Show Salt Old Symbol of 01 II Wisdom and Grace Superstitions Ie regarding salt sail c extremely numerous among the an- an an ancients cleats nod ond the symbolism of salt Is apparently one of the oldest among the early oriental nations Salt Is a- a a symbol of wisdom and grace and of perpetuity and Incorruption The orIental customs custom were to ratify com com- compacts pacts by salt It was their emblem of friendship and fidelity With It they made pledges of ot hospitality which were never to be violated Salt was commended to the Jews to bo be used In sacrifices and now some sonic superstitious people carry first Into n a new home salt n a loom broom li oom and amI a Bible The salt Is for pureness the broom for cleanliness ness nells and the Bible for holiness Salt has been Indispensable to man as ns n a and erver er of ot food from the earliest times It has also niso been used for glazing pottery for tor hardening soaps and for Increasing the clearness of glass ass for man many years Soda chlorine and other chemical substances are ob- ob obtained ob oh obtained tamed from salt salt Pathfinder Maga Maga- Magazine zinc zine |