Show dead man s wishes ignored in a plain deal coffin carried on a tradesman s cart the body of dmitri Ra goskin aged was recently borne to its last rest at charkoff Kh arkoff rus sla very different was the funeral planned by Ra goskin tor himself for the last seventy years every penny he aved went into a fund which was to remain intact until the day of his death in order to provide him with the most magnificent funeral possible when he felt old age creeping on him he set about making his own coffin carving and inlaying it regardless of expense in the sides were two pan els of beaten gold supplied by a st petersburg firm and on the top were the monomaniac s initials set in tur and small pearls when rago skin died his relatives eold the gor ageous coffin and silken shrouds and dl vided among themselves the 15 accumulated for the funeral the local undertakers are up in arms |