Show ARRANGED HIS OWN FUNERAL Awl In take AuilMnre llnably Pare llxl s tIer llehearwl the An eccentric clllsen residing In neighborhood of Avignon Franc has for blown drawn up a special programme own funeral and In order to make assurance as-surance doubly sure and to see that he carried out every Item le l faithfully has had a rehearsal of the ceremony lllchatid who Is described as an excellent ex-cellent Republican U no friend of the church and ho has accordingly lIbU char tulMl various songs of a political acttr for the maN for the dead He had constructed In a already had n tomb of valley far from the busy haunts difficulty In the men w > there Wilt no selection of n ground on which thus rehearsal should be held and after hiring hir-ing n local band he Issued Invitations started The proecmlon lo tho ceremony Hlchaud leading the ed from his home way with Iho banner of the Malrle and so the party advanced to the valley In which Ihe tomb which Is I lo be his last resting place has been creeled When all were gathered round tho futuro grove a venerable Ilcpubllcan moved I fornard and In n voice nul rlnR with emotion delivered an address In which ho dwelt on the good qualities of III for he particularly pralsrJ chaudwhom having been present during his life Vatlou time at his own Interment pieces of music chosen by the organizer this ceremony were hoar of peculiar then performed by the band the pro gramme concluding wllh songs and dance so Citizen Illchaud Is kindly anxious that Iho spirits of the mourners mourn-ers when the genuine funeral comes off shall bo raised ere they quit his gravo end wend Ihelr way from Iho peaceful valley who hla remains will repoo back to tho noise and turmoil of life It Is nmusltiK to hear that blue population popula-tion was much Impressed by the grandeur of this rehearsal |