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Show Darkey Was Astonished. The following is-from the Bingham-ton Bingham-ton (N. Y.) 'Herald: Yesterday a colored man strolled into The Herald office: in, his quest, for customers cus-tomers for fruit. " 'Are you a Catholic?' asked the city editor. -. . . " 'No: Pse a Baptist,' was the reply. " 'Then, you are not interested in the Pope's condition?' ; : , " 'Yes, I is. . ' ' " 'Why, the Pope is a Catholic' ' 'Good Lord, is the Pope a Catholic?' Catho-lic?' '. , . ' T have heard that he is.' "'Why, I thought he .was an Italian. Ital-ian. "The funniest things in this world are not in the funny papers." This colored, gentleman. ..evidently thought the Pope had to be Irish in order or-der to be a Catholic Let us avoid similar, intolerance, says the-Catholic Citizen. . "".'.'" |