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Show Hif'u,i!l( Tlie Ars01111111 denounces the recent California Hi ft! I)1 earthquakes as mostly frauds, says the daily pa- Ki p pers lied unmercifully, that the brick blocks de- Hg . fj II j j : stroyed were boai'd houses with a veneer of one Hi m n I thickness of brick, which brick naturally fell off Ha M m when the houses were a little shaken, etc. But the Hi f - Argonaut should remember that earthquakes are Rn Ij(iJ nerve-shakers and people have a right to be a lit- Hfi! tie excited when they are around. Old Man Huffa- R Iff f ker in Nevada stated a grave truth the morning Kflyi j after a lively shakeup in Steamboat and Truckee fflilil !' valleys. The morning was still and beautiful and Bf P Mm some of the boys were telling Huffaker how badly BiO II i he was frightened the previous night. "I admit it," Blij.i ill said the old man. "A man who is not afraid of an Uwiilli i earthquake is a d d fool." |