The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-01-13

N'toHNI ui'I Stlhiitlc DllI, not lllcOn. :.
sistcnt with the Reagan bill, should be
passed providing Il National Board of
ltnilroad commissioners, to SEQ that
all laws of the United States relating
to rnilroads arc dG y executed, and
generally to supervise the operation Of
Interstate railroads.
HLO.iTED R0NDIIOLDERS.
Interesting Bonlta In tho TrcnHnry Depart
mcnt. What They Reveal.
In the Treasury Department, trlc-
graphs Rctliicld ut great expense, there
is All interesting set of books printed
and bonmd. and each about the size of
Wcbslcr's Dictionary. But they are
not open to public inspection. These
books contain the name amt residence
of every holder in registered four per
cent. bonds in the United States. The
amounts range from $50, which is the
smallest. up 10 SOL 900 900, which is
the largest sum owned by one person.
This latter Su.n is owned by ". II.
Nandrrbilt, and uponit he draws $5lO,-
600 IN interest every ninety days. \
check Tor that amount is mailed TO
him quarterly. Al the same time the
owner Of Il fifty dollar bond receives
nifty cents. These bonds arc very
popular, and although the original
holders Of them paid bat par on II lit
tie share, since which time the bonds
have advanced to about thirteen per
cent. premium, yet the books Of the
company show but comparatively few
transfers. The premium is not suln-
rirnt temptation to cause the average
holder to part with his securities. For
instance. the bonds owned by Van
dcrhilt are now worth $jS,00O 900,
but he holds on to them al the same.
W. II. Vanderbilt individually owns
more registered United States bonds
han are owned in all the nineteen
Western States ana Territories. These
States and Territories have popu.a-
tion OF over 2o,0oo,000,' yet there is
held among them but $4,000, 900 of
Registered bonds, or less than Mr..
Vanderbilt owns. In the fourteen
Southern States $12 2,0o0, 900 are own
cd, or about onc-tourth the amount
held by Il single citizen in New York.
y prominent treasury official, in
speaking Of the inequalities Of fortune
as illustrated 10y these figures, said
that hc thought ii would eventually
cause uiscontcnt. y man with the
enormous wealth now possessed hv
Mr.. Vanderbilt could add to it very
rapidly; in fact, il will double itself
in twenty years If put into iour-ccnt.
bonds and let alone save to Nul the
annual interest. With the present
"starl" which Mr.. Vanderbilt has in
bonds and dividcnd-payiu" stocks, il
will bc nn easy matter for him to be
worth at least 800, 100000 should he
live twenty years hence. 1t is said
that he is worth more than half of this
sun now.
Outside Of the Vanderbilt family
there is no single individual who owns
over $i,ouo.Ouo Of registered bonds.
Those who own $l,UU0.uOO are not
numerous. Quite n number. several
| hundred in fact, in different portions
OF the country, have over $780, 900.
This is regarded us nice plum, and
the man who has tuwgcd n long time
! to get the round $luO.GOO can well
afford to take rest. and draw 81. 200
IN interest every ninety days. He
/ enjoys il almost MS much rs the ma,,
WHO, 10y daily labor and application
earns an equal income.
THE MtN WHO FASClNArE WOMEN,
"A curious study Is the consideration
OF the Kind Of men who taScinatc wo.
men. | have known n man. a fellow
with the head aud hair OF n tramp ant
the dress of n doctor with y lean prac.
ticc,a person who wriwglcd like q
snake when he walked, and had ;
clmmv hau-~yrt this person was {
perfect w"man-killcr. One girl wa.
bctrothCd to him for three years. anl
then he Tilted her coldly for q new
flame. The new love affair cndct
with tragedy, for when in turn II,
shook the new love of. the restless
grict-Strirkcn girl ended he trouble:
forever in nci@hhoring river. Their,
were other women who loved the trl
low almost as desperately, although
they conSolcd themselves more easily
What they could ever sec in the ma,
to fall in love with pasScth under
standing. There was another mrca
lady-killcr, too, who seemed to mel
womcn'S hearts as u hot roll melt
butter. lie promised to be one of tn,
great men of the country. and womc,
bowed down and worSltippcd his sup
posed intellectual powers. Thcr,
were five romantic school girls in low,
with at once. If rcmcmbcr. Friends
relations and enemies alike prophcsic,
a future of extraordinary brillianc,
for him, and he could have his "pici
and steal" of all the Young ladies i,
the country. Wen, the man who wa
to stand upon the tormos, pinnacle 0
intellectual greatness is now a school
master. and Il sccond-ratc one at that
with an insignificant wife, who is tn,
mcrcst stick-in,thc-mud. Probably h,