Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-01-26
RlCuESr CLUR IN EXISTENCE.
Exclusive Diamond club That Flour
Shes IN London,

The richest and most exclusive club
in the world Is the Diamond Club OF
London, Ii is also one of the most
curious. Nhc members are the great
diamond merchants OF louaon,
The qualifications tor membership
are not those which And favor IN the
swell West END clubs OF London
Birth counts For nnthinE and dress
for less In fact, were one OF the
members OF the Diamond Club seen
disrorttng himself In the raimcnt AT.
fccted by the young hloods OF May
fair ii is safe to say that his fellow
members would regard him with the
greatest suspicion.
Every candidate for admission Is
examined by committee ON admis-
sions, which inquiries infinitely into
his past, and no man has ever been
admitted whose career or reputation
has been smirched In the smallest de-
gree. For this reason the members
have the utmost confidence IN each
other and all are friends.
AS few members have Offices, tho
club Is not only place of refresh
deemed himself unworthy to WOO
where his erraut love had flown.
Tyson was literally born In the
bush and worked as a farmland, do
ing wonderful fcats with his gigantic
strength, He saved his money and
went TO hill station to herd bullocks
In constant danger OF hls life from
black fellows. He was @1mly deter
mined to succeed
After some years OF toll he "set
up" for himself on the Blllybong
River with his savings. Drought killed
his herd and drove him to despera-
tion. and he had To give Up the OK
pertinent and 80 to cattle keeping ION
thirds" for others, II system which
gives all the risk and most OF the pro
ut To the capitalist
Even this required some capital
however. and to secure the money he
needed Tyson set ont to cross 200
miles Of Wild scrub to get cb which
Sir John Hay owed him He had one
shilling and food for three days This
was his fortune
Then the food failed, but Tyson
was not one of those who I'm the
faith of little children, laid down and
died" Feeding his great hunger
upon grass and roots he forced him
Sc, along, In the wastes he habblod
Of green fields. lie grew light headed
sang hoarsely. played strange FRANKS
all by himself AT last, as much by
ment but OF busiGess as we'll gen
tlemAn attircd IN clothes perhaps not
worth sovereign, but worth hls
4 100 0N0 for all that. IL discussing
his dinner There enters to him an
other shabby Eenteo gentleman. who
whispers something len his eur, where
upon the diner hands the newcomer
a paper bag, which, on being emptied
on u table near the window Mt the
other end Of the room. proves to con
tain damcuds Of exceeding size and
.u&frr
That the committee IL able To delyo
into mans past IL shown by the
utter unconcorn of the owner His
diamonds are being passed around the
room. Nothing would be easier than
for some one to secrete n stone worth
perhaps $4,000. yet the diner pro
ceeds with his dinner as II he werc
the least interested party In the
room, for he knows that his gems are
safe.
he club meets daily NJ the lunch
cen hour IN the dingy little cafe Ia
liaItCn Garden. occupying n private
rom. The expenses are 40 slight that
the members, TO get rid OF their pro
fits. expend them on the cuisine
Diamond dealers may not care about
dress. but they know what a good din
ncr should be like Taken altogether,
the | O'Clock repast Of the Diamond
Club may be pronounced on IN"
score OF quality to be the finest In ID,
world for the money.
All disputes are settled by com
mittee. A board OF arbitration" f.
formed, which hears the evidence and
gives the verdict which the loser