Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-09-25
SECRET OF THE ARK.
IT WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A LEYDEN JAR.

The Tiro That Came Ont Of II Was Eioo-
tricai-Aaron's Sens Were IsIsotroouted.
Edison and resis, HAD They Lived at That
Time. Could Not Have Surpassed Aaron.
There is nothing now on the faco Of
the earth, and thero Is no doubt that
electricity was well known to the Israel.
tics and probably to tho phWniciana
The FIRST record Of electrical phenomena
Is as old as the Ten Commandments
Moses, when no received tho stone Ia
blcs on which the Ten Commandments
were written the second time, built q
box out Of flr-not the common cedar or
any other native woods, but firwood,
which had TO be imported by PhUnioinn
merchants from the southern part Of
Europe. Was this choice accidental on
account Of the great value Of the resin
Gus wood, OF was IL the choice Of tho
best known nonconductor among the
great number Of various timbors9
Noses had tho fr box lined inside and
outside with beaten gold, which con-
verted tho ark Of tho covenant intq
very expensive but very perfect leySen
jar or storage battery Tor electricity. As
gold is by 90 per cent a better conductor
Of electricity than "copper" was tho
choice Of gold again on account of its
valuo, OF was It an inspiration or revo-
lation? So much is scortain-thatif Edi-
son or Tesla had lived in those days
they could not have improved on the
choice Of material, and tho result was
powerful leyden jar.
How was this leydcn jar charged,
was the next problem. A Ere OF mate
rial rich in carbon was kept burning on
top Of the ark Of the covenant, and dur
ing daytime tall column of smoke
guided the l9 tribes Of Israel through
their wandoringa, and at night a tall
fame was equally we'll seen by them.
Now carbon is agood conductor OF cleo
tricity, and tho PARTICLES of carbon float
ing in the smoke would conduct suffi-
cient electricity to highly charge tho
leydon jar. AT least the current Of eloc-
trioty would be amply strong, SO that il
q hand were held toward the ark Of the
covenant sparks would result. That
this was done by Moses at different
times is q matter Of record, and that he
could always depend that his faithful
Levitas would obey his instructions to
the letter and have the jar always
charged
After Moses' death his brother Aaron
took the matter in hand and greatly inn
proved tho electrical power Of tho
strange battery. He had the ark Of tho
covenant placed In the temple and had
it surrounded by poles 90 ellis high, or
$50 feet. These poles were covered with
beaten gold. and gold chains were hung
from poles to the ark Of the covenant,
which made a very expensive but very
comploto AID powerful electrical cen
nection. In country where electrical
storms are as frequent and as powerful
in Palestine at an elevation Of 600
feot and O reach of $50 feet Of tho best
conductor an abundant supply Of Frank
Inns electricity would necessarily al.
ways be on hand.
1t is very likely that Aaron knew
nothing Of ampcros, olims on volts;
otherwise his two sons never would
have monkeyed with this powerful ap-
paratus, and thoy would not have been
killed by fre breaking out Of the nrA Of
the covenant and killing them without
any wounds or burns appearing on their
bodies
ANY coronor's jury Of today, II 10
were 70 sis on an inquest over the body
Of Aaron's sons, would at once bring o
verdict Of death by discharge Of cleo
ricity.
Aaron know this power, and to mako
il effective all he had to do to deal death
from his apparatus WAS to remove the
costly camel's hair carpets, which are
almost perfect nonconduotors Of cleo
tricity, and make the culprit staud on
terra frma Death would result instant
" by fire breaking out aud loayo 10
wounds on burns to account for bis
death. That several members Of revolt
ing tribes OF Israelites were thus elec-
troouted is also matter Of record in
the Bible
Solomon in building his tolnplo adj
vanced one step further He found that
copper would do as well as gold Ho
had the temple covered with copper, aud
copper water pipes led into the cisterna
inside the temple.
On tho temple OF rather on its roof,
o number OF gilt spears were placed IN
vertical positions, ostensiMy to scare OH
the birds ana 70 keep them from dehling
the temple, but these spears were sew.
eral cords high, or from 10 TO "a feet
such a height would hardly be necessary
for scareorows. but it was ample 60 10 q
the roof. water pipes, etc, with pow-
erful current Of electricity.
franklin. tho electric chair in tho
state Of New York and the discovery ol
tho leyden jar itself in Leyden, Ger
many, are all back numbers History
only repeats itself, whether recorded or
not-C. b. Warranl Ia Savannah News.