In his "Hints" PUNCHINELLO always desires to remember the peculiar needs of the ladies, and will now tell them something that he is sure will please them. They have all found, in the course of their shopping, that it is exceedingly difficult to procure at the dry goods stores, any sort of fabric which is so woven as to fit the figure, and they must have frequently experienced the necessity of cutting their purchases into variously-shaped pieces and fastening them together again by means of a thread. Here is an admirable plan for accomplishing this object. Take a piece of fine steel wire and sharpen one end of it. Now bore a hole in the other end, in which insert the thread. If the edges of the cloth are now placed together, and the wire is forced through them, the operator will find, to her delight and surprise, that the thread will readily follow it. If the wire is thus passed through the stuff, backward and forward, a great many times, the edges will be firmly united. It will be necessary, on the occasion of the first puncture, to form a hard convolution at the free end of the thread, so as to prevent it passing entirely through. This method will be found much more convenient than the plan of punching holes in the stuff and then sticking the ends of the thread through them. In the latter case, the thread is almost certain to curl up, and cause great annoyance. * * * * * Dies Iræ. The Philadelphia _Day_, on account of the immense success of PUNCHINELLO. * * * * * Sporting Query. Was the fight between the "blondes" and STOREY of Chicago a Fair fight? * * * * * Prospect of a Short Water Supply Next Summer. A convention of milk dealers met this week at Croton Falls to prevent the adulteration of milk by City dealers. * * * * * LATEST FROM WASHINGTON. Commissioner Piegan, of Montana, submits the outline of a treaty with the Indians, which embraces the following provisions, (the embracing of provisions being strictly in character:) 1. No infant under three months of age, and no old man over one hundred and ten, to be killed by either party in battle. All women to be killed on sight. Where the small-pox is raging, the field to be left to the Small-Pox. 2. Presents to Indians to consist chiefly of arms, ammunition, and whisky. 3. Liquor-sellers and apostles to be encouraged on equal terms. 4. Amateur sportsmen to be warned against killing Indians during the breeding season. 5. Quakers and VINCENT COLLYER to be assigned to duty at Washington. 6. Four months' notice to be given of any intended attack on a White camp. 7. In scalping a lady, the rights of property in waterfall and switch to be sacredly regarded. 8. Declarations of love (during a campaign) to be submitted in writing. 9. The usual atrocities to be observed by both parties.