The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-11-30
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NoVcmbcy sS. 1895.

md an equal number for girls.
These wheels are from Demo
est factory and are little beau
les: are fitted with brakes and
coasters and are perfect in
very detail. We intend to
sell every one of these wheels
before Christmas and the heads
Of households are cordially in
vited to call and make an in
spection. We will not give |
them away, because we are not
in business for our health only;
but we can say in an honest
manner that no fair offer will
be refused. Any sensible boy
or girl will prefer a handsome,
well-made and at the same
time, nota costly wheel to any
present you may mention. A
new saw says healthy outdoor
exercise creates a love for the
beautiful in Nature; a love for
the beautiful developes lovable
men and women; lovable men
and women make happy homes;
happy homes create a wealthy
nation.
For adults we have a mum
Der of Monarch and Tribune
wheels; none are better made.
Terrill, the cyclist, says that
Tribune wheels are all the go
in the Eastern States. We
sell these wheels at honest
prices and warrant them to
give satisfaction. The opinion
has been expressed by many
that a high-grade bicycle can
be manufactured and profitably
marketed for forty dollars.
This talks the veriest nonsense.
Bicycles can be built for that
sum, and marketed as well, but
surely the intelligent purchaser
can not reasonably expect to
obtain a thoroughly high-grade
mount for a great deal less
than the price now asked. The
high-grade bicycle of today is
tested in much the same man
ner as the famous Kew Obser-
vatory in England tests
watches. A watch bearing the
"Kew A certificate" can not be
purchased under seven hun
bred and fifty dollars. The
ordinary watch of commerce
can be had for fifty dollars. So
it is with bicycles. The max
er's guarantee carries with it
a bona fde offer to replace de-
fective parts. Defects and
shortcomings are ascertained
only after the most severe
tests. The employment Of
skillful artisans and the costli-
est machinery is utilized tc
remedy them. A high-grado
bicycle leaves the factory with
the makers guarantee. Boil
the Monarch and Tribune are
guaranteed. A bicycle may be
built to look all right as far as
outside appearances go, for 6
comparatively small cost. II
is difficult to judge from ap.
pearances whether a frame has
one coat of enamel or four, OF
whether the plated parts have
been run in nickel fifteen min.
utes or three hours. Also in
the mechanical work, it is not
easy to tell when looking at 9
finished bicycle whether the
cones and bearing parts are
drilled, tapped and formed ii
one operation and used in the
shape they come from the first
screw machine, or whether
they are formed over size anc
then finished to gauge oil
hardened arbors, at severa
times the cost. The latte
method means fine, accurat,
and easy running bearings tina
can be perfectly adjusted, while
the parts finished in one opera
ton are always more or les
eccentric, making it impossible
to adjust the bearing so tina
it will not be tight in one posi-
ton and loose in another
There is probably no piece o
machinery, except, perhaps,
watch, where outside appear
ances can cover as vast {
difference in quality as in t
bicycle. The Tribunes arr
high priced wheels, and thu
dealer may recommend to
rider machines on which HI
can make a larger profit, bu
the purchaser of a Tribun
, may feel assured that he ha
? got the finest bicycle, in boil
design, quality and finish, tina
good machinery and experience
: can produce.
We have quite an assert
, ment of goods on hand suitabl
for presents; our regular holi
days stock will arrive on tn
next steamer that arrives fror
San Francisco. We will hav
any quantity of new goods t
select from.