was not tobacco ashes as inferred by [REDACTED] b7c It burnes with such extreme heat as to scorch pavement on and near pavement where it lit Possibly this could have been a late Fourth of July firework or something similar but at any rate we are calling it to your attention as the answer the "learned" [REDACTED] b7c gave as being pipe ashes is full of ridicule an entirely unsatisfactory Yours sincerely [REDACTED] [REDACTED] b7c Omaha Nebraska