New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-08
HISTORY or TIE RoPsEFLT.
TIE MOST ANCIENT OF INSECTS. HE is STILL
MYSTERY.
From The Kansas city Star.

From The Kansas City Star.
The humble horseny is one Of the oldest and al;
~ays has 5een one OF the most distinguished OF
nacSg ne was w3rshpped y the aneien's aba
Pns ines sacrificed 10 Beelzebub God Of Flies
an OK every YEAR 70 zeGs Apomyios in honor Of he
God OF Flies. and the Romans sacrificed yearly IN
srans oo o rd " d hs on soG
all he- shall perish except one and that is the
pee fly"
Despite their antiquity, flies still something Of
q mystery, and i; not until 1884 that Or.
T. Rombout, French entomologst. discovered and
advocate the correct theory Of how a house ny
% wa k on ceiling pr Romboqt proved that III"
the molecular action between solid and liquid sun.
thoasancs Of very fine hairs each OF which ter
inmates in bulb Through these hairs runs =
the end when hen Severn hoa.andS OF these drops
have been fastened TO a window pane or ceiling
and no difficulty FOR him to release himself in
simultaneously.
This IS the theory o. Rombout obtained af;c-
some very fine calculations. \ once-popuar idea
was that the fee, OF the iy. being cup,saaped en-
vacuum, where they climbed the sides as easily
the fluid the feet OF the fly sent out WAS viscous,
and held the Insect to me surface Ike muciase;
that the huld not viscous. And II it Were, said
he, II would be absurd to suppose that fy. after
thick liquid time 10 harden could release himself
ins.antaneOusy when alarmed
theory. lie examined the tracks Of nes on a win;
dow pane. and the idea OF capillary force impressed
him. He dipped the end Of hair in oil Of olives.
ard succeeded in suspendng the hair from clean
gas pane Water brought he same result as oil o.
found that = fly could walk upward vertical
gss pare az o sPPoTs an , Oyer aS down
flies with paper tttached 10 their backs. and found
by experiment that his reckoning vas Gorpec! .s
Romoou;. N the course OF his experiments, as
covered other very interesting things about the
ylied WIKI hairs Oh tho under side that serve as
n fine brush 10 clean the fee When a fly ruos
often remoy'rg lie dust particles from the hair in
his feet that the nuid may run better. Inc teet
flrc fIn finds in .rnnosslbic TO wa!k across pane
covered with dust. and oily surfaces cause me
liqud from his fec' 10 run together 80 that ~ Is
Trder TIC wings Of fly Is pair Of oalancer -.
expand anG guide the nigh,. A ny. has no lungs:
.ie omen a.. over hs oody end Connect with an IN.
c. 1'f rom c DIR aus, tu oy network- IF nc amy
hore a ooE omeihinS me e19u bs scsysmsns
Qualities indeed some scientists say that with
ont his assistance man would no, pe so'e 10 I'VE
IN he 'mpera'e zone The ny feeds on .d 1Tth
hing like pump. ard he sips perspiration and
d s ogs he ''Go oduc tFG to ia ids before h.
sU,. onfer and lites argel on the juices Of
th.. Swedr asserted mat three flies Win their
progen, could devour a dead horse as quickly as
ever, -werfv-four hours Each newborn AZ be-
comes fuu grown IN four five days.
Nature has provided well for the ny IN MS
Ito f. supplied With seven thousand separate eyes
tha' never sleep and can look either in front or
behind Each eye IL separate and Of peculiar con,
strfirricu sharod like a hexason. When alarmed
the rs leaps swiftly from his resting place inro
the air deiach:nr his legs with apparent dIth
Guilty After the first bound he is generally out OF
danger and resumes hts leisurey flight II h.
foot IN n second