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VOLUME . XXXIV. CHARLOTTE, N. C SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1885. PRICE FIVE CENTS, ffil fir m WM glue Tiarlotte fefosehj.rr; 'TKUTH. ITKB THE SCK. SOMETIMES SUBMITS TO iBX OBSCURED, BUT, LIKE TELB 8CK, ONLY FOii A TIMS." - . . . . t . ffA -hii offer to the trade 50-inch Dress Flannels, all colrs. at 75 en;s p"r jsrd; MrEv tfi$s? S at 25 cents; 54-iucn Plaid Flannels at $1.00; 72-lncli Felts at $1,03. f WJSJ5JLLY EDITION. New Dress Ginghams 10 cents Per YarcL aB-:::.t . J On yrsar..... ...i.... ........... l, OT.in vmoh Satteens,' 15 Linen Kerchiefs, at 15 cents, cents pot yard: 32-Inch assorted Satteens, renin pet r 23x44 tacti all Ail tne -.; . Subscription to the Observer. DULY EDITION. flecopf..... ...v.. ...... Scents. By the week to the city...;. 20 By the month..... ' 75 ; xnrae months .... v i. ...... k. $2. 00 Six months..... 4.00 erne year....... ............... t 8.00 ' WEEKLY EDITION. 50 cents. .00 7R in ciuos or nve and over IL50. If o- Ievia.tioia From These fluids 8ulnterlntlonR alwflTS naxahta In - a ti van pa Tint onlT in name but in fact. --v- CATHOLICISM VS. BUDDHISM New and Latest Styles in Dress Trimmings, Large stock of Black Wool Dress Goods, Black Silks from $1.09 and $1.50 per yard; Surahs, Satins, &c. Ill at Ready Made Clothing, New Style Gents' Shoes. Every pair warranted. t 55 cents to 53.54 per yard; S 7fo- Prices Stiff Hats, kvltt & Bros'M Lalles', Mlsse1 and Children's Popular Cull ail mm me Tremendous stock Ladies' Wraps In all uh N?w Styles, Til 25 SCHARLES-STREETeAIJrSOk,- MANUFAC B & HI Ebb gl&tt . )6mlBm b H I tamHA ... Ek? And Dealers 1&RUBBER BELTI!f, PACKING, 1 iad SAW IXTM, SUPPLIES, &c gents : Boston Belting Co.'s oer Belting' Leather Belt- Belting. Joseph Noones Soni Roller otasber and Clearer Cloth. T; K. Earle's Card ; Clothing, tci THEY SELL RAPIDLY AT THE MY 6-4 JERSEY CLOTH at $1.00. MY 6 4 PLAID FLANNELS at $1.00, My 64 PLAIN FLANNELS, Extra Good at $1.00. Ask to see the new BOOTLEIGH CLOTH A handsome line of CASI1ISRES, TRE?, SATIN BERBERS,- MAP A ALMA, SERGES. ETC. No one should fall to see my 44 JERSEY CLOTH. All-Wool, at 50 cents a yard, It is a bargain. The largest stock of Flf VELVETS, Nonpariel Velveteens and Plushes, to be found In the city. Trimming, Braids and Buttons of every description. I. h 9 SMILE. ice inW Ourselves Tlie Most Attractive flteocli Ever Ofiered in the tae, of Boots hoes jELats JL VALISES, UIIBIELIJ1S, ETC., Is now being received and placd In position for show and sale at our old and well-known stand In the First National Bank building, onWestTryon street, nearly opposite the Central and Buford Hotels. An Erroneous Statement iy a bet ter Writer fr?m Japan Correct ed, - To the Edltot of Tax QbSkrvhb. Iliere aDeared in a recent issue or kk tntt Observer a letter purportiug to come from Japan, descriptive of Jap anese burial customs, in which the writer, speaking of the ceremonies, says, -me oriests. in their gauzes and Drocades, with rosaries of beads. belts, books and candles went through the xeremon v : that - at everv steD proved how the Roman Catholic re- iigion is founded on ' and its observ ances taken from, the older Buddh ism a system of idolatry largely prevailing in Asia. Such remarks oommg from some clownish colpors ter zvending tracts on the streets might be treated with silent cons tempt, bub appearing m a respectable hewspaper 7 like the ; Observer, (hey deserve notice. In making such ad outrageous assertion, the writer iaus to mtorm us who were the Chinamen, or Japanese, that came over from Asia and propagated in all the countries of Europe' that Mother Christian Church, asserted by him to be derived from Buddhism which was the religion of all Europe from the first to the sixteenth 'centu ry. None of the "reformers" of the sixteenth century, such as Luther, Calvin, and others ever mads euch a charge against the Catholic Church. Most likely the writer was as lgno rant of the taith of the Catholic Church iis he is f the history of Buddhism. BUDDHISM The followers of Buddhism number five hundred millions. It seems probable that Buddha was a widely- honored Hindoo sage, living about sir centuries before Christ. Buddh ism teaches the doctrine of a Ruling Spirit and of the Incarnation; though in a corrupted form. Before Christ, the Jews were dispersed through Asia not onlv throughout the As3y - 1-V I - 1 ' nan aim isaoyioman empires, out in caravans traversed the countries of Persia, India, Thibet, andjeven China Everywhere the" Jews retained their religious traditions, and could thus disseminate throughout Asia the doc trine of a coming Redeemer. : Alter the foundation of Christianity, the aDostle St. Thomas preached in India. Again, Fancenus of Alexandria went to India, A. D. 189, to propagate Christianity there. A Hindoo bishop was present at the Council of JNico, A. D. 325, and put his signature to the acta. Another Hindoo bishop was present at the General - Council of Constantinople, A. D. 381. Be tween the years 714 and 728, ' the Metropolitan Sees of Samarcand and of China were founded. Christianin tv had thus an early start in Asia., But it was a contest between Chris tianity and Buddhism, i of whicH La- maism forms one of the most power ful branches. It is Lamaism which bears resemblance to the Catholic Church, but like a badly executed counterfeit bill to the genuine note. 1 LAMAISM. Cardinal Wiseman has shown that Lamaism was unknown in Thibet be fore the thirteenth century after Christ. As to the origin of the insti tutions of Lamaism, the celebrated Father Hue states, that the office of Call and Exa m i n e khe Gr?d Si??L5j;i2 e. aays 01 vxenguiB jvijuu, wjuu u?u xx. For yourselYes. .Orders by Express or Mail prompt ly attended to. '-."!,. SPECIAILTIES. AT.MA POLISH and BUTTON'S RAVEN GLOSS for Ladies Fine Shoes. ' Pegram Co. J3BIL.ADI COLORED SILKS D. 1227. But that it was afterwards formed bv Kublai Khan, who held that there were four great prophets. Jesus Christ, Mahomet, Moses and Buddha. Kublai Khan wanted to se lect what he considered best out of all religions. The famous .Venetian brothers, Nicolo and Matteo Polo, visited Kublai Khan in Kambula, the present Peking.? Among other things Kublai Khan questioned them about the Pope, the general arrangement of the Catholic Church and the customs of the Latins The fact, deserve s to be especially mentioned that soon or immediately after this interview with the Vene tian travellers in A. D. 1261, Bublai Khan raised the Buddhist priest Mati to the dignity of head of the Buddhist faith in his new empire. . Such, was the origin of the Grand K Lamas of Thibet. It is quite likely that the Tartar emneror. who no doubt Had freauent communications with Chris tians, wished to organize the religious svstem of his empire after the model of the Catholic Church' which then Velvets; '"Iiroteens asatrl all KHSo Unrisiian maiiuua juiu one greau brotherhood in their struggle against the threatening hordes of Islam. No dotirt the Tartar emperor could Una O ' n no more perfect religious organizas m V L Tt M Ti 1 V V tion which might serve him as a mm d model in organizing the religious sys I 1 al - .a : t tem 01 nis empire. ? a. nunarea jeara later Buddhism underwent other im pdrtant changes and then the forms h 1 1 . - J. t were mtroQUcea wicn present sucn &lixl2l& lJl)JL&l&k idJLLlit I liturgy. We are Agents for Elkin Wool Yarn and'Blankets, Erery scholar should know that Paganism before the Christian era was a corruption of the true religion of God, a corruption of the Patriarch- lal and Jewish religion. For the sacred traditions and sacred writings were not altogether withheld from the Gentile world. , One form of re ligion ; was the corruption of the other., i One came from God. the other from Satan, who is well styled God's monkey, and who tries to counterfeit the works of God to de- ceive and destroy souls. And be cause before the Christain era. Pagan ism had in it some features bearing resemblance to the true religion of God, because it had a priesthood, a system of sacrifices and a ritual f of music, flowers and tapers, it would be thence absurd and blasphemous to assert that the Jewish religion, the then true religion, was derived from and 'founded on Paganism. . And from analogous reasoning, because iJuaahism may have to the super- ticiai mma some outward rorms re sembling points in the ritual of the equally absurd and blasphemous to assert .that this ancient Christian Church, was founded on and derived from Buddhism . " First, Such a statement is absurdly false. For in the admission of such a statement from a professed Chris tian, Christianity itself would be but a system of the rankest growth -of Paganism. - For the articles of be lief of the Catholic Church are held in the main by the great Christian denominations of the whole world. A priesthood, a hierarchy, a " sacris flcial worship, the monastic saystem; the code of seven Sacraments, the Communion of Saints, prayers for the dead, etc., are articles held in common by the Russian Christain Church, the Greek Orthodox and Heterodox Christian Church, the Ar menian and Copt Christians and the Roman Catholic Church of every nation and people of the earth, num bering altogether over three hundred millions (of which two hundred and twenty millions are Catholics) v and forming-the great majority of Chris tendom. , And secondly : Such an assertion is equally blasphemous for the Catho lic Church teaches the mystery of the Trinity, of the Incarnation, the great atonement of Jesus Christ, the doctrine of reward and punishment in the next life according to works in the flesh, the ten commandments, the fundamental Christian article of love and charity to our neighbor, the doctrine or the forgiveness or inju ries and or enemies, the necessity, when possible, of the payment of debts, and the restitution of; unjust gams, of the indissolubility of the marriag'afbond'.'Did i he : Catholic Church derive such a system of pure li " , m "? n religion irom tne siums or iraganismi No well informed and truthful man can say so. The principles of Catholic faith are ail 01 tnem strictly Ohnstian and moral. -Amidst its doctrines there is not one which, properly cultivated, is not calculated to heighten piety ; amidst its laws, not an mi unction, but what is framed to prevent disor der; amidst its points of discipline not a practice, but what , is adapted to strengtnen tne lite or grace, ana in its ritual the sublimest harmonies of music; the beauties of nature and the tributes of genius are employed to proclaim, honor and adore the mysteries of the : Christian religion. And yet we are told that this religion, which the Saints of : the calendar have all cultivated and martyrs sealed with their blood this religion of the rar larger portion or Christian dom, the religion which has " formed in every nation the fairest models of perfection, and the noblest types of Christian charity, that this religion which still counts upon its rolls some of the best and most and most intel ligent Christians is the outgrowth of Buddhism. ' - ' Luther himself declared that the Catholic Church possessed the ''very kernel of Christianity." Yes, and this precious seed of divine faith her missionaries sowed in all the coun tries of Europe. Upstart seeds may revile her, but to this ancient Church is due the present Christian cmliza tion of the world. . And as to Japan it was that great apostle of hers, St Francis Xavier, who in the 16th cen tury converted some two hundred thousand of the Japanese. - Buddhism there became the great enemv of the Christian and in the dreadful public persecutions that followed, tens of thousand of Japanese Christians sealed with thein blood their ; holy faith. No false religion or outgrowth of Buddhism could stand such a test And the history of -.; the Catholic Church in Japan has been her history in most every new country. And in this, 19th? f century, after having brought the knowledge of the true and loving God to every- people, the absurdities of Paganism are laid to her charge. v And though the world is filled with I 1 -. . - j T - ner cnaruy divine yet sue is puuiio ly abused, as her Saviour was, whils He went about teaching saving truth and doing good to all men. The cross is the legacy -which Christ left her. ; In conclusion the undersigned begs to assert that he has not only a thor ough knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church and its ; doctrines, but that he has also the : courage 01 his convictions to defend them (when publicly assailed, from covert ene mies. : ' t 1 ' ,- r ' Mabk S. Gross. V. G.' St.! Peter's Catholic church. Charlotte Din wwm Did we al way 8 set ourselves to our tapfc, aiad accomplished it, we propose to do so 5 in future, Such is Our Principle! THIS SPACE OP THE OBSERVER IS OURS in-it we'each week tell the people what we propose td do in that week. We again offer a number of - N For This Week, They are goods in which our buyer inveated rather heavily, to place them into the shelves properly we have DOOMED CERTAIN LINES AIND QUANTITIES and are determined that they shall not be with us after this week. - MA Dl S ! Mow hmk at - These Hi 'eripgs ! ! SILKS l SILKS! SILKS I ; ' Heavy Black gross grain Silk at $1.15 well worth $1.40; Black Cashmere i Silk at $1.75 well worth $1. 90 ; Black i Bublime Silk at $2.00 well worth $2.75 . BLACK CASHMERES. Black all wool Cashmeres we are particularly overstocked oh two grades of these goods whioh we of fer as follows: No. 1 our regular 60 cent goods we have reduced to 45 cents; No. 2 our regular 65 cent goods we have reduced to 50c. Their like you never saw. HERE IS ANOTHER BARGAIN I The best value in ; Ladies' Colored Hose, Black, Navy, Seal and Cardi at 10, 121, 15, 20 and 25 cents, that cannot possibly be procured at 25 per cent more, here or elsewhere. BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK. Come and see these three lots of Da masks. Bleached Table Damask 56 inches wide, 45c per yard, well worth 60 cents. Bleached Table Damask 62 - inches wide, 55o per" yard, well worth 75 cents. Bleacned ? Table Damask 64 inches wide 75cv per yard, well worth 90 cents. v v TOWELS!, TOWELS I TOWEJLSf A bargain in these is always wels corned oy houseKeepers. iXt5i-. inches Huck Towell at 10c. would be cheap at 15 cents. ,18x38 inches' TT.. -I- m 1 i V.n ntiMvl nucK. lyww j.c, vy vuiu uo uucap , at 20 cents. The Boss of, all is put? 21x43 inches Bleached Damask Towel at 25c, worth 35 cents. LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS V 8 13 cents will buy a neat Colored Bordered Handkerchief; 12f cents will buy an unusually good HafecK kerchief ; 15 cents will buy as good - Handkerchief as you can get for 20 cents. For 20 and 25 cents we will sell you- a .lovely line of em broidered and colored bordered Lined Handkerchief. . . i ... , Are surplus stock, this surplus must go, we have marked them so low that we expect a rush on all we advertise! MATT nT2TWT?ft TT?rkTXTTT V A nPT'T?TTTSl?Tk IVY f . : .... . : ; . ..:..'....,..:.,. . ... .-. -."-""--..-..',...."- . -- . ' , . . - :.-'. CHARLOTTE, N. C. il.fiauinan & CO, COBHEECEHTRAL' HOTEL. CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS, teaott mm w Styles The Watchman says that the tobac co business is only three years , old in Salisbury, and yet it gives employ ment to 508 people there. , , v JFIDSIT IPlSMISffl). ' We are offering the very finest of Foreign and Ameriean manufacturers. Our stock is the largest, most varied ; and best yet shovTn, and represents -all the choicest patterns a,nd latest designs in Mens', Youths', Boys' and Childrens'. Clothing. ' . ; - , ' . , Worsted Cork Screw Cassimere and Diagonal Suits, Sacks, Cutaways, Double and Single Breasted. Children's Norfolk Suits. Plain and Fancy Knit Underwear. ' ' . ; Latest and correct styles of Soft and Stiff Hats. xnese gooa s nave oeen specially manuiacturea lor tnis season's trade, n early visit of inspection will insure to Our m-iafATnprfl ft nViAiP.p. nf splpp.tinn n.nH rnrrarf -fif . I,FAIirG CJLOTH1EXXS.
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