taken refuge in one of the deck cabins, and here they
were forced to stay for three or four days until the waters became
calmer.

They were at first afraid that they would be starved, but a few biscuits
were found in the cabin, and on these they subsisted until it was safe
to cross the deck to the cook's galley without danger of being washed
overboard. Here they found provisions.

Two women were of the party, and they appear to have behaved very well,
doing their share toward making their comrades comfortable, and
preparing the best meals they could under the circumstances.

When the storm was so far abated that they dared to go on deck, they set
signals, in the hopes of attracting some passing vessel.

Two vessels, however, passed without noticing them, but at last, after
fourteen days of anxiety and fear, help came to them.

They were taken off the vessel and brought safely to land.

The owners of the _Aden_ made full inquiry into the cause of the
disaster, and attributed it to the storm, and not to any carelessness on
the part of captain or crew.

* * * * *

There will have to be a new trial of the case against the Tobacco Trust,
the jury having been discharged by the court.

We told you, in reference to the _Laurada_ trial, that it was necessary
for all the twelve jurymen to agree before a verdict could be secured.

When a trial is finished and the case is given to the jury, the jurymen
in the charge of the sheriff are locked up in the jury-room and kept
there until they arrive at a decision or the judge dismisses them.

When the jurors arrive in their own room, a ballot is taken, and if the
vote is not unanimous they begin a regular discussion of the case. A
foreman of the jury is chosen at the beginning of the trial, and serves
as chairman of the jury while the case is in their hands.

After he thinks the matter has been well weighed, the foreman asks the
jurymen if they are ready to vote. Another ballot is then taken, each
man registering his opinion.

The foreman counts the votes.

If the jury is not all of the same way of thinking, the matter is again
discussed and a new ballot taken.

In the Tobacco Trust trial the jury was "out," as it is called,
twenty-one hours. During that time forty ballots were taken, ten of the
jury voting "guilty" and two "not guilty."

At the end of that time one of the jurors was taken ill. The foreman
sent a request for a doctor, and