The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1894-10-05
SECRET OF THE ARK.
IT WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A LsYDEN JAR.

The Fire THAT Came out Of It was Eieo-
trlcal-- AAron's sons Wore ElectrocutCd.
Edison and Tesla, Had They Lived At Thnt
Time, Conid Not Have Surpassed AaroA.
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 PhRnicians.
The first record Of electrical phenomena
Is as old as the Ten Commandments
Moses, when he received the stone "a
bles ON which the Ten Commandments
were written the second time, built o
box out of flr--not the common cedar or
any other native woods, but flrwood,
which had to be imported by Ph@nician
merchants from the southern part Of
Europe Was this choice accidental On
account Of the great value of the resin
ous wood, or was IL the choice Of thc
best known nonoonductor among the
great number Of various timbersf
Moses had the FIR box lined inside and
outside with beaten gold. which con-
verted the ark Of the covenant into
very expensive but very perfect leyden
jar or storage battery for electricity. As
gold is by 80 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 reye-
lation? So much is scertain-thatif 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 a tall column of smoke
guided the ~ tribes of Israel through
their wandsrings, and at night q tall
flame was equally we'll seen by them
Now carbon is a 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
o hand were held toward the ark Of the
covenant sparks would result That
this was. done by Moses at different
times IL a matter OF record, and that he
could always depend that his faithful
Levitos 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 the
strange battery. He had the ark Of the
covenant placed in the temple and had
1t surrounded by poles 80 ellis high, or
150 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 600
feet and reach of I60 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 Rmperes, ohms or volts;
otherwise his two Sous never would |
have monkeyed with this powerful APP |
paratus, and they would not have been |
killed by fire breaking out of tho ark Of |
the covenant and killing them without
any wounds or burns appearing on their
bodies.
Any eoroner's jury Of today, II II
were to sit ON an inquest over the body |
OF Aaron's sons, would at once bring |
verdict Of death by discharge OF cleo
tTicity.
Aaron knew this power and to make |
IL effective all no had 60 do to deal death |
from his apparatus was to remove the
costly camel's hair carpets, which are
almost perfect noncOnductors Of cleo
trioity, and make the eulprit 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
trocuted is also matter OF record In
tho Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad-
vaneed one step further. He found that
copper would do as we'll 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,
a number Of gilt spears were placed In
vertical positions, ostensibly to scare of
the birds and to keep them from defling
the temple, but these spears were sew
eral cords high, or from 18 to "a feet,
Such a height would hardly he necessary
for scareorows, but itwas ample to load
the root, water pipes, etc., with a pow
erful current Of electricity.
franklin, the electric chair In the
state Of New York aud the discovery OF
the leyden jar itself IN Leydes, ss3)r-
many, are all back numbers Hiifory
only repeats itself, whether recorded or
not g b. Warrand In Savannah News.