The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-14
SECRET OF THE ARK.
IT WAS REALLY CONSTRUCTED JUST
LIKE A IEYDEN JAR.

Inc Fire That Came out Of n Was Flee
tricaI-Aaron'- sons Were Elcctrocuted.
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 well known To the Israel
tics and probably TO the Phnnicians.
The first record of electrical phenomena
is as old as the Ten Commandments.
Moses, wher he received the stone ia
bles on which the Ten Commandments
were written the second time, built
box out of fir--not the common cedar oil
any other native woods, but firwood,
which had TO be imported by Phnnician
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 tho 4
best known nonconductor among the .
great number of various timbers?
Moses had the fir box lined inside and /
outside 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 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 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 i'll carbon was kept burning on
| top of the ark of the covenant, and dur
| ing daytime q tall column of smoke
| guided the 12 tribes of Israel through
! their wanderings, and at night tall
/ flame 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 sufli-
cient electricity to highly charge the
leyden jar AT least the current of cleo
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 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 80 ellis 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 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 100 feet of the best
conductor an abundant supply Of Frank
Inns electricity would necessarily al
ways be OH 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 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 cleo
tricity.
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 nonconductors Of cleo
tricity, and make the culprit stand on
terra firma. 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 q matter Of record in
the Bible.
Solomon in building his temple ad-
I vanced one step further. He found that
copper would do as well as gold. He
E had the temple covered with copper, and
I copper water pipes led into the cisterns
Q inside the temple.
E On the temple, or rather on its roof,
, number of gilt spears We're placed in
: vertical positions, ostensibly to scare of
the birds and to keep them from defiling
: the temple, but these spears were sew.
y eral cords high, or from 10 to "a feet.
It Such height would hardly be necessary
Il for scarecrows, but it was ample to load
the roof, water pipes, ETC., with pow
erful current of electricity.