News comes from Algiers of an extraordinary phenomenon which recently took place in the suburbs of Bougie, reports the Detroit News-Tribune. Soon after a cyclone passed over the town thousands of huge rats fell in a shower to the ground, to the horror of the Kabyles, who at sight of them fled in all directions, since they were convinced that the animals had come down from heaven. Many of the rats in falling became impaled on the large pointed stakes which act as palisades in various parts of the town, but the majority reached the ground uninjured and lost no time in scurrying to the open country.

From— Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.), 05 Feb. 1903. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.