New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-03
GERMAN CELEBRITIES.
THE GREAT BERLIN. SCHOLARS.


time, and died in little room which a washer
| woman showed me a year ago IN RegeDsbnrS. A
parliament of princes in session when the lit
! tie churchyard received his remains. Otto Won
| Guericke, the inventor Of the airpump, pursued
| his studies as Councillor and Mayor OF Magaeburg
without announcement or support. LeIbnhtz cried
! IN anguish of SOUL "Ony Germany, my Father
land is foolish enough to leave her great sons uh-
| recognized" But the mere pcdagOgue has been
consigned to the grave. and tho pages recording so
many tales Of woe among the chosen son3 OF itera-
| turo and science have, we hope, boon closed for
| ever.
Iwascomng ont OF the University building somo
| months ago, when an Old man, stopped OF shoulder,
emerged from the nam hail. !alry staggering un'
der three great octave volumes. lis long, thin.
| flowing hair, tho suavcn face and tie silll keeh
! blue eye reminded one of List. turned suddenly
| toward him as tho blqck-Lroadcl1thed figure
swa, ed by me, and erred: Mommsen!" " Momm-
scn!" lie heard IL, but paid no attention to the
ccho nor to tie scores Of students who ran at his
solgcr to GET glance at tho distinguished his.
| torian. MomMsen had beea M Rene all summer
! and returned to the Alma Mater" the
day previous to vacation. Ec enjoys the
Joke OF announcing his intention to road course OF
lectures thas ling the students with historic ex-
pectatilnS. and then running away to some thlcE-
vailed IaIan monastery to gam maze
| rial for his w0rG-Only to appear
| again when tie students are departing for their
several homes. Momnson has shown strong
character in the assiduty with wncl he Gas been
rewriting his history, which was burned IN Ms.
some years ago Many q man had Given up III
despair at the sight of the years Of Labor tins torn
| from Inn IN the twinklIng of an eye; bu MommseD
has viii 6f iron. In contrast to many of his cot
| lcacrcg he IS q dev0ut Semitic apostle, as ne has
often shown i'm the debates of the RcIch-
! stag Bat MS sympathy has not been IN vain. ii
was tho collection so gratefully raised by tho
Jewish friends which enabled him to rec0atinue his
| work when late SO cruelty deprived him of it. lie
must Gnish il soon. Nature * more exac'Ing than
| any master aud the wrinkles and weakness OF
seventy years snow Enthusiastically IN the shattered
! frame and caie"Orn face.
No professor for years has been more loved by ms
! pupils than the tall, broad-shOu9cred Won
lreitschkc. lie has loag kept tine post of court
historian. a reward for the fidelity to the HOhen-
| zollerns shown in all mis- works. No one has de-
| served n more: for none ever devoted more
| Understanding praise TO the ruling house than
| he Americans aGo not partial to hnu; Tor
! he j. no believer IN tho Transatlantic
| Rcpubc. "Ies, they need ebow-room be-
! yond the sea' he burst out in the course of
| recent lecture On "Pohucs."" to cut down forests
| aud fiehr tho rcd man. They have 20 time for art
or science: tncy dream OF the dollar alone"
| LIight young fellow took hlm 10 task for such an
ut.cIauce, receiving public aDol0E} on the iolow-
ing day. 1t pcase3 the trusSlIns Ia be battered,
and me thouaaud students who iii the seats, crowd
! the ai,lcs and Gatacr about lis desk give wont 10
| frantic ae,Iausa when he SPEAKS. Nature has de-
med hi,n the pleasure Of hearing tins. His deaf
ness rcaders lis Articulation very mIistlnct. as h
a., La In uouuluta =
tnei his lungs scll ont IA power till the
great hall nAg4 IN echo which often s0ftcus to the
| pitch of a Vomau's voice; bat OF thus he Is not
conscious. Dcrlcdiy fa,tidIou', he often lectures
wiki glovcl bands 10 tho great amusement OF his
hearers, but all merumelt subsidies after ono look
at The cluJucu. face. Pciutcd. his words have tho
polish Of uaric'5; yet it is harl 10 undef ant ths
ent!uiia.m Tor lrcitschkc. IL ms IN manner be-
60 nc tac fashion to hear him; oIcsrs,
public men aud celebrities crowd has
lcctur,.roon. He Is the representative of the
| German idcal-the pcrSonlhcI Incorporation OF
Prussian egotSm which the French SOFTEN mock at
and dc,ry. Hundreds who come are crowded OK.
and 90 NOT Ecar him-stlil they come.
The me- icll flcui'y has several stars Of the first
magnitude. In mechanically arranged anditou-
urn OF the "uygI1uIc Institute Of which he Is
director. recently heard DR.. Koch, the dlsooveter
of the "comcia 0icilluq. With the general ar oil a
student he has few of the speciHi qualifications OF
| the professor Nature has gifted han with a robins,
voice which he uses rather SpTinsly however lack
ing the pitch which keeps sIerp-lncllued stntcltS
AZ attention. Dr. Koch 10 below medium stature
and il much beat IN hsuro. lie has thin halr, a
full beard aud dccp-sunken eyes, entirely Jbscured
lc,ipd prominent classes He PAGES backward and
forward steadily rs ha speaks knitting his DToWs
~, he nltegs In, slowly flowing words which con-
| e, -, n,l Io III a. ID
dent IN yestgaton. Probably mother I'm OF forty
hascnrched SC ence TO tho same extent; yet from
his looks few would guess it. But few need guess
1t: hs reputation is assured.
From the ccture-room of tins youthful Hippo
crles we step into that Of the NEST notorious Oh th
university professors. Or. SchweUmgcr has beer
dealt lightly with by nature. Few are his gray
hairs. Tower the wrinkles of age. He was few
wears ago II comparatively unknown physician II
Munich. lie invented n cure for obesity wmcl
oossin saws he conveyed > from another man
Young Count Bismarck sought him. was restored
aud rotrrucd 10 sound the doctors praises To hi
father, tic Chancellor. Bismarck, who Is aversc e
talking, replied to the repeated questions of Schwen
niger: But why boIc me thusf veterinary sur
| econ doses his horse with no cOuversat on." Thci
ouicbly replied the physician, go seek horse
doctorp His rough and ready way pleased tin
Prince, and he subjected himself to III
treatment, with what success the wor
knows Gratitude naturally filed III
heart and he proposed n professorship for his doc
tor IL was the first time in the history of the OLE
} university that PhIIis,mc had mcddled with he
affairs and III all the dignity OF custom aud trad
| ton she rose 10 protest. he war was loug an'
| fierce hut useless The iron Chancellor proved IN
fidelity to his doctor aud the unlimited power o
| his name Schweuin GERS university bod, however
has not been one of roses. When making the hrs
visits 10 his colleagues required by precedent, III
lett two cards upon the aristocratc Dubois Kay
| mond one was for his wife. The latter wa
! returned with tho intimatiOn from the HUSBAND
that lie could receive such demon IN his family
circle" A challenge followed, but the duel wa
never fought, history remaining silent concerning
the manner of settlement
Naturally, after tins his lectures were crowded
by the curious but he was OFTEN lnsltoa ny tu'
assembled students He is indifferent to that