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DRINKS.
Sellers,
Landskro,
Briickerlau,
Rolsdorf,
Gleshiibel,
and
Heppingen,
whilst
in
France
there
are
those
of
St.
Galmier,
Chateldon,
and
Pougues,
besides
some
in
Italy
and
many
in
America.
These,
especially
the
medical
waters,
are
imported
into
England
;
but
mineral
waters
are
largely
manu-
factured.
By
mineral
waters
I
do
not
mean
the
aerated
waters
we
drink
under
the
names
of
Soda,
and
Seltzer,
but
the
medicinal
waters.
The
effervescing,
or
aerated
waters,
which
are
now
so
much
used
all
over
the
civilized
world,
were
first
made
on
a
large
commercial
scale
by
the
firm
of
J.
Schweppe,
of
Geneva
(a
name
very
well
known
in
England,
in
connection
with
the
manufacture),
in
1789
;
and
ten
years
afterwards,
his
partner,
Mr.
N.
Paul
(whose
name
yet
survives
in
the
firm
Paul
&
Burrows,
St.
George's
Road,
S.E.),
established
an
Aerated
Water
Factory
in
England.
It
is
somewhat
curious
how
the
names
last
in
this
trade,
for
in
1799
a
Mr.
Thwaites
established
a
factory
in
Dublin,
and
the
firm
still
remains
as
A.
&
R.
Thwaites
&
Co.
Since
its
introduction,
aerated
water
has
much
im-
proved,
especially
the
universal
soda
water,
which
is
simply
ordinary
water
charged
with
carbonic
acid
gas.
Vastly
improved
machinery
has
been
introduced,
cleanliness
and
purity
of materials
are
specially
looked
after,
and
the
bottles
and
vessels
for
holding
it
wonderfully
improved.
We
have
not,
in
England,
taken
so
kindly
to
the
syphon
as
they
have
abroad
;
but
the
cork
in
the
bottle
has
been
nearly
entirely
done
away
with,
and
we
are
no
longer
compelled
to
pay
for,