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THE HERALD AUTOMOBILE’S COMEDY RUN. 
STEMLESS LOCO WEED. 
Astragalus Lambertii ( Pursh ) Greene. Other names: Loco Weed; 
Crazy Weed; Colorado loco vetch {Fig. 9). 
Description and Where Found .—This differs from the true 
loco weed most conspicuously in its more erect and branchless 
habit, its longer leaflets, which are linear or oblong instead of 
orate, and the one-celled pod. It ranges over the same territory 
as does the woolly loco weed, but extends farther, being found 
throughout the Great Plains from British America to Mexico, 
and it also ascends higher in the mountains, growing luxuri¬ 
antly at Silver Cliff, in Colorado, at an altitude of about 8000 
feet. 
Symptoms .—So far as has been observed, the symptoms of 
poisoning are identical with those of the preceding species. The 
two plants are considered to be equallv prejudicial to the stock- 
raising interests of New Mexico. 
(From the San Francisco Examiner .) 
THE HERALD AUTOMOBILE'S COMEDY RUN. 
INSIDE STORY OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TRIP. 
Pity the sorrows of a poor, old, broken-down transcontinental 
automobile ! The machine left New York twenty-two days ago 
for a spirited dash across the continent, giving the horse the 
laugh en route. The last entry in the log of the automobile 
reports that fragile vehicle stalled at Buffalo, twenty-two days 
out, and still within the borders of the Empire State. At this 
rate, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Davis, passengers and crew, will be 
candidates for admission into the Old People’s Home by the 
time their journey ends. 
More than 3000 miles of miry country roads, mountain 
steeps and desert stretches, where blacksmith shops are few, yet 
remained to be covered. And the further the machine travels 
from the automobile foundry in New York the longer it takes 
for repairs to overhaul it. 
With the throttle in one hand and a monkey wrench in the 
other, Mr. Davis dashed merrily away from Herald Square, New 
York, on July 13, intending to break the automobile record to 
San Francisco. As there was no record to begin with, the un¬ 
fortunate Mr. Davis busied himself breaking the automobile. 
Each day of the twenty-two resulted in from one to five breaks 
of some vital part. When anything else refused to give way, 
