Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1885 — Tears. [ARTICLE]

Tears.

Crocodile tears are things of ancient history, afad tears produced with the aid of onions are equally well known, but it has remained for modern science to find a way to produce onion tears without betraying the presence of the aggressive onion itself. In fact, the aggressive onion need not be present at all. An essential oil is extracted from it which has all the tear-compelling qualities of the s6lid vegetable itself. One drop of this oil on a handkerchief {good for one flood of tears, two drops produce a persistent fit of sobbing, and three drops an appearance of utter abandonment to consuming grief.— Philadelphia Time*.