High Jumpers

Some time during 1890 there was quite a discu6sion in the Angler, as to how high a small-mouth would jump when hooked, and, if my memory is correct, the discussion ended with an editorial of five or six lines, in which Bro. Harris expressed a doubt if they ever cleared the water inore than eighteen inches. At the time I thought I knew this to be contrary to my experience, but, as it was not my funeral, I remained silent. ïhat some bass - perhaps a large majority - do not clear the surf ace more than eighteen inches is no doubt true, and it is equally true that others exceed this limit. Eighteen inches is a baby to what a number of my catch this f&ll made; a leap of two fëet above the surface was not uncommon, and I had one three-pounder to cléar the water as much as three f eet. I am as cool and clear-headed as the next one when I hook a fish, and, as I carry my bait in a galvanized iron minnow bucket instead of in a glass bottle or a stone juf?, I will not come down an inch irom the above figures; it is below , rather tban above the distance he made, i and I could but wish that so grand a ' leap f or liberty might result in his freedora. The small-mouth will leap higher, leave the water oftener, fight longer and with more spirit when hooked in the lower jaw than when hooked in the upper, and the chances oí his final capture are about one in the f ormer to three in the latter. ín a number of instances, where the water was not above three to five f eet, I could see every move the fish would make, and at times as many as three or f our would make a dart íor my minnow at the same instant, and, to my surprise and chagrín, the smallest one in the school would get there first, as a rule. Application by letter - Typewriting. .Not a presidetutial bee - The humble. Not very grand - Imposing a iine. A profound conviction raises a man above that feeling of ridicule. - John Stuart Mili. Inaudible - Barks at sea. All aboard - Cliicken coops. Ineecure - The elephant's trunk. Obtaiuiable at death- Obituaries. The banfcs for sailors- Newfoundland. Itoes eye service only- Tlie oculist. Peace Kxrk- Patchlajg up quarreis.