Rye was the principal mover in the famous conscription riots of New-York.

I perceived that the liquid was "Old Rye."

The 'Rye' was too heavy for you, and should have been drawn milder."

This said, I turned sadly away to find a burial spade, and it then occurred to me that this little incident was kindly meant to confirm my view that cats are susceptible, even to a fatal extent, of spiritual impressionsespecially when conveyed by spirits of "Old Rye.

Some, however, prefer Old Rye.

As they finished reciting the memory verse they heard a hoarse voice singing: Gin a body-hic, meet a body-hic, Coming-hic, through the rye-hic.

But of food we had nothing, save a small piece of hard rye bread which the Finn had in his pocket, the remains of his evening meal; and this we gave to Elma, who, half famished, ate it quickly.

THE ALARM-BELLE AT RYE.

Till one, a doctor, who was passing by, Struck by the horrors going on in Rye, Cut from a calf, that yet was very young.

By chance it happened that in Rye town dwelt.

"Meanwhile from street and lane a noisy crowd" Of vagabonds and urchins, shouting loud, Gathered around the poor, bedraggled squealer, Until at length there came a stout Rye peeler; Who forthwith told the belle her cries to cease.

And this shall make, when put in jingling rhyme, The Belle of Rye all famous for all time.

" Quass is a native drink, harmless and acid, made with rye and water fermented.

They stopped some hours at Toula: the land south of this town they found to be well-cultivated, and the harvest had begun; it consisted mostly of rye.

It swayed back and forward like a stalk of rye or a cat-o'nine-tails (bulrush) with a bobolink on it.

The narrow strip of bottom land along the stream was planted with rye, now in head, and rolling in silvery waves before the wind.

Leagues of wheat, rye and poppies spread around us, left for the summer warmth to do its silent work.

There were patches of wheat and rye in the hollows, and the bells of distant herds tinkled occasionally among the trees.

Every spear of grass was destroyed, and the wheat and rye fields were terribly cut up.

' Her true love shot a mighty hart Among the standing rye, When on him leapt that keeper old From the fern where he did lie.

They little know how I could love, How I could plan and toil, To swell those drudges' scanty gains, Their mites of rye and oil.

The introduction of rye is attributed to him in the Calendar of Oengus, as introduction of wheat is credited to St. Finan Camm, and introduction of bees to St. Modomnoc,"It was the full of his shoe that Declan brought, the full of his shoe likewise Finan, but the full of his bell Modomnoc" (Cal. Oeng., April 7th).

The occasional overflow of the rivers greatly enriches and fertilizes the soil, to which, more than to their own industry (for they never manure their grounds, and are absolute strangers to the art of husbandry), are the Moors indebted for their plentiful crops of wheat, Turkey corn, rye, rice, oats, barley, and grain of all kinds.

Instead, therefore, of making flour, they grew rye and made whisky on their own farms.

Wait till I get you a bottle of rye I got handy."

"Youyou see for yourself, Millie, what's dead can't be made alivenow, can it?" She nodded, acquiescing, her lips bitterly wry.

By-and-by it became too serious, the jest was wry-faced and rang false.

A very tall man he was, long and lean and grim of aspect, with a mouth wry-twisted by reason of an ancient sword-cut, and yet, withal, he had a jovial eye.

Whereat this strange man, sitting cross-legged upon the sward, smiled his wry and twisted smile and looked upon Beltane with bright, approving eye.

The long blades whirled and flashed and rang upon the stillness; and ever, as they fought, the stranger smiled his wry smile, mocking and gibing at him, whereat Beltane's mouth grew the grimmer and his blows the heavier, yet wherever he struck, there already was the stranger's blade to meet him, whereat the stranger laughed fierce

And so the tall, grim stranger turned him about, smiling his wry smile, and strode away through the green.

But now he thought no more of women and the ways of women, but rather of this stranger man, of his wry smile and of his wondrous sword-play; and bethinking him of the great sword, he yearned after it, as only youth may yearn, and so, sighing, fell asleep.

Thereafter Beltane turned him and, galloping back, drew rein where the stranger sat, cross-legged, watching him with his wry smile.

At length Beltane raised his head and beholding the sun well-risen, halted his company beside a stream that flowed athwart their way, and sitting thereby, summoned to him the fournamely, Walkyn and Roger, Giles and Eric of the wry neck; and while they ate together, they held counsel on this wise: BELTANE.

A wry look might at any time call down upon a luckless child a hundred lashes.

" Abe made a wry face, took up the tiny bottle of "Jockey Club," and rubbed a few drops on his hands.

" Duchemin knelt beside the man, who welcomed him with open eyes and a wry smile that was almost as faint as his voice.

" "And how amusing if he were arrested en route," Duchemin supplemented with a wry smile.

"Then 'A' doesn't stand for anything at all?" "Oh, yes; it stands for a Jones," said the boy, making a wry face.

She sometimes wondered with wry humour if Miss Whalley could have enlightened her as to her husband's whereabouts; but that lady's attitude towards her was invariably expressive of such icy disapproval that she never ventured to put the wonder into words.

I had once a wry aunt, which may make me dislike the phrase.

" "Where?" She made a wry face: "Hazel Gresham's.

" Burns made a wry face.

Don't you think that's the best way?" He made a wry face.

" "Confound it, you forget the time" "Mon Dieu, are we to compare ze Hindoo harem wiz ze American feest slugger?" cried the count, with a wry face.

"I say, that hits me hard," said the duke, with a wry face.

As soon as I had got it down, I found it very unpalatable; upon which the Knight observing that I [had] made several wry Faces, told me that he knew I should not like it at first, but that it was the best thing in the World against the Stone or Gravel.

He advertised in the Tatler that he had been 35 years in the practice of 'couching cataracts, taking off all sorts of wens, curing wry necks and hair lips without blemish, though never so deformed.'

" The newspaper men pulled wry faces.

7 He being proudly mounted, Clad in cloak of Plymouth, Defied cart so base, For thief without grace, That goes to make a wry mouth. 8 Nor did he like the omen, For fear it might be his doom One day for to sing, With gullet in string, A hymn of Robert Wisdom.