Hot Springs Weekly Star

Story of a German Professor.

Prof. Rudolf Virchow, Rector of the University of Berlin, is a small man, with a dry, parchment-like skin, and wears very powerful spectacles. He is much more liked by foreign students than by Germans. He says that Americans and English, who do not soak so systematically, have clearer heads and do much better work than Germans. A friend was once invited to his house to see some rare fishes which he had received a short time before. Virchow's daughter, who is not famous for beauty, was present. When the inspection of the fishes was over, Virchow said: "All these I'll gladly give you if you'll marry my daughter. I've been trying to marry her off these thirteen years, but without success." The clothes that the learned professor wears are sometimes such as no old-clo' man would invest in. On one occasion he began the examination of a student by abruptly asking: "What color is my coat?" The student paused for a moment and then replied: "Apparently, Herr Professor, it was originally black; now it seems to be of a bluish tint" for which reply he was passed.