Arizona republican., 1921-01-28
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

o. Does a man have to pay income tax on money received cash for a farm, or is the tax taken out of what the farm produced? D. R. F.
 A. When filing income tax returns you must include in your income the profit derived from the sale of your property. To arrive at this, the price you paid for the property should be deducted from the price for which you sold it. If you purchased your prop erty prior to March 1, 1913, you may use as a base a fair market value Of your property at that date, instead Of the price for which you bought it. The income derived from the sale of crops on the farm, etc, must also be re- ported when filing income tax re- turns.
 c. l would like to know by what means an aviator tells how high he is | # an instrument, how does it work? | o. P. L.
 A. The instrument by means of which an aviator knows how high he | is flying is called an altimeter. It works by air pressure on a vacuum drum and the pressure is indicated by q needle on the dial.
 c. What is the Schick test7 A. This is a test in which the cu- 1 taneous injection of a highly diluted diphtheria toxin causes in a subject | susceptible to diphtheria, an area of reckoning and induration at the point of injection.
 0. What Is the origin of the old ex- pression, "When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do"? D. s. Q.
 A. When in Rome do as the Ro- erature in "Don Quixote." Wt,N Is 0LakfiadrtIy7aU tfaeI &a mean kind of social gathering? L. L. D.
 A. The origin of the phrase is traced to the British army in India. It is explained that sometimes when of 1 ficers and their wives entertained some of the requisite furniture was lacking, and the heads of '.kettledrums" were used as tea tables. By metonymy the part gave the name to the whole and what was used at the gathering, later gave this name to the gathering itself
 c. In poker, should man "call" if he thinks he is beaten? D. B.
 A. If you think you are beaten do not call. Either bluff or lay down your hand
 0. have new born puppy and he will not lap milk. Is there any way | can train him to do this? M. L. R.
 4. To teach puppies to lap milk simply stick their muzzles into the pan and allow them to lick their noses clean. After this has been done a few times their natural inquisitiveness will get their noses into the pan and in the course of three or four days they will lap milk very fndustriously The milk can then be thickened with stale bread. broken crackers or well boiled rice
 O. Did England or the United States ever pay a bounty on Indian scalps? M. w. p.
 4. In all border wars from King Philips war down to within the last GO years, scalping of Indians was en- couraged even to the extent of paying a bounty. During the Revolutionary war both the English and American r officers encouraged their Indian allies in the practice by offering bounties and rewards
 0. What are the Seven Wonders oi America? A. Q. R. A. These are usually considered to 3 be: Niagara Falls; Yellowstone Park Mammoth Cave; the Garden of the Gods. Colorado; the Giant Trees ot California; Natural Bridge in Virgin ia; and the Yosemite Valley.
 c. What is meant by "coin of the realm"7 F. F. F.
 3 A. This means the money of a coun- ] try.
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