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towards the establishment by private con-
trioutiop OF hospital 20 be called the
"FAYETrE HOSPITAL"

trioutioD of a hospital 70 be called the
"FAYETrE HOSPITAL"
| of which the corner-st was laid June 30'h
| 1917. Financial emoarrassments supervened,
| and in 1872, before the building was COM
| pletct, fl was sold TO the state for an insane
| asylum. This institution was opened Nav
| LIST, 1924, under the name of the ''kentucky
! Eastern LunaticAsylum." TWAS the se-oli
| institution, believe, supported by state pa
| tronage in the United States. Ii has been
| much enlarged since, and the grounds great
~ extended by new purchases, and II is now
| in all respects one of the most complete asy-
| lums for the scientific treatment OF the in-
| sane in our country. The building is located
on the property originally known as sink
| ing Spring" copious spring, which be-
| lieve is still in use, gives this estate its
| name. The water, after flowing a short dis
| lance, all sinks, and is believed to be the
| same that reappears in large spring AT
| Georgetown, in Scott county. The sewage
! from this large institution is all conveyed 10
| this underground stream! There has been
| no general or comprehensive system OF water
| supply or sewage adopted for the city, and
| contamination of both well and spring water
| In different parts OF the city has been. in
| many instances, more than suspected. The
water supply is wholly from springs, wells,
| and cisteTns OF rain water. The latter is,
| fortunately for health, being generally re
sorted TO, not only in the city. but at the
farm houses throughout this section.
TIE QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY AND
SEWERAGE.
| Wherever the fissured character of the
IOChs idNOTS Silks ana under
| ground streams, the ready contamination
and pollution of wells and springs follows
| AS the population of Lexington increases
the water supply for domestic use and the
disposal OF sewage must become a question
| or grave inn 0rtance, and am gratified TO
find that the profession are not Indifferent 10
THIS matter, but are doing all they can TO
bring about the use of rain water for domes-
TIC purposes This city aud region. like
others similarly situated I'm regard TO its
water supply, has suffered severely from
cholera, whe IL has prevailed in an
epidemic form. But this the profession fully
understand, and are encouraging use Of
ulslntectantS and the adoption of other
proper hygienic measures.
having had my attention drawn 10 the
ancient mOudds and earIhworks i'm Wood
IOrd county. while walking the streets of
Lexington, recalled the fact that that city
is reported 10 have been located upon the re-
mains OF an ancient fertilization. A cave
was said TO have existed here, i'm which were
found human remains that had been en-
banned, or bore resemblance To mumu es.
III such cavern exists, the entrance TO is
rot now known. Indian graves constructed
OF stone IN a peculiar manner were dis
covered here, in the vicinity of the relics of
The Mound Builders. Ancient mounds are
fefhapS more numerous i'm Ohio and Ken
lucky, than in any of the other states. This
fact very naturally stimulates there. a mong
the mass of the people, more active inquiry
as TO what the mounds teach OF the past than
We Md in the east.
MONUMENTS OF FORMER SEMI CIVILIZED
RACE
are found widely distributed i'm The rich
alluvial valleys, and along the water courses
throughout the Mississippi valley, from the
great lakes TO the Gulf of Mexico. The fact
mat the continent of North America was
formerly Inhabited by people much far
lher advanced in the arts OF civilization than
their successors, the Red Men, is now gener-
ally believed. Their knowledge OF defensive
works is evinced, in the construction OF their
immense forts, and it implies that they lived
IN comp1ct settlements, and must therefore
nave enjoyed some of the conditions COM
mon 10 civilized communities. But this
ace had in all probability dis appeared ages
ere the Indians came either from some other
land, or from the mountain fastnesses OF this
country. aud erected their wigwamS within
the vast Qualifications, and buried their dead
within view of the tumuli, If not in them
aud IN the shadow of The teocalli where ages
before The Mound Builder kent his sacred
treS ever burning 10 propitiate his heather
gods. The remains Of the Mould Builders
are diStinguishable and quite distinct from
those OF the Indians. although often fine skeI-
et6rs OF both races are found la the same
Omb. The Indians are by instinct hunters
ana irappers, and although they live in
scattered commuhities. On the O.her hand
the Mound Builders must have lived in
compact settlements, with probably extern
sfye herds and cultivated lands.
Numerous theories have been devised to
account for the erection of these monum ents
Authors have We'd with each other in en-
deavoring To ascribe the pro5obie origin Of
the mound builders TO some other land. Jo-
siah Priest, in his american Antiouities. -
graYely states his belief, that ''Noah's ark"
rested IN America, and that this continent
was the .'cradle of the human race" John
Mcintosh begins his account OF the ancient
mounds with chapter on the creation OF
the world" and claims that MagOg, the Sec
ond son of Japhet, and father of the Scy-
thians, was the founder of the Indian race,
and, OF course, makes MagOg come over from
Asia by the favOrite route, Behring's Straits.
Mr.. George Bancroft believes the mounds To
be but freaks of nature. He could see in
these ancient works but the evidence of the
exercise OF that '.power that shaped the globe
into wales and hillOcks," and after dismiss
ing the subject of the mounds thus uncere-
mOniously, states at the end OF his chapter
offers no new obstacle to faith in the unity
of the human race" A number of authors
have written upon the subject, with a view
10 advocate some special theory, rather than
TO record or elicit new facts. But the origin
OF the mound builders, as well as that OF their
successors, the Indians, still remains SUD-
ject OF speculation and inquiry.
The Indian has been thought to resemble
the nhabltants of nearly every part of the
earth-the Hebrew, the Phonician, the At
lantes from the east, the Tongusian, the
Chinese and the Polynesian from the west
are believed TO have peopled America II is
strange that among the many theorists, so
Few OF the spectators have suggested that
possibly the Mound Builders were the de-
scendants of some primitive superior rae
VINO settled The continent, and that the In
dams are but the degenerated sons of a peO-
pie who had themselves deterioratei from
the civilization of their ancestors.
The early explorers OF the Mississippi val
ley and The Gulf coast noticed the ev licences
OF measurably dense but segregated popu-
lafions. But neither La Sale nor any OF the
first travellers gave detailed accounts OF the
ancient works they saw. They mention their
existence IN general terms only. This is 10
be regretted, as doubtless many of them have
since been destroyed.
On The discovery OF the continent OF North
America, The gre at plains OF the west, the
wilderness or the east, and the dense cane
brakes of the south. constituted the vast
hunting grounds of the Red Men. On the
shores of the great lakes, by the banks OF the
silent streams, and in the depths OF the forest
amidst the canebrakes, were found the
remains OF race-the mound buiiders-that
had passed away. That the works they
erected required for their completion dense
population, possessing resources other than
the chase, cannot be doubted. They must
not only have been pastoral, but an agri-
cultural people, and somewhat skilled ia
mechanics. The mounds reveal the fact that
many OF the implements, and the form OF the
sacrifcial high places, were similar TO those
of ancient Mexico. But
THE CAUSE OF THE DISADVANTAGES