Show THE DEAD SEA Some longcurrent Illusions concernIng concern-Ing the Dead sea are dlnpHled by Henry Hen-ry Dexter of the American News company com-pany who went to 5O Its reputed wonders won-ders with his own eyes In his opinion the bed of time sea Ib of volcanic formation forma-tion I took a plunge In thewater to test Its qualities The water is 1 should say a bituminous sail brine T was careful not to cet tin water in my eyes or mi my half I had been told that nothing could sink In the Dead sea but I found that was untrue for the roason that if I did not make an effort to keep on top 1 oiild go down The water Is of a character that If anyone any-one had a culancous disease It would make the ilfsh smart fiercely it was exceptionally refreshing however on account of the heat LIme waler was wonderfully clear and you could uee lOWfl to a depth of twenty feet The water was perhaps a little more buoyant buoy-ant than ordinary salt water but It would not hold me up It was not sticky but washed off as freely as any salt water One thing I noticed and of which I have never been able to got an explanation was a small Island about 600 feel from the shore This had on it large square blocks of stone t have never been able to ascertain where these blocks came from The theory that birds cannot fly over the water Is untrue as i r saw hotti of birds Hying over ttCoiiiers Weekly |