched with nuicli interest. II is 

 practically the lirst experiment of tliis kind attempted 1>y any institutinn 

 in this State: and if successful, and there is no reason why it should not 

 be. it slinuJd serve as a type or an examiile for many of the State institu- 

 tions, and even for manv of tlie smaller towns of the State. 



Sd.ME liECENT MorXD rxVESTI(iATI0N8 IN JeFFERSON CiHTNTV, 



InDIANxV. 



GleXX ClLBERTSOX. 



During tlie summer of l".l(i:J. tlirougli tlie interest, and under tlie direc- 

 tion, of Miss 1). L. Cravt-ns. of .M.-'dison. Indiana, several munnds loi-ited 

 in Jefferson County were exannned, and two were explored. Tlie writi'r 

 was asked to assist in the investigation. 



Tlie pur] lose of this iiaper is. in part, to give a record of tlie contents 

 of tlie mounds opened, and iu part to call attention to the fact tliat. in 

 many ]p;irts of our State, and especially along the Ohio River ami its 

 larger ti-ilmtaries, there are mounds and other evidences of the existence 

 of a prehistoric people of which no record has been made, and which 

 should be of great interest to science. Manj- of the mounds have been 

 opened by curiosity or treasure seekei's, or destroyed by cultivation, and 

 the contents scattered or lost, and no record has been, or can be made. 



As an example of the ruthless destruction of valuable anthropological 

 material, a case may be cited of a Jefferson County farmer, who, in grad- 

 ing a plot of ground for building purposes, ploughed up at least twenty 

 skeletons, many of which were said to be in a fair state of preservation. 



