Origin Of The Word Salary

Spilling snit was said to bo an unlucky omen by tbe ISontanJB) önd tho superótitioa has descended to oursolves. Lfionardo do Vinci availed himsclf ot' this tradition of' the " Lord's Slipper," to indícate Judas Iscariot by tho salt-cellar knockod ovei accidontally by his arm. Salt was usod iu saorifioe by the Groeks aml Romans, and also by tho Jews, and is still máde use of in baptism by the Boman Catho'ic clergy. lt avlis an emblem of purity, ftnd of the sanctifying influonco of othcvs of a holy life henoe our Lord tella bis disciplee, "Te aro tho galt ot' tho earth." Tho salt boing spilt aftel it was plaoed on tho head of a victim was congidered a li:il omen, being supposed to signify thut t!io saorifioo was uot accoptod ; and henoo tho suporstition. When we siiy of i shiftloss follow that ho does not " earn his salt," wo unconsciously allude to an ancient custom among tho Romans. Among them n man was said to bo in possession of a " salary " who had his " salariam," lus allowanco of salt-moncy, or of Balt, w'horewitli to savov tho food by wliich ho lived. ïlms salary cornos f rom salt; and in this view of tho word how many theio are who do not " oarn thoir salt. '