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Show FACTS ADOUT THE DEAD SEA. Thaary Thai Nothing C'aa Sink In II la Wroos. Some long current Illusions concerning concern-ing tho Dead sen nro dispelled by Henry Hen-ry Dexter, who went to seo Its reputed wonders with his own eyes, says Collier's Col-lier's Weekly. In his opinion tho bed of tho sea Is of volcanic formation, "t took n plunge In tho water to test Its quslltles. Tho water Is, I should say, a bituminous salt brlme. I was careful care-ful not to get tho water In my eyes or on my hair. I had been told that nothing noth-ing could sink In tho Dend sea, but found that was untrue, for the reason thst If I did not make an effort to keep on top I would go down, Tho waler la of n character that If any one bad a cutaneous disease It would mako the flesh smart fiercely. It was exceptionally excep-tionally refreshing, however, on account ac-count of the heat. Tho water waa wonderfully won-derfully clear, nnd you could seo down a depth of twenty feet. Tho water wss perhaps a little more buoynnt than ordinary salt water, but It would not hold me up, It was not sticky, but washed off as freely as any salt water. Ono thing I noticed, and ot which I have never been ablo to get an explanation, ex-planation, was a small Island about 100 feet from tho shore. This had on It large square blocks of stone I havo never been able to ascertain whero OiaaavbtMVaijBMn tromaMknaAlhaoTT . that birds cannot fly over tho water Is untrue, sk I saw lot of birds flying; over It." Chicago News, |