The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29

70 send hin complimentary copies OF their
books and monographs. until now nearly
every mai bTsrgs him son thing q value
from the uiemoevs q thar large group Ct
workers for IRE advancement q tie
words knowledge. wno are generally deS-
.gnated BY ghe common tile ot scientists
Realizing that re needed more general
eaucat5osl. young kincai6 came % Seattle
70 attend the University o. Washington
lie had very Ettle money His first year
hare was one q trial and some suffering
HIS extreme r1odtsty prevented his lsttins
MS few frfsadS know anything Of his
needs He found s room free OF rent "a
old North Hail. or TIE Old university
grounds, and pF9wlIag around found
cast-axay hedstgad. across which, IN lieu
OF a natsress, he stretched some boards
and or these he slept Charles l. Denny,
of the Young Naturalists' Society, learn
ing OF Klno&5d quiet struggles, persuaded
the young man 10 go 20 his bone, ana
he soon became as one Of the family.
Prof. Charles I{iu, OF the department Of
biology, discovered the young mans worm
and persuaded the board OF regents 10
hire him a. laboratory assistant, and from
fhat moment htncaids future was secure
for he was placed IN a position 10 permit
his beloved science 10 AFFORD him work,
pleasure and 3 livelihood
During the summer Of Isso the 1oans
Natural!sts' Society undertook u dredging
expedition near Port Orchard, duFtns
which il was discovered that kIncaid was
tnf,rouEniy wide awake IA branches or
natural history other than entomology
This expedition Was followed by another
in the summer OF Jssi6. During the inter-
vening winter he had read about the eX-
periments Of scientists 81 Naples, WHO had
found thai EPSON salts acted on sea lie
the same as opium on land life, putting
the animals 10 sleep and then 20 death.
Following up these hints and experiment
ing on his own account with formalln. ne
obtained some remarkable results For
the first time the delicate forms OF jelly
fishes were preserved sea anemones ana
GacumbeTs were preserved with their ten
tacles all expanded, worms we're pre-
served perfectly for subsequent study IN
the laboratory, star fishes were cured In
splendid form without the usual repulsiye
doors. Many other important results
flowed from that summers work
Prof darcy Thompson, the British
commissioner to fnvestg gate with Presi-
deaf David Starr Jordan the lie
and condition of the fur seals. saw
the work Kineaid was doing and
offered him a position similar 10
the one he had here If he would go with
him to the University OF Dundee, Scot
LAND. Some Of the representatives Of
Columbia university, New York, also were
SURPRISED at the G4ltIsAttleE OF h1EltA4A >
work and he was invited there under ia
vorable terms. Prof. Kellogg, of stanford
university, was about TO sail for q vaca-
ton in Europe and kincaid was invited
10 go to Stanford as curator of entcnol-
ogy at an increase Of salary. The board
OF regents of the University Of Washing
ton saw their way clear 70 keep him here
and he again plunged still more deeply into
the mysteries Of the Puget sound fauna
and fora.
This summer he was at work In Olym-
pia collecting insects and plants when he
received an invitation from President Jor-
dan to go with him as voluntary assist
ant TO the Prioiiof islands. in this con-
nection am reminded of another charac-
teristic incident. President Jordan in his
lecture on the fur seal on July Z last
showed among other fine illustrations
field of beautiful flowers. After the lee
ture he jokingIy told Kincald that he
would find on those islands just two
beetles and one butterfly.
Well, We VIII need many specimens Of
those" was the only reply.
In walking from the theater Kincaid re-
marked IN his quiet way That is too
thin. II is impossible for ali those flowers
10 exist without lots OF bugs Thus he
makes Of botany hand-maider for his
favorite entomology.
Many specimens Of plants. birds, ami
mails. fishes and insects have been dis
covered IN washington territory and state
from time to time. but, for lack OF
literature. hardly any OF them have been
described or named by local nsturalists.
They have always been sent away TO ex-
perts, the only credit coming TO the dis
coverer being that usually given to the