Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-01
BRYAN's LITERARY CHIEF.
The Man Who Will Distribute POpo-
cratic Literature

cratic Literature.
Frederick Upham Adams, who will have
charge of the Bryan literary and press
bureau during the campaign, is an inter-
esting figure, says Moses P. Handy in the
Times-Herald. Although a member OF the
historic Massachusetts Adams family, he is
a typical western man in voice, manner
and opinions. He has the earnestness of a
buzz saw and the courage of a bison. He
is known throughout the west as "Grizzly"
Adams. He is a mechanical engineer,
journalist, novelist, inventor and politician.
His father was chief of the Ordnance de-
partment at Washington during the war,
but Grizzly Adams was born at Elgin,
where he showed early aptitude for me-
chanics. While a young man he invented
the hoods for street electric lamps which
are now in use everywhere. Later he
planned an elaborate railway train, which
is protected by numerous patents and is de-
signed to overcome atmospheric resistance.
In journalism, which he entered ten years
ago, he made a good reputation as a strong
and effective writer. In 1894 he wrote a
serial story called president John Smith, -
which was widely read in the west and
south. His head Is full of ideas for the
excitement of the public. Most of the de-
vices for capturing the western vote for
Cleveland in 1892 were suggested by him.
He was western press secretary for the
democrats in that campaign.
Adams has a strong grip on Bryan's af-
fections for the reason that a week before
the convention. when the Boy Orator of
the Platte was hardly considered as a pos
sibility, he predicted that If the convention
gave him a chance to make an address
Bryan would be nominated. Grizzly is
a great man. He knows nearly everybody
and is on terms Of intimacy with half the
United States senate and all the bankers
of Chicago, as well as with Eugene Debs,
General Coxey, George Francis Train, Au-
gust Neebe, Governor Altgeld and Coin Har-
vey. He was once nominated for mayor
of Chicago by the wicked Whitechapel club,
on a platform of mo water, no gas, no 20
lice" Consequently he feels perfectly at
bone on the popocratic platform.
Clever Feats of n Chimpanzee.
Prof. Garner says that one of the
most intelligent and quite the best edu-
Gated chimpanzeel that he has ever saw is
Consul II. The many feats done by this
ape would fill a small volume; he has not
been trained to perform them as tricks,
simply to amuse or entertain visitors, but
many of them he has taken up of his own
accord, having seem others do so. The feat
that impressed me- most was his skill in
riding a tricycle., and his taste for that
sport. He often takes his machine without
being told. and tides all about the place
II he finds 1t lying on its side, he sets 1t
upright, adjusts the handlebar, mounts II
and takes a rldeI ne pTOpelS IL with ease
and guides it with dexterity. No boy of
his own age can handle it with more skill.
He rides all about the place. around the
walks and drives, all over several acres of
ground; he steers II around the posts and
corners, around the curves of the paths,
makes his way through crowds OF people
without colliding with them. He amuses
himself by the hour at this pastime. When
he tires OF II he sometimes shoves the We
hicle up in come corner and leaves II.
Consul also smokes cigar, cigarette or
pipe. He often finds a cigar stub about the
place, picks it up, puts II in his mouth
and goes to his keeper for a light. One
amusing habit he has is that OF splitting; he
is not very skillful in this, but is persistent.
However. he has the politeness not to spit
on the floor; he spreads a piece OF paper on
the floor, and uses It as a cuspidor.
Theories of cure may be discussed at
length by physicians, but the sufferers want
quick relief; and One Minute Cough Cure
will give II to them A safe cure for chill
dren. II is the only harmless remedy that