Year: 1874

slaves and otherwise seriously impaired their
wealth. To repair their losses they again ex:
hbited themselves through the country, and
at Woods Museum in this city; but they
were only moderately successful, owing par
TALLY to rapacity which prevented mana
gers from having anything to do with them
4 greater curiosity in their line had sprung
up, too, in the two-headed girl-two negro
children from North Carolina-who are join
ed at the hips, and who are on exhibition in
Paris. Chang and Eng had grown uglicr, the
latter especially being wrinkled, thin and
bent. Their tempers were soured, and they
quarelled with each other constantly. They
had gained greatly in intelligence, however
and we're more sensible to the gaze OF tine
crowd. At the Revere House, where they
boarded, they received a few visitors, to whom
they complained of the necessity which had
driven them back into show life. They also
retained strong secession proclivities During
their absence their wives managed the plan
tations. Those of the children who were moi
deaf mutes were sent to school, and are no"
we'll educated. Before their last exhibition
here the twins had been again in Europe


A CERTAINTY OF UNION IN DEATH.


The cause of their moroseness as they grew
older is believed 10 have been the probability
of the fatal effect of ones death upon the
other. The idea of separating them by sur
gical operation had been often broached, but
physicians had generally agreed that it woulo
kill them. Therefore each was haunted with
a dread of being left bound to his dead broth
err, with almost a certainty OF dying under
any attempt to sever him from the corpse
While in Paris and London, they consulted
the most eminent surgeons One experiment
however, dashed all hope of separate exis
tence. The ligature was compressed until al
circulation of blood between them was stopped
Eng soon tainted, and a removal of the com
press was necessary to prevent death. Ihls
proved that neither could sustain a separate
circulation of the blood, and to have cut the
ligature would have killed both With thi:
knowledge, they returned to their homes and
lived as they had done before. Later the
health of Eng grew worse, and Chang was
frequently obliged, although we'll himself, tc
keep to his bed with his sick brother. But
about year ago Chang suffered paralytie
stroke, from which time his health was the
worse of the two He took to drink as re-
lief from suffering, and the lives of the two
twins grew wretched, indeed


The details of their death are meagre
Chang died first, ard few moments afterward
Eng, who had for few days been well, be.
came delirious and raved wildly. This may
have resulted from the mental shock and ap'
prehension as to his own fate; but more like
iy it was the result of cessation Of blood
circulation between him and his brother. A
stupor followed, and he died in two hours
afterward.


POST MORTEM PROHIBITED By THE FAMILY


Later advices from Mount Airy, North Car.
olina, the home of the late Siamcse twins
state that it was about six o'clock in the NOR
ming, on Saturday, when one of the sons Of
the twins, who slept upstairs, heard cry or
call of alarm. The boy at once repaired to
the sleeping room of the twins, where he found
Eng in a very perturbed and excited condi
ton, the cause being the death of his brother
Chang. After this, and as soon as the death
became generally known among the members
of the family, Eng grew worse uuntil dissolu
ton followed, his only remark being, II sup
pose must die too." In exactly two hours
his fears proved only too correct, and he de-
parted this life 1t is not known whether
the funeral has yet taken place, but the sup
position is that it has not. One report says
that it was to have taken place on Monday
but this is not regarded as authentic. 1t is
stated that the family physician and other
medical men who were present soon after the
demise Of the brothers desired to dissever the
ligature or membrane that so efectually united
them while living, for the purpose of ascer'
tanning if the death of Eng had been pro
duced by some vital artery passing through It,
but to this the family strongly objected. II
is also reported there is a provision in the
Wills of the deceased twins against such an
operation Notwithstanding this, however, il
is hoped that in the interest of surgical science
and for the benefit of the human race, a post.
mortem examination will be held with view
to solve the problem so long mystery, which
is, had the ligature been operated upon during
life to separate the brothers, would that ope'
ration have been followed by fatal results
In their several tours through Europe the
twins were examined by all the leading sur
geons at each capital, none Of whom ever at,
tempted to perform an operation upon this
singular connection. A newspaper correspon'
dent has started from Greensboro, N. c., for
Mount Airy, accompanied by distinguished
surgeon, for the purpose of throwing some
light upon this subject, and thus make val
liable contribution to medical science. 1t is
believed that sufficient influence can be
broughtto bear upon the relatives of the dead
twins to permit such an investigation.


WHAT THE BODIES ARE WORTH.


The letter of the correspondent above allu-
dcd to has been published since the foregoing
was written, and from the letter we CLEAN the
following additional paragraphs:


Proceeding to push my enquiries, I picked
up various pieces of information which led
me to suspect that there is the groundwork OF
quite large speculation from out the dead
twins, already cut and dried. The living
twins were quite source of profit to several
of the prominent men at Mount Airy, and
why not now turn the dead bodies to some &C.
count in the shape of greenbacks ? Thus it
was that on Saturday, the day on which the
twins died, consultation was held by these
gentlemen, who had been connected in va
riors capacities with the families of the de-
ceased, at which it was decided that it would
be unwise, injudcious and impolitic to bury
the twins at present, for various and sundry
considerations. This much, and more, per-
haps, agreed upon, the wives of the twins
were taken into the conference, and they were
soon won over to the plausible and prospect
lively profitable proposition Of the Mount Airy
friends of the family.


NO FUNERAL.


On the following day, Sunday, a large