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Show CHARCOAL FOUND IN ANCIENT TOMBS PARIS, July 19. Five coffins of the Merovingian period have been un-earthed un-earthed during excavations iu the Bou-levard Bou-levard Saint Marcel, lris. Numerous Numer-ous humiin bones have also been dug up. According to the curator of the ' Louvre, where relics are to bo placed, only persons of high estate were bur-led bur-led in coffins at thl period. A fire j was then lighted in the tomb to purl- i fy their souls. This theory Is borne out by the dis- ! covery of a heap of charcoal near ono of th( coffins. The excavations are being made on the site of an ancient abbey. |