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 asked the judge to dismiss the jury, as it was impossible for them to come to a decision. The judge has the right to keep the jury locked up until he is satisfied that they cannot arrive at a verdict. In this instance he kept them three hours longer, and then, finding them still divided ten to two, he discharged them. In English and American law there are only two verdicts, "Guilty" or "Not guilty," and a person who has once been adjudged not guilty can never be tried again for the same crime. In Scotland they have a third verdict--"Not proven." Under this verdict a person regains his liberty, but he can be tried again at any time that fresh evidence against him is secured. The jurors would probably have agreed on the verdict of "Not proven" had it been in use in our courts, but, as it is, there will have to be another trial of the Tobacco Trust as soon as the District Attorney is ready to prosecute. * * * * * People living in New York have long complained of the lack of accommodation on the surface and elevated roads.