The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-22

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the port she was thought to be a
craft and the tug fully |
armed was sent alter her. Seal
hunting is quite an industry.
For the peril involved and the
RISK assumed the profits arc not
really great though the returns |
seem large ltIs not generally |
known that seal skin docs not |
become a perfected article OF !
commerce until it has been treat |
ed in London. They are pre-
pared nowhere else and the price
IS fixed at the British capital.
rhc raw skins are shipped across
the United States in barre and
are generally carried on fast
special trains. The writer re-
members the wreck OF one Of
hcsc trans a lew years ago and
the CONSERVATION OF the plund-
erers OF the occasion when they
learned that the skins in the state
Of transit were not worth steal
ing. otter hunting is ever more
risky and profitable thai seal
getting An otter skin is worth
up to $500 to $1,000, while a
seals hide will rarely fetch over
SIS. 1t takes an average OF over
fifty bullets to gain an otter and
they live in the toughest waters
in the world. The incident OF
. the Jane Gray's appearance in
these waters is an example OF the
/ facility with which mistakes can
I be made and the necessity for
thought The erratlc course Of
/ the big profit industries shows
/ why investments that are GER
tain, though giving small returns
are SO eagerly sought alter.
Having become !avorablv i'm
press ed with the merits OF the
Monarch Bicycle we have a de
sire o place it before the people
OF Honolulu.
This machine in ugh one OF
/ the leading wheels in the States
I is not very well known here, but
/ two beng in use. To make you
acquainted with it our column
will be devoted this week to a
description OF the Monarch
Bicycle.
Among high Grade wheels
the Monarch is in the front
rank.
1t is made OF the most cXpen-
Sive and best material. 1t Is
made with the greatest care
and attention to details, BY the
most competent and eXperienc
ed mechanics. In quoting from
the latest catalogue, the manu-
laCturcrs say:
"ln making the Monarch, no
pains, no expense, no time or
trouble has been spared to put
it ahead and keep it ahead OF all
other wheels in the word; to
make the designs the most
graceful and handsome the
most up 10 date in every partl
cular; to make 1t a marvel OF
beauty, strength and swlltness.
The frame IS the most import.
ant part OF the bicycle. In nd
ing the greatest strain falls on
the trame--tO withstand the
strain the frame must be exceed
ingly strong and rlged.
The Monarch frame is made
of the best quality of splralIy
drawn Mannesmann steel tubing
Each frame Is put together with
a jig, which mechanically turns
it, thus making 1t perfectly
accurate.
Brazing IS very important
operation and has to be done
very dellcatcly by expert work
men. he braZlng on the Mon
arch frames Is a special process
carried out with the greatest
, care and attention to detail; and
50 successful is this process, that
in al. the years the Monarch has
been in use there has He9er yet
been a breakage on any wheel
at a brazlng, IRE" any cause,
The Monarch ball bearings
are somewhat different iron
other makes, the cones are made
with a Hat instead OF a concaVt
surface, and as there is less sur
face Tor the balls to run on there
mu t be less friction, making the
wheel move easier.
Every chain IS made OF the
hardest and hnest steel and test
ed thoroughly before put II
position.
The Monarch BlcyIe IS ilttec
with either wood or steel RIM al
the option OF the purchaser y
Test of the American wood rim
has led to the opinion among