Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-12-08
A UNI roof PAGAN.
The Biggest ChinamRn in The
World Arrived al New York.

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World Arrived at New York.
New York SUM-
Chang has arrived. For years vagu,
rumors have been circulated to thu
effect that Europe had a giant tina.
the Tritons themselves might envy
If an American, Australian, or Cana,
dian giant was produced some scofinl
foreigner was always ready with Gal
him a giant? You just ought to Sc,
Chang. Chang can swing his arm
over this fellows head and not touch
him"
Yesterday when the City Of Berlin
reached her wharf the cabmen fel.
back in dismay at the apparition
which doomed up and picked his way
carefully down the gang plank. This
was Chang. He walked up to a coach
with majestic tread and, resting his
hand lightly on the seat which was
above an ordinary mans head, looked
down upon the driver and, smiling,
said in perfect English:
Can you drive my secretary and
myself to the Spanish hotel at %
Great Jones street,"
"Can-can you get in the carriage?n
stammered the hackman.
"Oh, yes, easily" and the giant
crouched down until his knees nearly
reached the ground, and half slid,
half crammed himself into the We
hicle.
A Sun reporter called at the Span
ish hotel in the afternoon and saw
sitting on an improvised seat of two
chairs with heavy boards laid across,
a presence which seemed to fill the
whole room. Chang is unquestiona
bly, the largest man in the world. He
is gigantic. As he sat there smiling
and nodding, his thoroughly Chinese
face looked fully as broad as an ordi-
nary mans shoulders, and as long. il
not longer, than a -four barrel. His
cheek bones bulge out, and are as
large as a full-sized orange. He is g
years old, is the son ola wealthy silk
and tea merchant in Pekin, where he
was born, is well educated, speaks.
reads, and writes English, German.
French, Italian, and Spanish, and is
thoroughly courteous and gentleman
". With Chang is his secretary" a
busting, busy, earnest little French
man named Neaud, who looks upon
the giant with admiration and de-
light.
What kind of a trip didyou maker
asked the reporter.
Extremely rough. The majority
of the passengers we're quite ill
"0h, but Monsieur Chang was not
one little bit sick. OH no, no, no.
interrupted the little secretary. 1--WE
had to have two stateroomB made into
one. and a berth eleven feet long built
/ expressly for him. He wasn't seasick
a bit. ie sang a Chinese song for the
passengers in a concert on tbs steamer
last Mondly with immense success.
Oh, he's q great fellowl'
What is your exact height, Change
II have never been measured, mon
sieur. With our people it is a super
stitiOn which takes the form of a reli-
gious creed, that no man must be
measured until dead. l would rather
die than allow myself to be measured
In fact, if | were measured | would
die at onee, ! fear, ] am, however,
somewhere in the neighbarhood o.
nine feet. | will stand up and you
can stand beside me and judge for
yourself.
Chang rose, and, rising, it seemed
though he would never stop. The
Sun reporter stands six feet three
inches in height. He, at Chang's sug
gestion, put on a high silk hat and
walked under the giants outstretched
arm, near the shoulder, without COM
ing in two inches ofhis sleeve. Then
fixing the height of his head about
half way between the giants waist and
neck, the reporter checked off three
feet at a guess and found that the
crown Of the Chinamsn's head was
surely nine feet from the floor. His
hands and feet are comparatively
small and very well formed. He has
exhibited before all the crowned
heads OF Europe and Australia, and
has been the pet of several sovereigns
He years a solitaire diamond ring.
given him by the Emperor of Russia,
which is valued at $l400. Attached to
his chain is a gold medal given him By
the Berlin exhibition, which asserts
that he is the largest man Of recent
times. He also has half a dozen i'm.
mense diamond rings given him by
rajahs in India, mayors in Australia.
and p~Oteniates from all parts Of the
globe. While talking TO the reporter.
he suddenly diYed into his vest pock-
ct, which was large enough to hold an
ordinary mans head. and brought
forth a ring with the seal and mono.
gram Of Francis Joseph, Inscribed to
Chang" He also has a watch, given
him by Queen Victoria, which weighs
two pounds aud a half, and has a
chain nine feet long, which nearly
reaches around his neck and down to
his vest pocket.
Chang was brought over by Bar
mum, Bailey 4 Hutchinson, the new
Barnum firm, who give him $500 a.
week for a year.