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said Oto's mother.
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r That is what my son read in a paper the
other day."
" Don't you believe such a statement, Mrs. Nambo," said
Fitz.
" Foreigners are always assuming the credit of our
discoveries. We invented the sewing-machine, electric-
telegraph, steam-engine, telephone, vulcanized india-rubber,
monitor, reaping-machine, elevated railway, wooden nutmegs,
and and what else, Sallie ? "
" Baked beans," slyly responded the young lady.
" Are not those vegetables very dry eating?" gently inquired
boil our mame, but until Oto returned
Mrs. Nambo. r? We
from America I never heard of their being baked."
Fitz was about to give her a comical recipe for the Yankee
dish, when his mother checked him, saying, "That will do, my
son."
Although the boy was full of fun, he was always obedient
to his parents, so, much as he would have enjoyed instructing
Mrs. Nambo in American cookery, he yielded.
They landed in Kobe and saw the sights, then rode to the
railway depot and took a train for Osaka, where they arrived
late in the evening.
The next day was spent in viewing the principal objects
in the place, including the castle, with its walls formed of
enormous blocks of stone, and the mint with its perfect
machinery.
At the latter establishment, Johnnie purchased a complete
set of Japanese coins.
Gold. Silver. Copper.
20 yen, i yen, 2 sen,
10 yen,
5 yen,
50 sen (cents), i sen,
20 sen, ..... -^ sen,"
2 yen, 10 sen I rin (mill),
I yen, 5 sen, . .' .