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Show Expert Ocean Mall Sorters. Ono of tho most interesting porfoi-in-anccn of modern times is tho handling of tho mails In great ocean steamships. steam-ships. Some of the mon bocomo bo export at sorting that thoy work almost al-most automatically, many of them bo-ing bo-ing nblo to put their finger on any particular town marked on tho rack blindfolded. On an ordinary wustern trip thoy carry on an uvorngo about IGO.OOO lettors and somo 10,000 regis tored packets. Th'o latter hao all to bo written up in detail In their books during tho voyago, and this takcj moro tlmo than tho actual sorting. The officials do not always manago to finish fin-ish tho work by tho tlmo thoy reach port, and when such Is the case thoy accompany what is lefC to tho gonoral past ofllce and complete tho job. there |