Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-12-28
SECRET OF THE ARK.
1T WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED
JUST LIKE A LEYDEN JAR.
The Fire That Came Out OF II Vas
Electrical - AarOn.S Sons Were
ElectrOcuted-EdisO and Tesla,
Had They Lived at That Time,
Could Not Have Surpassed Aaron.
{. B. Warrand in savannah News.

monuments. 4hoscs, Wnch Hc re-
ceived the stone tables on which the
Ten Commandments were written the
second time, built a box out of fir
not the common cedar or any other
native woods, but tirwood, which had
to be imported by Phenician mer-
chants from she southern part ~
Europe. Was this choice accidental
on account of the great value of the
resinous wood, or was it the choice Of
the best known nOnconductor among
the great number OF various timbers?
Moses had the fir box lined inside
and outside with beaten gold, which
converted the ark of the covenant
into very expensive but very perfect
leyden jar, or storage battery for cleo
tricity. As gold is by so per cent. a
better conductor of electricity than
copper, was the choice OF gold again
on account of its value, or was it an
inspiration or revelation? So much is
certain-that if Edison or Tesla had
lived in those days they could not
have improved on the choice of mate
rial, and the result was a powerful
leyden jar.
How was this leyden jar charged,
was the next problem. A fire of ma
terial rich in carbon was kept burning
on top of the ark OF the covenant, and
during daytime tall column of smoke
guided the II tribes of Israel through
their wanderings, and at night a tall
flame was equally we'll seen by them.
Now carbon is good conductor of
electricity, and the particles of carbon
floating in the smoke would conduct
sufficient electricity to highly charge
the leyden jar. At least the current
OF electricity would be amply strong,
so that If hand were held toward the
ark OF the covenant, sparks would re-
suit. 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 in
structions to the letter and have the
jar always charged.
After Moses death his brother Aaron
took the matter in hand and greatly
improved 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 ellis
high, or $50 feet. These poles were
covered with beaten gold, and gold
chains were hung from the poles to the
ark of the covenant, which made
very expensive but very complete and
powerful electrical connection. In
country where electrical storms ar, as
frequent and as powerful as in Pales-
estine at an elevation of GOO feet and
q reach of $50 feet Of the best conduc-
tor an abundant supply OF Franklin's
electricity would necessarily always
be on hand.
1t is very likely that Aaron knew
of amperes. ohms or volts;
otherwise his two sons never would
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 appear.
ing on their bodies.
Any coroner's jury of today, if it
were to sit on an inquest over the
body of Aaron's sons, would at once
bring verdict OF death by discharge
OF electricity.
Aaron knew this power. and to
make it 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 nonconduc-
tors of electricity, and make the cul-
prit stand on terra firma. Death
would result instantly by fire break
ing out and leave no wounds or burns
to account for his death. That several
members OF revolving tribes of Israel
ties were thus electrocuted is also a
matter of record in the Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad-
vanced one step further. He found
that copper would do as we'll as gold.
He had the temple covered with cop.
per, and copper water pipes led into
the cisterns inside the temple.
On the temple, or rather on its roof,
q number of gilt spears were placed in
vertical positions, ostensibly to scare
off the birds and to keep them from
defiling the temple, but these spears
were several cords high, or from 16 to
"a feet. Such q height would hardly
be necessary for scarecrows, but it was
ample to load the roof, water pipes,
etc., with a powerful current of elec.
tricity.
Franklin, the electric chair in the
State of New York and the discovery
of the leyden jar itself in Leyden,
Germany, are all back numbers. His
tory only repeats itself, whether re-
corded or not.
The Washington dispatch that Spo'