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Show Emperor Who Must Die Standing. ' (Tit-Bits.) The emperor of Austria during his illness ill-ness has insisted on transacting state business as usual. As soon as he left the nursery he began a course of training train-ing to fit himself for the high position he was to fill. At 16 he was an accomplished accom-plished linguist and a scientific expert of no mean degree. . He could ride and hunt with ' the tireless energy of a hardy . sportsman, and his studies in literature and jurisprudence were conducted con-ducted under the most celebrated sofJblars of continental Europe. That sutli a course of training did not react upon his health in doubtless due to his remarkable memory, which even now is said to enable him to recall the face of the humblest of" h!a subjects, no matter how long the lapse of time. It is a tradition of the Austrian royal house that no emptor must die lying I down. He must stand up to receive the last dread messenger. |