The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-09-21
SECRET OF THE ARK.
1T WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A lEYpEN JAR.

" WAS HeALLV CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A lEYDEN JAR.
me Eiss yhss osms Out Of II Wa Eiee
srscss-Asron's Sons Were Essotrocuted.
Hdisoa end xsaaA Had They Lived NJ That
ftns Could ~ Hs~ssSrpsssed Aaron.
There is nothins nev on the face Of
the earth, and thars y no doubt that
electricity was we'll known 10 the Israel
ites and probably 10 the Phenioians.
The first record Of electrical phenomena
Ia as old ~ tho Ten Commandments
Moses, when he rsoetysd the stone ia
bles on which the Tsn Commandments
were w1stten he second time. built a
bon out Of fr-not the common cedar or
any other native woodA but firwood,
which had to.he imported by Phenioian
merchants from the southern part Of
Europe Was this choice accidental on
account Of the great value Of the resin
Gus wood, or was 1t the choice of tho
best known nonoonduotor among the
great number Of various timbersr
Moses had the fir box lined inside and
outside with beaten gold, which con-
verted the ark Of the covenant into q
very expensive but very perfect leyden
Jar or storage battery for electricity. AS
gold is by 90 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 reve-
lation? So much is certain-that il Edi-
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 was this leyden jar charged,
was the next problem. A fire 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 10 tribes Of Israel through
their wanderings, and at night tall
flame was equally we'll seen by them.
Now carbon is good conductor of cleo.
tricity, and the PARTICLES Of carbon float.
ing in the smoke would conduct suffi-
cient electricity to highly charge the
leyden jar. At least the current Of cleo.
tricty would be amply strong, SO that il
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
the 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 ellis high, OF
$50 feet. These poles were covered with
beaten gold, and gold chains were hung
from poles to the ark of the covenant,
which made very expensive but very
complete and powerful electrical con
nection. In country where electrical
storms are as frequent and as powerful
as in Palestine at an elevation of Coz
feet and reach of 100 feet of the bes
conductor an abundant supply Of Frank
Inns electricity would necessarily al
ways be on hand.
1t is very likely that Aaron knew
nothing of amperes, ohms or volts
otherwise his two sons never would
have monkeyed with this powerful up
paratus, and they would not have beef
killed by fire breaking out of the ark o
the covenant and killing them withou
any wounds or burns appearing on theil
bodies.
Any coroner's jury Of today, If i
were to sit on an inquest over the bod,
of Aaron's sons, would at once bring
verdict Of death by discharge of cleo
tricity.
Aaron knew this power, and to max,
it effective all he had to do to deal deatl
from his apparatus was to remove TIN
costly cancels hair carpets, which ar
almost perfect nonconductors of cleo
tricity, and make the oulprit stand Oh
terra firma. Death would result instant
ly by fire breaking out and leave II,
wounds or burns to account for hi
death. That several members of revolt
ing tribes of Israelites were thus cleo
trocuted is also matter Of record il
the Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad
vanced one step further. BE found tina
copper would do as we'll as gold. H
had the temple covered with copper, ant
copper water pipes led into the cistern
inside the temple.
On the temple, or rather on its roof
number Of gilt spears were placed il
vertical positions, ostensibly to scare Of
the birds aud to keep them from defilinI
the temple, but these spears were sew
eral cords high, or from 16 to "a feet
Such height would hardly be necessar.
for scarecrows, but it was ample to loa,
the roof, water pipes, ETC., with a pow
erful current Of electricity.
Franklin, the electric chair in tn
state of New York and the discovery Q
the leyden jar itself in Leyden, Ger
many, are all back numbers. Histor
only repeats itself, whether recorded 0
| moi. &C r. Warrand in Savannah News