Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-08

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tsr1ecine strife between tie txo. snd
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frum ~ io.1ss. wh<re Esx. DoE being :
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thsy h2.i an open rrp<urs almost. sfter
sbsch Chang rnlisfsd N The Confeder.hs
army 2sd Eng ia the norshsrn army.
L-atef. however. both deserted. notieiag
how awkward Is would be Ia case cue
shoald sndienly declds % dis fer Inother.
hous and coantry. While ths oSher IA
vorsd lonsesaty.
Ihs sane man told ne that when
Macy bGnksr wss born h<r father In
slsssd that hsr uncls Chang should run
tor tha dactoF.
Enx and Chang mean, Ia the Sialness
tongue. ~ith which | ana perfectly "a
miliax. '.righf and left They were
born a hansss<n. Siam. April Is. 1871.
almost simultaneously.
They had Chinese father. and their
mother wIs one-half Chinese. the other
half bring Slsmess.
In puttinx On their dress suits they lrfs
cut the lower stud of the shirt in order
% give room for the strange coffee col
ortd coupler which joined the TWO at the
bass of the sl-Fnum-
The <fsrnnfn l. the breast bone.
These two twins were brought % the
United STATES ~ the axe OF Is and were
ON exhibition mp ~ the time they SCI
tied down ss Mount Airy.
They appeared jointly.
Those who sav them say that Chang
and Eng did much BY their public APP
p<2rances % elevate and rrdne those who
saw them
snll ch4ne WAS intempsrate. accord
ing 10 DIR. .lscobi. ard many time Eng.
who MAS quiet and sober. had 10 90 on
10 Chsng's place as an unacrstudy.
Eng was Baptist. and en- the day be
united with the church and was I'M
usersed chang insisted OF accompanying
him in beastly state Of intoxication.
These were the best known twins in
history. living 20 the age Of "a. or nearly
40 The Two Headed Nightingale Is yet
living At the age Of ~. but Is still single
---that i. unmarried | do not know
how would propose 20 the Two Headed
Nightingale. | might be acceptable 10
cue OF her reasoning faculties. while the
other might be more sensitive 10 hcrri-
ble sights and refuse.
Chang had some literary ambition.
while Eng did not. Chang's love for
rum was pretty good sign that he WAS
genirs. Night after night he would
pol Eng out Of bed while sound asleep
and jsrk him around in the dark. jotting
down memoranda Of thoughts he had
during the night Chang had invented
what he called the authors friend IL
consisted of an illuminated wall NJ one
end of tho room made Of n mixture
which lighted il up 80 that he could pre-
serve thought which had made its APP
pearance daring the night
He also invented the Edinburgh joke
gimlet and used il successfully while IN
Scotland.
They were more irritated against each
other after the war than before. for
Chang lost his niger and bitterly re-
preached Eng for being at the bs<tom
OF IL. On top Of all this. Eng tried to
reconstruct Chang.
Cnang marr1ea some time before the
idea occurred 10 Eng. and though he en-
tered fully into the spirit which prompt
ed Chang To wed he often felt i'll az ease
and out Of place sitting mp late of nights
during the counting and taking cold
looking at the moon and pretending to
b asleeD
one evening IN the winter OF 1885
Chang went TO bel feeling indisposed,
and Eng. who was of sociabie turn OF
mind. joined Kim After conversing for
some tine about their prospects. and
finally getting somewhat acrimonious
regarding their management. they at last
compromised. agreeing that Chang
should 20 under one management and