Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1898 — Flying Anta at Jerusalem. [ARTICLE]

Flying Anta at Jerusalem.

An extraordinary scene happened at Jerusalem not long ago. From sunrise until nine o’clock a swarm of flying ants settled on the holy city, filling the entire air and blotting out the sun. Visitors to the Holy Sepulchre were obliged to use their handkerchiefs constantly to keep the insects out of their eyes and nostrils. The natives declared that this flight of ants was the precursor of an earthquake, and whether there was any real connection between the two phenomena or not, two slight shocks of earthquake were certainly felt in Jerusalem on theevenlng of the same day.