New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-24
IT Is nor PRACTICAL.

few DAVIS ago The Tribune discussed tie
subject of sticky lS-p4pcr taking the Ground
that though the ny might struggle for hVe
minutes before death overlook him II WAS
only a fate which he richly deserved. Our OBJ
scryations coming 10 the eye Of thouSh'iuI
reader. lac sent Us a letter. which was printed
in Tuesdays issue, IN which he put forward
some original hut. il seems To MS. slightly chihcFl-
cal l.cas on the subject. Ill, plan, as the reader
who pcruscd h.s letter will remember. was 10
mix nltro-giyccrinc with tie sticky Substance.
The ny. lighting on the paper ana hhdliis inc
walking bad, wings his Way TO some convenient
perch. where he ruhs his lcss together 10 nu
lion, of the sticky feeling. An explosion Of
course follows tie subsequent proceedings NOT at
tracting this fly's marked attention. Every tenth
Gy. our correspondent estimates, would rdo ms
lc~s IN midair. furnishing py.otcchncs Of great
briiliancy
Our correspondent. whom We suspect Of being
none other than the man who, some six months
alo. propo-ed building pouto9n bridge, with
convenient draws across the Atlantic ocean, col
lectipg tails at both ends and establishing
nsc, fishing platform about 1000 miles east
q SanSv IIook-our correspondent We repeat
laws Great -tr,ss on the fact that his plan Is
strictly scientific In tits, we presume he Is
i,b, bp, il II practical We believe that he
oye1looks one very important point, namely tIe
conclusion VIXEN the ily strikes the ntrn-@lyccrhe
manor That an explosion would follow. wrccKlnS
tbc GLASSWARE on the sileboard and throwing the
nrpiturc about, we feel certain. And IN co1nec-
ton with this point. We take the hocr'S u
forcs,alling our correspondent IN the reply "hlch
tc will make that each fly b' cautht before me
mine is laid and miniature boNing-2loVeS fastener
"a his feet, thus reducing the shock To minimum
rvccllcnt as this IL in theory. 1t would be TOO
slow and expensive In practice
Eut lot ms suppose that rho ny escapes properly
I,dcd f. u>e n scientific term is there further
affection? Can we depend on him tn use as
erection i'm selecting place to light and explode
With what we know Of the nature OF the n.y. We
are of opinion that If there were bah-hcaded man
nrc,cnt the ny would land on the bald spot. Inc
~ would OF course. pass away ~ completely ~ IT
re had rrsted on the chimney, but what oi me
unfortunate hald-hcadcd man? Professor Dor
ester Of Boston, in recent able paper estima'''
that there are over 1000, 900 flies in this country
10 each bald-hcadcd man, and onr correspondent
can readily see that if we must sacrifice man who
is bald every time kill fly there will soon he
an embarra. sing lack of the former Another
thinq: we do not believe that any flies can br
dcpcndcd on TO explode in the air. as fly cannot
rub his legs together while on the wing. The
,pectaclc Of a common house-hy wineing his way
across the paror trailing his rear legs and rubbing
his ears with his forward ones would be new to
science.
Thus we sec how our valued correspondents
plan, though beautiful IN theory, falls 10 the
ground utterly when examined in the cold, search
ing light of everyday pacticability. II is one
thing to theorize and another to produce successful
results We fear that our correspondent belongs
10 the same class Of persons those able theorists
who propose carrying Pennsylvania for the Demo
cratic party.