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

design which Is said TO have been te4
itctet ~ the Duke In view Of the giost
revenue he derived from the trade or
FLANDERS WITH eshes ceuau4ea IN wsoiea
Tho order Of the Mos. Sacred Arsunsas-
ton = very famous ono, and was founded
W lSe1 BY Amcceus VI. Count OF savoy.
" u said that mcnastcry al l'.erVr
Chatei, which was destroyed In after oei'u-
ries, was erected BY tho founders dlrse-
sions the VarihusiAn monks that occupied
u. after bis death. reading Nfteen daily
masses for ,An departed souls o. hifnloif
aud ether knights. Tho badge which vss
worn by The Duke " Wellington. IL a
plain sold medsli.ou. without stonez. rep,
resenting the Holy Anauuca,icr. and sur
tounled by lnterlarsd lcvellnots. Another
italian Order that Is much prixod IN that
q tho Crown OF Italy. Instituted IN 1855 by
Victor Emmanuel. 10 commemorate the
unlheaton q his country
Inc German and Russian orders are very
numerous particularly the former Every
hinSdoni and prineipally and duchy OF the
uernan Empire has o multitude Of Ia own
% all OF which. with few exceptions. the
Emperor belong, As matter Of course, The
orders OF Bavaria are tho most ancient
OF rue realm some OF them holng SAID 10
nave hcen introduced into that country
from the Holy Land. It was with several
Of these that the noted American. nepja-
GRATED during his career IA Munich In
,ne matter OF ordcrs. however, Prussia
naturally takes precedence, Tho Black
kaglc Is tho most important, and, eatah-
Ithed by the clector Of Irandeabusg on
no day u his coronation as King Frederick
Y mo I'm q January. 1901, = presided
| over by tho Emperor. To he eligible ono
must DO able to boast lineage on both
edHe for at least four generations. aud
the badge consists Of dark blue 0nameled
Maltese croas with black eagle IA each
angle ana the cipher ''r H." In the confer.
dlherlng but li,ile FROM that OF tho Red
Eagle. IN which the birds are rcd. Tho lat.
ter order, although OF inferior rank. is
really much tho older OF tho two. tn In.
| sigma Ia worn by officers OF the army and
| navy. and hy tho diplomats Of the empire,
| Ono OF the latest rccpients Of the order In
this country -and there are sevcrai--is Mr.,
1 William Strinway, OF New York, who was
decorated IN recognition Of hls substantial
| gifts 10 the memorial churches Of william
| |, and Empreas Augusta In Berlin.
The gfentoat OF she Russian orders Is
| that Of 81 Andrew named after the patron
saint " that country. The order was founded
by Peter tho Greet 10 i6gs. lilo was him.
| self Invested with tho insignia by Field
Marshal and High Admiral Golovin. and ita
| head Is tic Car. His decoration. which il
| a rcd enamel crown and blue cross. with
| hrilllants, and tho inscription "aanOtus An-
| drons Protector Rusaiec." carries with II q
| title OF nobility us well as admissinn 10 the
imperial orders OF ST. Anne Alexander
Newaky and 81. Stnnislaua, Thin llurslnn
| order Of 81 CStharine, for ladies', was In.
sututod by Peter Ia t7ia, In honor VI his
wife and IL one OF the great fcnlnno ordorl
OF Europe, being presided over BY the
| C2arlna.
Thorn Is but ono order In France at
| present, and that " tho famous Legion OF
Honor. which springs from the order Of
tho Eagle" founded by Napoleon IN 1909
and continued by i.oula XVIII and auhko-
qucnt Princes ns tho 'order Of the Holy
0hostH There is, IN fact, no other order
IN l,ic world that has had so yariod a his
tory In 30 brief period. heoaueo VI The
many political changes that havu occurred,
| but. through thrm all, q has been pro-
served, the only alterations having been
the substitution in tho medallion OF mon-
arch's nronlos or the trlcnlor az the ease
required. The membership Of the legion
Vs. Worldwide, but no less valuable on that
account. In France alone there arc TWEEN
ty-four KNIGHTS Of tho Grand Gordon. 100
| grad oinoora, 400 commanders, 1000 OF.
ncers and an unlimltahle number OF ohoya-