The Yellowstone journal., 1894-10-15

Ne Fire That Came Out of 1t Was Eiec-
trical-Aaron's Sons Were Eiectrocuted.
Ddison and Tesla. Had They Lived at That
Dsue, Could Not Have Surpassed Aaron.
There is nothing new on the face of
NE earth, and there is 10 doubt that
electricity was well known 10 the Israel
ties and probably to the Phpnicians
The first record of electrical phenomena
II as old as the Ten Commandments
Moses, when he received the stone ia
bles ON which the Ten Commandments
were written the second time, built
box out of tir-not the common cedar or
any other native woods, but firwood,
which had to be imported by Phpnician
merchants from the southern part of
Europe Was this choice accidental on
account of the great value of the resin
Gus wood, or was it the choice of the
hest known nonconductor among tho
great number of various timbers?
Moses had the fir box lined inside and
cntside with beaten gold, which con-
verted the ark of the covenant into a
very expensive but very perfect leyden
jar or storage battery for electricity. As
gold is by so per cent better conductor
of electricity than copper, was the
choice of gold again on account of its
value, or was it an inspiration or reve-
lation, So much is certain-that if Edl-
son or Tesla had lived in those days
they could not have improved on the
choice of material, and the result was a
powerful leyden jar
How wa this leyden jar charged,
was the next problem A fire of mate
yial rich in carbon WIS kept burning on
top of the ark of the covenant, and dur
ing daytime tai column of smoke
guided the 10 trib of Israel through
their wanderings, nd at night tall
hame wasequally well seen by them.
Now carbon is good conductor oi cleo
kicity, and the I rticles of carbon float
ing in the smok would conGuct suffi-
cient electricit, TO highly charge the
lnyden Jar. AT least the current of elec-
1icty would b. amply strong, so that if
q hand were held toward the ark of the
covenant sparks would result. That
this was done by Moses at different
times is a matter of record, and that he
could always depend that his faithful
Levites would obey his instructions to
x,e letter and have the jar always
charged.
After Moses death his brother Aaron
took the matter in hand and greatly i'm
proved the electrical power of the
strange battery. He had the ark of the
covenant placed in the temple and had
it surrounded by poles so els high, or
100 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 yer
complete and powerful electrical con-
section. In country where electrical
storms are - frequent and IA, powerful
as in Palestine at an elevation of coo
rect and a reach of $50 feet of the best
conductor an abundant supply of Frank
Inns electricity would necessarily al
ways be Oh hand.
IL is very likely that Aaron knew
nothing Of amperes. uhms or VOLT
otherwise his two sons never wou.d
have monkeyed with this powerful ap-
paratus, and they would not have been
killed by fire breaking out OF the ark Of
the covenant and killing them without
any wounds or burns appearing ON their
bodies.
Any coroners jury of today, if it
were to sit on an inquest over the body
Il Aaron's sons, would AT once bring a
verdict of death by discharge Of cleo
tricity.
Aaron knew this power, and TO maize
it effective ell he had 10 do to deal death
from his apparatus was 70 remove tbe
costly camel's hair carpets, which are
almost perfect nonconGuctors Of cleo
tricity, and make the culprit stand Oh
terra firma. Death would result instant
~ by fire breaking ont and leave no
wounds or burns to account for his
death. That several members of revolt
ing tribes of Lsraelites were thus elec-
Uocuted is also a matter Of record in
the Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad-
vanced one step further. He found that
copper world do as well as gold. He
had the temple covered with copper, and
copper water pipes led into the cisterns
inside the temple.
On the temple, or rather on its roof,
. number OF gilt spears were placed in
vertical positions, ostensibly to scare OF
tie birds and to keep them from defiling
the temple, but these spears were sew
eeal cords high, or from 16 to "a feet.
Such height would hardly be necessary
lbr scarecrows, but it was ample to load
he roof, water pipes, ETC., with pow
Gful current of electricity.
Franklin, the electric chair in the
state of New York and the discovery of
~ leyden jar itself in Leyden, Ger
many, are all back numbers. History
only repeats itself, whether recorded or
not.-C. B. Warrand in Savannah News.
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