New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-10
SECRET OF TIKI. ARK,
TT WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A LEYDEN JAR.

LIKE a LEYDEN JAR.
The Fire That Came Out of 1t Was Cleo.
trical-Aaron's Sons Were Electrocuted.
Edison and Tesla, Had They Lived at That
Time, Could Not Have Surpassed Aaron.
There is nothing new on the face of
the earth, and there is no doubt that
electricity was we'll known to the Israel
ties and probably to the Phoenicians.
The first record of electrical phenomena
is 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 a
box out of fir-not the common cedar or
any other native woods, but frwood,
which had to be imported by Phoenician
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
best known nonconductor among the
great number of various timbers?
Moses had the fir box lined inside and
outside with beaten gold, which con-
verified 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 it's
value, or was it an inspiration or reve-
lation? So much is certain-that if Edi-
son or Tesla had lived in those days
they could not have improved on the
choice Of material, and the result was
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 y tribes Of Israel through
their wanderings, and at night tall
fame was equally well seen by them.
Now carbon is good conductor Of cleo
tricity, and the particles Of carbon float
ing in the smoke would conduct suff-
Gent electricity to highly charge the
leyden jar. Atleast the current Of elec-
tricty would be amply strong, SO that if
a hand were held toward the ark Of the
covenant sparks would result. That
this was done BY Moses at different
times is matter Of record, and tha7he
could always depend that his faithful
Leyites 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, 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
complete and powerful electrical con-
nection. In country where electrical
storms are as frequent and as powerful
as in Palestine at an elevation of 600
feet and reach Of $50 feet of the best
conductor an abundant supply of Frank
Inns electricity would necessarily al
ways be on hand.
It is very likely that Aaron knew
nothing 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 appearing 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 a
verdict Of death by discharge Of elec-
t1icity.
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 camers hair carpets, which are
almost perfect nonconductors Of cleo
tricity, and make the culprit stand on
terra frma. Death would result Instant
ly by fire breaking out and leave no
wounds or burns to account for his
death. That several members Of revolt
ing tribes of Israelites were thus cleo
troeuted is also a matter Of record in
the Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad-
vanced one step further. lie found that
copper would do as we'll as gold. He
had the temple covered with copper, and
copper water pipes led into the eisterns
inside the temple.
On the temple, or rather ON it's roof,
a number Of gilt spears were placed in
vertical positions, ostensib4y to scare off
the birds and to keep them from defling
the temple, but these spears were sew
eral cords high, or from 16 to ~ feet.
Such a height would hardly be necessary
for scarecrows, but it was ample to load
the roof, water pipes, etc., with pow
erful current OF, electricity.
Franklin, the electric chair in the
state of New York aud the discovery Of
the 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.