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Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 32

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Alice will be pleased to receive letters from any correspondents on any matter of interest to th -m. and to reply through the medium of this page, the norn ac plume only of the correspondents being published. Letters to be addressed "Alice," care of the Editor. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Hokonui.— Thank you for your good wishes. Yes, it is painful to witness all the suffering in creation. The greatest mystery seems in the fact that the whole of the .brute creation have to suffer. We can understand how the sufferings of mankind are used for the development of our higher nature, find how through long suffering patience is taught ; buh there is no such end to be attained with the brutes. Unless Nature makes an individual exceptionally large-hearted and gracious, you will observe that happiness renders people indifferent to the cares ana troubles of others. Outside their own narrow circle, people free from trouble as a rule care not who is heartbroken or afflicted, Sorrow, on the other hand, mak> s the heirfc like an iEolian harp, from which every wandering sigh brings music. Onk of the Maligned Womet of Waitahuna.— I am very much afraid you know more about the authorship of the letter in question than you would care about admitting. At any rate your remarks are of too personal a nature for publication. J. 8., Inch-Clutha, and May. — Replied to in last week's Notes and Queries. Mignonette.— (l) Tarn afraid you cannot do anything to prevent your nose getting red in cold weather. Do not aggravate the sjmptorns by tight lacing, and if you suffer from iud'gestion avoid food which disagrees with you. (2) JCill all that appear on the windows or elsewhere at present and during the spring, and the nuisaace will be somewhat modified in summer. The probability is that there is a stable or other favourable breeding ground iv your vicinity, and if so all you can do is towage unceasing war on the little pests. (3) lour hair is auburn,