Dead broke, and nary a red.

Postmaster, put this letter through,

And when I get paid I’ll pay you.”

Another:

“To George W. Knowles this letter is sent,

To the town of Brighton, where the other one went;

No matter who wrote it, a friend or a foe,

To the State of New York, I hope it will go.”

A sordid young man writes from Albia, Iowa, to Sydney, Australia, upon a postal card addressed, “To any good-looking girl, who is worth, say £10,000, rank immaterial.” Upon the reverse side are set forth the particulars of his intentions after this wise: