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I HOME HINTS.

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I GHASTLY DISCOVERY.

I TURTLE FACTORIES.

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I TURTLE FACTORIES. Though the majority of the turtles that are being sacrificed to the civic appetite at this season of the year come from the region of the West Indies and from the Gulf of Mexico alive, and are killed in this country, there are, nevertheless,according to this week's" T .A. T. several large "turtle factories," as they are called, in operation, in which the animals denned for the more modest soup tureen are butchered and bottled for shipment to all parts of the world. One of the largest of these is at Corpus Christi Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. Outside, in pens filled with seawater to the depth of five feet, are the live turtles. Each pen contains from 10 to 20 turtles, which lie upon the bottom, coming to the surface only to snap at the food thrown to them at meal times.