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Show li'J1 vv' ! r The Argonaut denounces the recent California Ml; earthquakes as mostly frauds, says the daily pa- jaj&lf i I Pers ed unmercifully, that the brick blocks de- Mtf If I i I stroyed were boai'd houses with a veneer of one MrajL'flj f thickness of brick, which brick naturally fell off Hi falm when the houses were a little shaken, etc. But the f sill Argonaut should remember that earthquakes are $ If i nerve-shakers and people have a right to be a lit- HER -111' tie excited when they are around. Old Man Huff a- If nr ll ' ker in Nevada stated a grave truth the morning HOi'niri ! after a lively shakoup in Steamboat and Truckee iPf 'i rIj h valleys. The morning was still and beautiful and Irj ji I some of the boys were telling Huffaker how badly Hf'ij $,i i e was frightened the previous night. "I admit it," Ifi. HhIIi' !. said the old man. "A man who is not afraid of an lM; earthquake is a d d fool." |