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HANDLING MINERAL WATERS
Handle your niincra! waters carefully and you will
meet with no accidents. A great many have been
seriously injured through the careless handling of
charged waters, and it was invariably through igno
rance or carelessness.
Bottles containing mineral waters should be kept
cold and in proper condition, and then they are not
as liable to explode as those kept in a warm tempera
ture. But if any one is compelled to open a bottle
that is warm, the corkscrew should be inserted care
fully in the cork, and then a large-sized napkin or
towel wrapped over the top and net^e of the bottle,
so that, if an explosion occurs while the attempt is
being made to draw the cork, the cloth will catch
the flying pieces of glass and thus prevent any seri
ous injury or mishap.
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