Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-02

Hers Among tho American icc0rca arc
General Howard, General Schohold, Cen
oral Buiteraold aud Thomas A. 70. Edison.
Rosa llonhHur the artlht, who has held tho
ribbon since 1860 was recently created an
Ofncor, aud In said 10 DO the first woman
20 attain that rank.
In speaking Of women who wear doc0ra-
tlouB other than those Of strictly feminine
orders, the noble eA- Queen Marie Of Naples
deserves particular MENTION for nho po,seanna
what no other woman has ever poseesaed =
the Russian Cross Of 81 George which "
conferred only IA case OF tho utmost gall
lAntry on tho battle ned. aud whore the
one 80 hlu0red has been In command OF an
army, Tho eX-Qunen won her ribbon, which
Is black and orange, by her heroic defanao
Of Gaeia. tho last OF the bourbon hifonH-
holds, and nho had az brother knights until
their deaths such men "a the Emperor FrQd.
eriok aud Marshal Won Moltke-only old
Emperor william and ArchdukH Albert, OF
Austria, among foreigners having beeh en-
titled 10 wear the Grand Croaa.
One " tho most renowned OF w0tnena
ordora ID that Of Nlfhani- shHpRkat. Of Tur-
hoy 10 which Mira, $. s. Cox and Mrd. Lew
Wallace. Whos9 hufhanda we're at one time
Mlnint0ra 10 the court 0i the Sulmn, belong
The order Waa Instituted la 1873 IN aclnowl-
adgment OF tho assistance rendered the fugi-
tive nOn-combatanta Of tho ituAeian war,
liiat ended BY prominent English iadioA-
Inc name meaning mercy OF "klndGnsH"
land the Bar9neAs Bnrdett-couth and Lady
IAypfd tho instlEatdTH Of the ben0y0l0nco,
were the nr1t 10 DO Invested with tho dncOra-
ton Tho badge Of tho hhepakat consists
Of red euameled star Of nyo points, be-
tween each Of which ID a cluster on seven
lcweled rays Ia the center Of the BultAn'n
cipher, aud above the whole ID a red and
f0ld croaceIt. tho extremlties pointing up
and embracing another atar OF red enamel
There are many other noted ordors IN Eu-
rope o. which tbs Orders Of tho Bath Of
Englaud, OF Leopold and b. Stephen OF
Austrla, the Crown of Prussia, tho Acia-
phlni 81 skodon and the MiliiSry Order Of
SayDy u Italy arc perhaps the most itn-
porial.t. There are also several pOniihcal
orden. 10 one u which. that OF tho Rose,
Nc. Eugene Kelly, the New York banker
was appointed not long ago by the Pope.
The most cufi0usy named and one OF the
most highly valued European orders Is thar
On ho white Elephant Of Denmark. tho
origin Of which Is often attributed % tho
dine OF tho Frat Crusade. Il "a poeslbie,
however, that ne arslgn q As bsdse q
least had lta beginning AZ the period " the
rise Of the Danitu power In the Eat lndler.
Another order o. the White Elephant exists
n slam. Tho only Mexonle order extAnt u
mai Of Charles XIII. or Sweden. 10 WHOA
only Frecmnsoue are eligible,
IN AsiA tho great orders Of chlyalry arc
chiefly confined 70 China. Persia ard Japan.
Tbo inoat Important Of tho latter country ara
H. cbrysanthemum and the Eaatelu star.
rhe Cblnese order Of the Imperial pfagoe
va founded Ia 1862. General Gordon, OF
Eastern fame. being ITO mat decorate1. and
4 badFs u me Imperial Double Dragon. BY
,xhlnh n mas bsen eGpolAnted. han LACEY
hesn conferred upon Mr., Thomas AGana0n.
AZ Osorrla. who rendered such eisDal acFg-
IN. 10 iho Chinese cslouy ia Panama Nhii3
oir Coulgil-Gcnegal there. Tne Order Of
MedJdie. Egypt, y n,qycl away amoiis 10
me Nfiter. ~ 4 refuit of ftw compiiInsats
t,ld ia late Khediyo IN enc u hla Worka
Many 81 tho countries Of South and Gem
trai America have tae.g Orders. md The