Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1886 — Salary. [ARTICLE]

Salary.

The word salary comes from the Latin salarium, literally salt money, from safl, salt, which was a part of the pay of Roman soldiers. The ancient Romans allowed the soldiery so much salt per diem. When this was commuted to a money payment, it was still called by the same name. When the heart is pure there is hardly anything that can mislead the misunderstanding in matters of immediate personal concernment. Want less than you have, and you will always have more than you want.