In this issue: Working Bib [MSG Error sending mail] Re: Mary's Ghost: A Pathetic Ballad [MSG Error sending mail] RE: Lukundoo Weirdness Re: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness [MSG Error sending mail] RE: Lukundoo Weirdness Re: Today in History -- Oct 29 Re: Chat: Alien/s [MSG Error sending mail] Re: Anybody listen to Morning Edition today? Fwd: [MSG Error sending mail] Re: Fwd: [MSG Error sending mail] Today in History -- Oct 30 Today in History -- Oct 31 Re: Today in History -- Oct 31 Re: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness about the VictorianFineArt list Re: about the VictorianFineArt list Looking at Lukundoo Etext avail: Andrew Lang's _Book of dreams and ghosts_ Today in History -- Nov 01 Chat: ghosts in a library Carbuncles--caution, icky medical description... [MSG Error sending mail] RE: Ghosts in the Library -----------------------------THE POSTS----------------------------- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:53:44 -0400 From: Jack Skoda <jskoda(at)sover.net> Subject: Working Bib Hi folks, Here's the bibliography of my study. Anything that I've already read will have the word READ in front of the MLA entry. This is a working bib and the books that are not correctly listed are ones that I haven't laid my hands on yet. If you see glaring omissions please let me know. The focus of the study is 19th century science fiction. You'll notice some history books and lit. critisism. I've added a few non-sci books to help give round out my historical impressions of the 19th century. I am adding Dickens to get a flavor for the lower classes, I'm thinking "A Christman Carol" and "Oliver Twist" to get some good upper class/lower class interaction. Comment as much as you like, the more information I gather, the strong my study will be. Aikon, Paul E. Origins of Futuristic Fiction 1987 Bailey, James O.Pilgrims Through Space and Time: Trends and Patterns in Scientific and Utopian Fiction READ Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887. 1888. Online. Project Gutenberg. Internet. 1 Oct 1999. Available: ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/etext96/lkbak10.txt Ben-Tov, Sharona. The Artificial Paradise: Science Fiction and American Reality. 1995 Bleiler, E. F.: Science Fiction Writers: Critical Studies of the Major Authors from the Early Nineteenth Century to the Present Day. 1982 Booker, M. Keith. Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide. 1994 Briggs, Asa. Victorian People:A Reassesment of Persons and Themes 1851-1867. Chicago: U of Chicago, 1970. Costello, Peter. Jules Verne: Inventor of Science Fiction Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Herland. 1915. Text is online at http://www.shss.montclair.edu/perkins/herland1.html Gunn, James. The Discovery of the Future: The Ways Science Fiction Developed READ Hassler, Donald, M. and Clyde Wilcox. Political Science Fiction. Columbia: U of South Carolina, 1997. Hillegas, Mark Robert. The Future as Nightmare: H. G. Wells and the Antiutopians Himmelfarb, Gertrude. The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. Houghton, Walter. The Victorian Frame of Mind. 1957. Huntington, John. The Logic of Fantasy: H.G. Wells and Science Fiction. New York: Columbia University, 1982. READ Huxely, Aldous, Brave New World. New York: The Modern Library, 1932 Ketterer, David. New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction and American Literature Le Fanu, Sheridan. In A Glass Darkly. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993. LeGuin, Ursula K. The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction, rev. ed. 1992. Lovecraft, H.P. The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death. Ed. Neil Gaiman. New York: Ballantine, 1995. Milton. Paradise Lost Nicholson, Nigel. Portrait of a Marriage. New York: Atheneum, 1973. Pierce, John J. Great Themes of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution Poe, Edgar Allen. Authur Gordon Pim Rabkin, Eric S.: No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction Reader, W.J. Life in Victorian England. New York: Capricorn, 1964. Scholes, Robert E. Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision Seed, David: Anticipations: Essays on Early Science Fiction and Its Precursors. 1995 READ Shelly, Mary. Frankenstein. London: Gallery Press, 1988. - - - -. The Last Man. Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 1993 READ Stevenson, Robert Lewis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. Hertfordshire: Wordsworth, 1999. Stoker, Bram. Dracula. London: Gallery Press, 1988. Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings. New York: Bantam, 1991. Twain, Mark. A Conneticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea READ - - -. Around the World in 80 Days. 1888. Online. Project Gutenberg. 1 Oct 1999. Available: ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext94/80day10.txt - - - -. From the Earth to the Moon. 1888. Online. Project Gutenberg. 1 Oct 1999. Available: ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext93/moon10.txt - - - -. Journey to the Center of the Earth. New York: Heritage, 1966. - - - -. Mysterious Island READ - - -. The Survivors of the Chancellor. 1888. Online. Project Gutenberg. 1 Oct 1999. Available: ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext99/tsotc10.txt - - - -. Paris in the Twentieth Century. New York: Ballantine, 1996. - - - -. The Underground City. 1888. Online. Project Gutenberg. 20 Oct 1999. Available: ftp://sailor.gutenberg.org/pub/gutenberg/etext98/ucity10.txt Walker, Hugo. Literature of the Victorian Era. Cambridge: University Press, 1921. READ Walker, Robert, H. Everyday Life in Victorian America 1865-1900. Malabar: Krieger, 1994. READ Wells, H.G. The Country of the Blind and Other Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Martin Gardner. New York: Dover, 1997. - - - -. The Invisible Man - - - -. The Island of Dr. Mureaux - - - -. Social Anticipations READ - - -. The Time Machine. New York: Random House, 1931 - - - -. The War of the Worlds. Williamson, Jack. H. G. Wells: Critic of Progress. READ Wilson, Laura. Daily Life in a Victorian House. New York: Puffin, 1993.
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:04:24 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: Mary's Ghost: A Pathetic Ballad Hmmmm... I remember The Song of the Shirt as being more genuinely sad, however. Thanks for this! It reminds me strongly of the poetry of William McGonigal! Kiwi
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:08:16 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)mindspring.com> Subject: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness Stephen asked: > What was it about Stone, from the little we've been told, > that would cause > a sorceress to invoke such a terrible punishment on him? I'd say that it was because he was a non-believer. To the truly devout, they are anathema. He had the local spirit man (I dislike the term "witch-doctor") deposed. Presumably he did the same thing to a similar practitioner in the Big Easy. Jim
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:26:51 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness Jim Kearnan wrote, about Stone, >I'd say that it was because he was a non-believer. To the truly devout, they >are anathema. He had the local spirit man (I dislike the term >"witch-doctor") deposed. Presumably he did the same thing to a similar >practitioner in the Big Easy. >Jim Here's another suggestion. Remember his "firey" relationship with his wife, the novelist. What if she was from New Orleans herself, and had her own powers? After all, the crucial question seems to be "Has she forgiven me?" Kiwi
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:26:49 -0400 From: "James E. Kearman" <jkearman(at)mindspring.com> Subject: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness A thought on the psychological implications of this story. Being a non-believer in non-Western spiritual practices, Stone (great name for the character--the Ten Commandments were written in stone) represents the rational, logical side of human consciousness. Yet within him is this other force, irrational and not capable of being tested by the usual Western standards for faith or healing. Stone travels from Louisiana to the heart of darkest Africa, constantly fighting against his irrational side (one may say that is what makes us human--are the "lower orders" ever irrational?), but is finally unable to resist its force. I suppose the moral is something to the effect that we must be balanced, else the "dark side" will pop out at inopportune moments. Isn't that the power (purpose?) of dreams, to let us experience and express the parts of us we cannot expose during the hours when the sun is overhead and the logical, conscious mind is in control? Or to sum it up in a modern colloquialism: Wherever you go, there you are. Cheers, Jim
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:58:29 -0500 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Oct 29 Just a note on Bela Lugosi, the actor whose birthday is celebrated today!! His first big hit on stage in Hungary was portraying Jesus Christ. He apparently remained proud of that part all his life. I read a biography of Lugosi back in 75, and all that remains in my mind from it is that story and the incredible sadness of his drug use and decline. Kiwi
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:03:11 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Re: Chat: Alien/s > I saw this as a kid. I saw it under the title of _Planet Of Vampires_ This is a different movie, Italian, 1965--also known as Planet of Demons. This one they also land on a planet but it appears deserted, foggy, weird. But in this one these things come out after dusk (typical) to prey on them and they need to escape. It has resonances of "Alien", too. There is another ship, alien, with a weird distress call playing, large dead petrified alien, only it's not a distress call--it's a warning beacon. >Queen Of Blood_. It had a small cameo by Basil Rathbone and I think was one >of his last appearances on film Yes, from this I was able to look it up on the allmovieguide and it says it was also known as Planet of Blood (1966--USA)! Thanks for the help in finding this--(not sure what I'll do with it but its nice to get it straight) Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:57:54 -0800 From: Robert Raven <rraven(at)alaska.net> Subject: Re: Anybody listen to Morning Edition today? Chris Carlisle wrote: > > Christopher Lee was interviewed, and said that he kept asking > the Hammer people why they couldn't just use Stoker's own > words in the Dracula films. He also claimed to have been the > only cast member to have read the book in the first Dracula > movie he made. > > Of course, nobody has ever really filmed Dracula, not as > Stoker wrote it Sigh. > > Kiwi Chris, Yeah, I heard that interview too. It was excellent, and I've always enjoyed Chris Lee. He's one of those actors who rivet your eyes to the screen whenever he appears, regardless of what he's doing. He was one of the best Bond villains of them all in The Man with the Golden Gun. Bob Raven
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Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 20:08:04 -0800 From: Robert Raven <rraven(at)alaska.net> Subject: Re: Fwd: [MSG Error sending mail] Me, too. Bob Raven Kujen(at)aol.com wrote: > > Please stop these messages if you know how. I am being flooded with them. > Thank you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: [MSG Error sending mail] > Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 10:57:32 -0500 (CDT) > From: MISTI Gateway at dsbs32 <postmaster(at)dsbs32.itg.ti.com> > Reply-To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > The MSG system returned the following response when attempting to send the attached message: > > MSGD537 - TAG=VBPFCGCR ID=MS0A > MSGD711 - Please provide the password to use this MSGid. > > -******** Original Message ********- > > MSG SMLW & > FROM=MS0A ID=A0000000 TAG=VBPFCGCR NONTI=Y > > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA <gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA> > > From: Chris Carlisle <owner-gaslight(at)mtroyal.ab.ca> > > Subj: Re: Today in History -- Oct 29 > > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > | This message has an attached file that was sent via FTM. If | > | the file is not attached to this message, you may use the FTM | > | software to download it by browsing received FTM mail and | > | looking for the following description: | > | Attachment-ID: 99302.MS0A241 | > +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 01:43:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 30
Interesting things that happened October 30th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1830 Maj. Gen. John S. Bowen, CSA
In 1871 Paul Val?ry, French poet, essayist, critic
In 1873 Francisco Madero, Mexican revolutionary, president (1911-13)
In 1885 Ezra Pound (in Hailey, Idaho)
In 1896 Ruth Gordon (in Mass.), actor (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude)
Events worth noting:
In 1864 Helena, capital of Montana, founded.
In 1905 Tsar Nicholas II grants Russia a constitution.
In 1922 Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy.
In 1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with his broadcast of H. G. Wells' "War
of the Worlds".
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 02:10:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 31
Interesting things that happened October 31st:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1795 John Keats, Romantic poet
In 1815 Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician (theory of functions)
In 1860 Juliette Gordon Low, Girl Scout founder
In 1897 Wilbur (Pete) Henry, NFL tackle (Canton, NY Giants, Pottsville)
In 1912 Dale Evans (in Uvalde, Texas), actor, singer
In 1922 Barbara Bel Geddes, actor (Dallas)
Events worth noting:
In 1793 Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror.
In 1815 Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents the miner's safety lamp.
In 1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state.
In 1865 William Parson, third Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes
dies.
In 1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy.
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 08:06:55 -0500 (EST) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Oct 31 Another birthday worth noting -- the multi-talented, luminous, Ethel Waters, born 1900. I saw her onstage in Member of the Wedding. She did the film version, too, as I recall. She was a wonderful song stylist and a hot babe in her younger years. Check out the wonderful musical film Cabin in the Sky. best wishes for a gorgeous winter... breathing down our necks now. phoebe
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:08:02 -0600 From: Brian McMillan <brianbks(at)netins.net> Subject: Re: RE: Lukundoo Weirdness >Jim Kearnan wrote, about Stone, >>I'd say that it was because he was a non-believer. To the truly devout, they >>are anathema. He had the local spirit man (I dislike the term >>"witch-doctor") deposed. Presumably he did the same thing to a similar >>practitioner in the Big Easy. > >>Jim > >Here's another suggestion. Remember his "firey" relationship >with his wife, the novelist. What if she was from New Orleans >herself, and had her own powers? After all, the crucial >question seems to be "Has she forgiven me?" > >Kiwi > I agree with Kiwi's view here. It seems that there is a subtle twist in that the reader expects an African "witch doctor" to be behind the curse, when in actuality it was from earlier in his past (and "soaked in the bone"). The way Stone argues with the heads as he apparently did with his wife is something that might point to that. What, by the way, are carbuncles? Brian McM.
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:15:11 -0500 (EST) From: SusanDara(at)aol.com Subject: about the VictorianFineArt list The address for this list was posted in the middle of Sept and I have been trying to join since, only to be told that the address does not exist. Has anyone been sucessful in joining? IF so can you let me know. thanks susan In a message dated 9/15/1999 12:45:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jdh(at)apk.net writes: > >Description: > > This list was form to share the graphics and pictures of the Victorian > > Era, and to also share all works of Fine Art. We do not post clip art > > on this list in any form. Please subscribe by coping the following > > link. VictorianFineArt(at)topcia.com Thanks, Daniel
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 11:42:59 -0500
From: Tom Chambers <tom.chambers(at)mail.wdn.com>
Subject: Re: about the VictorianFineArt list
Susan -
There is an error in the address - it should read "topica" , not
"topcia",
as I remember.
I joined the list , but I had to quit it again almost immediately - the
members posted so many large graphic files each day that I couldn't get to my
e-mail in a timely manner .
tom.chambers(at)mail.wdn.com
SusanDara(at)aol.com wrote:
>
> The address for this list was posted in the middle of Sept and I have been
> trying to join since, only to be told that the address does not exist. Has
> anyone been sucessful in joining? IF so can you let me know.
>
> thanks
> susan
>
> In a message dated 9/15/1999 12:45:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jdh(at)apk.net
> writes:
>
> > >Description:
> > > This list was form to share the graphics and pictures of the Victorian
> > > Era, and to also share all works of Fine Art. We do not post clip art
> > > on this list in any form. Please subscribe by coping the following
> > > link. VictorianFineArt(at)topcia.com Thanks, Daniel
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 15:04:00 -0700 From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA Subject: Looking at Lukundoo I wonder if White added "-doo" to his mysterious African word because it is similar to "Voodoo". I'm not sure, tho if this was how voodoo was spelled when the story was written in 1907. It seems, like the word "jazz", to have gone thru several spellings until it was standardized. The movie I brought up, _How to get ahead in advertising_ (1989), has a smarmy ad. exec. begin to have qualms about his work ethic. In his stress, he develops a boil on his shoulder. The boil grows and eventually is found to be the source of rude noises. When it develops a face and continues to swell, it becomes a battle between the exec and his evil infection to see who will control the body. It's a comedy, but you have to like it dark and unsweetened to enjoy it. Lukundoo.sht is the plain ASCII filename, and it can be found on the Gaslight website as Lukundoo.htm or at the curent reading schedule page. Stephen D mailto:Sdavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:58:21 -0700
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Andrew Lang's _Book of dreams and ghosts_
(LANGMENU.HTM#dreams) (Nonfic, Chronos)
Andrew Lang's _The book of dreams and ghosts_ (1897)
dreamXpr.non
dreamX01.non
dreamX02.non
dreamX03.non
dreamX04.non
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Our next topic of discussion for the first week
of November will be Andrew Lang's book of _Dreams
of ghosts_ (1897). Here are the first seven
chapters, relating true incidents of strange
experiences thru recent British and American
history.
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get dreamXpr.non
get dreamX01.non
get dreamX02.non
get dreamX03.non
get dreamX04.non
get dreamX05.non
get dreamX06.non
get dreamX07.non
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/langmenu.htm#dreams
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 01:46:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Nov 01
Interesting things that happened November 1st:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1798 Sir Benjamin Lee, Baronet Guinness, Irish brewer, Dublin mayor
In 1853 Jose' Santos Zelaya (L), ruler of Nicaragua (1893-1910)
In 1871 Stephen Crane, poet (Red Badge of Courage)
In 1878 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)
In 1880 Sholem Asch, Yiddish novelist, playwright (Three Cities)
In 1886 Hermann Broch, Austrian novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment)
In 1889 Philip John Noel-Baker, statesman, disarmament advocate (Nobel '59)
In 1892 Alexander Alekhine of Russia, world chess champion (1927-46)
Events worth noting:
In 1834 First published reference to the game of Poker describes it as a
Mississippi riverboat game.
In 1863 Fortifications built on Angel Island, California, by troops.
In 1870 US Weather Bureau begins operations.
In 1913 Knute Rockne leads underdog Notre Dame to 35-13 win over Army.
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 07:58:14 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Chat: ghosts in a library Here's a website for the Evansville Indiana library that features a live cam of the library so you can try to spot the Grey Lady: http://www.courierpress.com/ghost/ Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 10:12:19 -0600 From: Chris Carlisle <CarlislC(at)psychiatry1.wustl.edu> Subject: Carbuncles--caution, icky medical description... Brian wants to know: >What, by the way, are carbuncles? >Brian McM. Straight from Webster--those of hypochondriac imagination should read no further. BTW, my beloved Superior Person's Book of Words points out that one could use "carbuncle" in the technique called The Insult Concealed. "Ah, madam, when I see you in that dress, I imagine an enormous carbuncle resting on your bosom!", which requires that she know about meaning 1 and 2, and NOT about 3. Main Entry: car?bun?cle Pronunciation: 'k?r-"b&[ng]-k&l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin carbunculus small coal, carbuncle, diminutive of carbon-, carbo charcoal, ember Date: 13th century 1 a obsolete : any of several red precious stones b : the garnet cut cabochon 2 : a painful local purulent inflammation of the skin and deeper tissues with multiple openings for the discharge of pus and usually necrosis and sloughing of dead tissue Kiwi
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:01:05 -0600 (CST) From: MISTI Gateway at dsbs32 <postmaster(at)dsbs32.itg.ti.com> Subject: [MSG Error sending mail] The MSG system returned the following response when attempting to send the attached message: MSGD537 - TAG=GKRAATBL ID=MS0A MSGD711 - Please provide the password to use this MSGid. - -******** Original Message ********- MSG SMLW & FROM=MS0A ID=A0000000 TAG=GKRAATBL NONTI=Y To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA <gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA> From: Chris Carlisle <owner-gaslight(at)mtroyal.ab.ca> Subj: Carbuncles--caution, icky medical description... +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message has an attached file that was sent via FTM. If | | the file is not attached to this message, you may use the FTM | | software to download it by browsing received FTM mail and | | looking for the following description: | | Attachment-ID: 99305.MS0A158 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 11:43:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Richard King <rking6king(at)netscape.net>
Subject: RE: Ghosts in the Library
Deborah: Thanks for posting the information about the Ghostcam (which
apparently is "temporarily unavailable" right now). The Grey Lady is very
famous in southern Indiana. I took my daughter to Willard Library (a lovely,
brick Victorian pile) when she was about 8 and told her some of the stories,
including the one about how you can smell the Grey Lady's perfume
occasionally. Well, I had forgotten this and we were walking about the stacks
and some of the odd little rooms and I realized my daughter kept sniffing the
air everywhere she went. Then I remembered what I had told her and got a good
laugh about that.
One story I liked was how during a noisy construction project in the library
the Grey Lady actually went home and lived with one of the librarians for a
bit!
Happy All Saints Day!
Richard King
rking6king(at)netscape.net
Subject:
Chat: ghosts in a library
Date:
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:12:36 -0500
From:
Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com>
To:
Gaslight <Gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA>
Here's a website for the Evansville Indiana library that features a
live cam of the library so you can try to spot the Grey Lady:
http://www.courierpress.com/ghost/
Deborah McMillion
deborah(at)gloaming.com
http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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