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- Science and Industry.

Rev. DIR. Capin, of Steubenville, o.,
has turned inventor, and astonished the
iron men with a machine which, if sue
cessful, will do away with padding fur
naces.
John B. LAWS, brother of Senator
Davis of West Virginia, has 400 acres in
tomatoes on his farm near Richmond,
Va, the biggest field of the kind in the
United States. sStA
Tea raised in South Carolina and
prepared in Baltimore was lately ex-
hibited in Washington to dealers, who
were unable TO Distinguish it from SINH
lar varieties Of Chinese and Japanese,
growth.
The London Engineer comedies
that with all the care the English man.
ufacturer takes, he can not produce the
faultlessT light castings, such as iron
brackets, which the American
manufacturer does.
! The largest four-mill in the world
is now being built at Niagara Falls. Its
capacity will be about 1900 barrels a
day. The structure is placed on the
hydraulic canal, with perpendicular
fall of 100 feet.
New Jersey takes the lead in the
States in the manufacture of window
glass. 1t has "a factories. Pennsyl-
vaHia has 80; New York, IL; Massa-
chusetts, Illinois and Maryland, each 5 (;
West Virginia and Missouri, each 2,
Indiana, 8; and Michigan, Wisconsin
and Iowa, apiece.
Frog culture has attained to some
dimensions as an industry in some parts
of Minnesota. Very little labor is in
volved. The principal duty of the frog
raiser is to protect the eggs and tad
poles from birds, and this is attained by
means of wire screens In market the
frogs sell at 20 cents dozen.
| Texas has produced a new medi-
cine, which, hfrom its intoxicant qualities,
may yet be used as a tipple. 1t is de-
rived from a bean growing on a plant
known as the Soph RIA SpecloSa. Pro-
fessor II. G.. Wood of the university of
Pennsylvania has discovered it in new
alkaloid, which he eproposes to call So
phOriG. Half of one bean, it is said,
will produce a delicious exhilaration
followed by sleep lasting one or two
days.
The experiment of using superheat-
ed water for locomotives has been sue
cessfully tried on the tramway connect
ing ReYeil and Marly-le-Roi, France.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
FASHION NOTES.

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MANY stylsh oonnets are tIilntneo
simply Win iong loops Oh narrow wnl.e-
Watereo rpooa, wtncn Is tne hi'orIee
i'"o, '"e No'o. .''o
The wide white lace cuffs grow in
favor, apq are now worn on the sleeves,
whieH redcH only to the eioow,- as Wen
as on the long, tight sleeve. sE-~-
The favorite hatfor little girlsis the
low-crowned broad, ,brimmed hat, deco-
rated with a wreath OF wild blossoms,
and called the " May Queen. N0S'
Ribbon is as much used as.ever for
summer dresses. The Pompadour
prooche Is preferred, out oouoie-iacea
SATIN and iaiiie and MORE antique ana
faiile are also Employed.
The newest sashes for little children
are made of cashmere, either scarlet or
light blue, about u quarter of a yard
wide, hemmed at each side and fringed
out at the ends and knotted. 80,
The newest and most elegant trim
mings for linen suits are embroidered
bands. These are either ecru, white or
colored. embroidered. in several shades,
and scalIoped out on the ends. III
yorra loa;os waar cams lilo tbose
of ,ha Rn1,an no.sant woman Tt,la oh.
lone 10 | n;eces Of Swiss or ornandv deco.
rated with lace and ribbons and long
cold headed n;ns are used to min them
Sn ~ r. '', ~
oA' p;nk ,,.uou .rd vorx, ,;rbt bluo
I.4;s.na els sra worn 80 soma dof,ad with
white spots. travelling wells are two
wards and a half long: they cover the
head and twine round the neck. y
| a,d;as,.. onen-vort 1stock,nos arc
embro;dered bv hand with colored de.
s;gns ~ suit d;8arent dresses this work
sJora hrIsd;as tbo,,,salvos Nth COL.
S - aNs. - ~
oreo wo,sseo anu hoSs' as ianoy "oiA'
MIhe larger NUMBER OF dresses ex-
moited at the faris Expositon are
neavliy eihoroiaerea h;nJn, s some some are cover, s
Gu S WIN ;oon % snd 's n,ou U'ne easad nate itt I
picHIo any aPion oo.eou s,su ~
nne oleiiiiio "oiA u ooau' auu soiu'n
1nfeaa:s ..,,ss .;r.a
| "A walking suit cai,eu Inc Ito
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

The salaries of the Bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church are $4,000
each per annunn, and an allowance for
house-rent. The same sum is paid to
book agents and official editors at New
York, Cincinnati, and St.-Louis. Other
editors receive salaries varying from
800 to 1880.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
sABBArH MORN IN THE COUNTRY.

How still the morning of the hallowed day.
Mute is the voice of rural labor, hushed
The plow- boyis whistle and the mlkmaid's
And the wish is general that they might stay
hushed..
The scythe lies glittering in the dewy wreath
OF tedded grass, with faded flowers,
That yesterinorn bloom'd waving in the
And when the old man comes along
And finds II there, he will startle the quiet
OF the hallowed day with shouts and roars
And tal<fngs on of one kind and another
That will make a hired man sink into his
boots.
Sounds the most faint attract the ear-the
hum
of early bee looking for some one to sting.
The tIickling of the (mountain) dew, glug,
glug,
Glug, gluggerty gluggerty, glug, glug!
The distant bleating, midway up the hill,
OF the heartbroBen goat when he first dis
covers
That he can not climb n tree!
oil City Derrick.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

Barbara Miller, daughter of Hugh
Miller, the famous Scotch geologist, is
the author of many exquisite poems,
published in MacMillan's and other
magazines. They are signed with her
initials, "B. M
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

Mr.. LECKY, in his "History of the
Middle Ages says, with respect to
cleanliness, that the saints. in Mes.
opotamia regarded washing the body as
a pollution Of the soul, and no man was
considered to have attained the full oder
of sanctity until he had converted him
self into one hideous mass Nef clotted
filth. st Anthony, in his extreme old
age, refused to put his feet in hot water,
on the ground that washing of any sort
was tieshly vanity. st. Abraham, for
so years after his conversion, rigidly
refused to wash either his face or his
feet, ''observing that the face ought to
reflect the purity of the SOUL" st.
Euphrasia joined convent of 130 nuns
who never washed their feet and who
"shuddered at the mention of bath. ~
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.


The War Department lis Of the opinion
that the Indian campaign in the Northwest
is not yet over, and all available troops East
of the Mississippi are being forwarded to
the scene of conflict as speedily as pos
sible. - -. ..
Secretary Schurz, in a recent interview,
says the disclosures of fraud at the Crow
Creek and other Indian agencies have been
brought about entirely through the investi-
cations of the present Indian Bureau; that
theefrregularities in some instances are the
growth of years, and that in no instance
where theft and peculation have been prov
en- to exist has the offender been spared.
i The Secretary says that the humanitarian
policy of getting the Indians togeth-
er upon reservations and making
them self-suppcrting as far rs possible by
agriculture, stock-raising, etc, is very diff
cult to carry out, but may be accomplished
in time if not only the Government but
white citizens will treat the Indians fairly.
The continual conflicts between the inter-
ests of Indians and the greed of white peo-
pie, surrounding and crowding between
T them, presents problem of difficult solu-
ton, and no mere change in the organiza-
tion and control Of the Indian service can
dispose of it, s-zsl a-FassssT= a=s-4
President Hayes left Washington on the
20th, for a visit to his old home at Column
bus, o.
Congress Hunton, Of Virginia, has chad J.
lenged Columbus Alexander, Of Washing
ton, to duel. The trouble grows out of
bill which Mr., Huntdn, as member Of the
Committee on District OF Columbia Affairs,
pushed through Congress at the close of the
! aezslbn, isEafzfng Some assessments made
PAy the;old Board of Public Works, which
Mr.. Alexander has fought long and earnest
ly. 1t is not believed that any blood will be
spit. - r.r- ~ o.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

"A single firm of Sheffield, England,
has this year ordered $4,000 dozen of
American hay-rakers.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
~ AtA}ssia, Hh, en,the 14th, ,a<y0ung lady,
{ a daughter q Mr.. u E. THarcount, while
handling toy pistol, accidentally shot her.
self, the ball passing through her lung, caus-
ingiustank dsath. kGt S=s'A
An investigation by Commissioner Hayt
of affairs, at the Crow Creek Indian Agency
,edsssid to have disclosedla a most stupendous
scheme Of plumber on the part of DIR. Liy-
ingston, formerly agentthere, In connection
with other agents and traders, by which the
Government and the Indians have both been
sEipi]ed oatof thousands of dellarS worth
pf PROPERTY Lifihgstcn and the other
= members q the Srhlg owned two cattle
ranches and hotel, which were regularly
supplied with provisions from the Crow
Greek and EChes ehne sgencies, and this is
but one of q adazen anhnmesef ssimilar ma
ture. The ranches have been seized by the
GoYernpent..
2Iatay 6tleansukig proiesteda great Ma
tional and International Commercial and
River Convention, to De held in that city on
the 18th Of November next. Representa-
!. tiyes are to be invited from all cities and
towns interested in the extension and de-
velopment of the export trade of the coun-
try, the establishment of steamship lines,
improyenentofnHigat the Mississippi
River and its tributaffes, and the constrtc-
ton Of Southern Pacific Railroad. The
sousn American states and Mexico will also
beinvited % send delegates. ~ @
The following is comparative statement
of disposal Of public lands in Dakota, Kan
sas, Minnesota and Nebraska for the fiscal
kyesrs enumg June 5cs 1s17,S-sn june 90,
lotesz -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
East AND sourHEAsr.

Three fatal cases Of yellow fever had oc-
CURED on the 18th, on the United States
steamer Colorado, lying of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
At Harrisonburg, Va, ,on the 10th, Mr.. Abe
Ritchie and his son, young man, were both
killed by lightning while standing under n
tree in the harvest field, where they had
taken refuge during shower. t
At Abingdon, Va, on the Goth, Walter
Preston, young man, shot and killed John
Styles, and then killed himself. Styles was
superintendent of Prieston's brothers farm.
Walter had ridden favorite horse to death,
and, being upbraided by Styles, became en-
ragged and shot him. In a fit Of remorse he
then shot himself. f
North Albany, n. Y, was struck by a cy-
clone on, the 2lst, which caused damage to
the amount ofSl00, 900.
Miss Julia McPhee and Mrs. George BY
ers were killed by lightning at Gloucester,
Mass, on the 21st. ea-s
The wife of James Trump, of Pittsburg,
Pa, kiadled the fire with KEROSENE. Eight
hours afterward she died in great agony.
/. John G. Tappen, Treasurer of the Boston
Betting Company, President of the McKillop,
Sprague & Co. Commercial Agency, and a
heavy stockholder In fhe Merriam Packing
Company Of Texas, is defaulter to the
amount Of probably a million dollars. The
loss falls principally upon the Boston Betting
Company, which wasconsidered sound IMAM
cially, and whose paper was used by Tappen
in bolstering up the weaker concerns with
Which he was connected.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

has been making ascensions for several
years clinging to trapeze bar, was instant
ly killed at Elmwood, Peoria County, ILL.,,
ON the 21st, by falling from the trapeze to
the ground, distance of 200 feet.
President Hayes, Gov. Bishop, Gen. Sher-
man, Gen. Garfield, Gen. Ewing, Gen. Lo-
gan, and other distinguished guests attend
ed the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion at
Newark, o., on the 22d.
Sam Bass died from his wounds on the
2ist. He refused to reveal the names Of any
Of his accomplices.
The Crosby House and several adjoining
buildings at Defiance, Ohio, were burned on
the night of the 21st.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
Foreign Notes.


Count Herbert Won Bismarck, the
eldest son of the German Chancellor,
and his brother, have both become can
didates for the German Parliament.
, According to the Rome correspond
ent of the London Giobe,. the Pope is
likely to accept the advice of his physi-
clans and spend part of the summer out
of the Vatican.
Immense scandal in Vienna Jo-
ham Strauss, within two months after
his wife,s death, has married again, his
second spouse being Angelica Dittrieh,
a pupil of Proek,-+ the YienRese- singing
master.
None of the members of the Prus-
sian Embassy at Paris attended the fu-
neral of the ex-King of Hanover, pro-
badly because the Invitations to the fu-
neral describes him as ".Georga. V.
King of Hanover by the grace of God"
The Berlin police have found it -pec-
essary, in consequence of DR.. Nobeling's
discharge of bird-shot at the Emperor,
to prohibit the performance of Julius
Cesar in that city, and even Schiller's
William Tell has been Withdrawn from
the Royal theater.
Less than 800 men in the English
army wear the Victoria Cross--a scrap
of gun metal inscribed 9 for yalor, y
and carrying with it an allowance OF
$50 year to non-commissioned officers
and men. They are, of all ranks, from
drummer-boys up to Generals.
The Prince of Wales has organized 3
scheme by which artisans will be sent to
the Paris Exhibition free of cost, on con-
dition that each man on his return sub
mits written report on his especial in
dustry. The scheme is warmly sup
ported in the manufacturing districts o.
England. ~ -
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
odds and Ends In Rhyme.

Now stealthily from patch to patch
Proceeds the youthful felon,
And many a luckless farmer man
Bemoans the watermelon.
-Yonkers GGzehe
'Tis sad when the sunbeam is winging
Into your still bedroom at morn,
When the wren in the tree top Is singing
And the Shanghai's devouring his corn;
When fondly the bumble- bee doth hover
Round flowers of scarlet and gold, ~
To get down stairs but to discover
Your breakfast is cold.
Wild Oats.
o visions of celestial ease!
With no one but yourself to please,
How happy in the shade to sit
- e.sla And drink your beer.
Mortals less favored, grind away,
No rest for them by night or day,
For editors must cup and git''
Year after year.
-Meriden Recorder.
The cucumber floats in the acid, u
The emelon sits back in the ice; 81
The butte millxs surface is placid, 4
The heblackberry looks at the rice.
Who says that the weather is hotter
-. Than e'er old inhabitant knew,
Is plainlya grumblesome plotter,
49,. Refiscting the place where ha's due.
-COurier-Journdi.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27
GENERAL.

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Figures indicating the condition of the
cotton crop for July, compiled by the Ma
tional Department Of Agriculture, are as
follows: North Carolina, 81; South Caro-
lima, 104; Georgia, I05;- Florida, 100; Ala
:bana, 1o2; Mississippi, 81; Louisiana, So; (;
Texas, 106; Arkansas, e1 Tennessee, 9s.
Reports of crops have been received from
304 counties Of the cotton belt, of which IS
report 100, us above,and MS below.
Additional Congressional nominations: /:
nlinois-Second District, J. r. Doolittle,
Jr., Democrat; Sixth District, General p. j.
Henderson, Republican lrenominatsd) (;
Rev. ]. W. Hahey, National -Greenback; ;
Seventh District, Alexander Camp
bell, Nationals -Greenback; Seventh Dis
trici, j.. p. Demmett, Republican.
Missouri-Sixth District, NJ. II. Richie, Ma
tional-tsreenDack.z Indiana=-Tenth Dis
trict, Maj. w. Fl. calkins, Republican ire
nominatedl. ohio-seventh District, Chas.
S. Foster, Republican (renominated). Mis-
sissippiESixth District, Gen. J. r. Chal-
.iuerS, Democrat trenominated).
! Z The President has appointed Con. Badger
Postmaster 1T New Orleans, in place of j.
NJ. G.. Parker, suspended. Parker is abroth-
er-fn law of Gen. b. f. Butler.
The Names the ! Inde1eadent Order of
Workingmen has been changed 10 that of
the Independent Order of Mutual Aid.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

The engines are charged with water
heated to 180 degrees c., which is al
lowed to vaporize as fast as required /;
and by doing away entirely with fur
naces in the locomotives, the dangers of
explosion, as well asrthe cause of ter
ror to passing. horses, are easily avoid
ed. A locomotive, propelled in this
manner, and attached to two carriages,
ascended gradient of five and a half
in the hundred at the rate of sixteen
miles an hour.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-07-27

ror to passing horses, are easily avoid
ed. A locomotive, propelled in this
manner, and attached to two carriages,
ascended a gradient of five and a half
in the hundred at the rate of sixteen
miles an hour.
Haps and Mishaps.
The mother of Rev. A. C.. John
son, pastor of Wesley Chapel, M. E..
Church, Madison, Ind, was killed by
being thrown from a wagon while the
horses were running away.
Charles Phillips, farm laborer,
was instantly killed at Austintown, o.,
while unloading hay with patent
horse-fork. The tackle broke and Phil
lips was struck on the head by a pully-
block.
"A 5-year. daughter of William
Burns, residing near Salem, o., was ia
tally injured while walking beside her
fathers team, with which he was haul
ing load of hay. A tug broke, throw
ing the singletree back violently against
her forehead.
Mrs. Daisy Thompson, the wife of
DIR. w. II. Thompson, prominent
physician in Russell County, Va, was
STOPPING over a deep spring near her
house, endeavoring to get a jug of but
termilk from the spring, when she lost
her balance, fell in, became wedged in
the spring, and was drowned.
"A son of Mr.. Samuel Athouser,
aged about II years, residing four miles
northeast of Upper Sandusky, o., was
assisting his father hauling in wheat
from the field when he was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. His
father was also stunned. The load of
wheat was burned up and the horses
ran away. -, =
Jas. Duncan went to the large hay
shed Of Langley & Son, at Nelson. Ky,
where there is rugged a mammoth hay
hosting fork that works from the
ground to the roof by horsepower. Dun
can got upon one of the large prongs of
this fork to make a short ascent, with a
viewto jumping out when he become
satisfied, but in this he failed, and
was carried up among the rafters, where
he was squeezed powerfully, and injured
Internally
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02

Mr.. W. d. Thayer, manager OF the
Rose Eytinge Combination, is in the
city.
MIR. j. W. Dunklee, of the Burnet
House, has returned With his family
from the East.
Sergeant John Buuker, Of the Fifth
Police District, has been threatened
with paraly sis, but was better last even
ing.
Chief Engineer A. l.. Anderson has
returned from the bedsids of his sicE
father, who resides i'll Central Ken
lucky, and reports his condition mucn
improved.
The Misses Helen Reid and Lulu
Gregg, assisted BY the Misses Nellie and
Kate Reid, of West Fourth street, re-
oeiyed their friends Yesterday in hand
some style Oh West Eighth street.
Mr. Edward Well, President of the
German Western Bank, corner OF Vine
and Twelfth streets, was last evening
presented with a magnificent silver tea
service, the gift OF the Directors OF the
bank.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02
ONE LAST REOUEST.

$50 you love me, do your" inquired a
sweet girl Of the youth who had been
BalkiUg to her. "Thaps bad. What have
I done to deserve itp Have not always
treated you well"
"You have, you havep was the earnest
response. "3ut why is it bad, o pride
Of my hearth
~ trust" she went on, musingly, "you
will not select the usual weapon. II l
must die want to 20 of in some un.
usual--not in the storeotyped, the CON-
mon and vulgar wsy. o, promise me
snat you will not disappoint me iu this |
1t Is my last request" ...
"Why, what do you meanw inquired
the youth, staring at her.
81 mean that am obliged to refuse
you. am engaged to Mr.. Smith. You
will kill me, OF course. 1t 10 right that
you should. 1t is the usual way. But
pray, pray do it with dagger. Do not
use the vulgar revolver. Let there be
something nice and original In this
tragedy. AS said before, it Is my last
request"
'lt shall be as you say" he replied In
q husky voice; and, in prOat of his hon.
!erable Intentions, he fred his revolver
In the air and rushed to the nearest
hardware establishment. - Rochester
Democrat.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02
HTENA DOGS.

The origin OF the domestic doc is astri-
buted by some natura!ists to seyeraa
species Of wild animal Among theso
latter the cGnis pictsss or the tycaon pictus.
the spotted or painted Ayena oI A frIUa 10
one. Regarding these spotted hyepa
dogs, as they are generally called, DE.
Schweinlurth says that they are plen-
titul in region called Kurkur, in Cen
tral Africa. These dangerous AMI
mails" ne says, shave apartiality ior ths
steppes and open rushw0od. and con-
gregatiug In herds hunt the smaller nm.
telopes, especially the bushbocks." No
case, however, was known among tifa
natives where .hey attempted to attack
men. Some OF their skins, he observes.
are most brilliantly marked, and exh! bic
such q combination of red, white, yell
low and black spots that the hyena dog
may fairly clam to be the most parti-
oolored of all mammalia. Sob weiniurtn
speaks Of one specimen that he saw in
the Serbia that Was tame, requiring NO
other restraint tnan cord, and yIe.d-
ing to its master with the docility Of al
ordinary dog. This fact, as he ints
out, appears to corroborate the asssc.
tion OF Livingstone (Which, however, he,
not having Witnessed the circumstance,
makes with some reservel that the na-
tives of the Kalaharl Desert are acc0s-
toned to break in this animal and train
it for the chase.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02
THE WAY OF THE TRANsGREssOR,

A Syracuse, N. Y, man went from a
courtroom, the other day, to the Auburn
prison under a sentence Of fifteen years
upon five indictments for forgery. His
life, which began in sunshine, ran out
into the shoals OF misfortune. He was
forty-hye years Of age, of Y respectable
family and OF high education. He was
lawyer when the war broke out. He
entered the service as lieutenant and
came out a major. He was provost
marshal in the Onoudaga District. Ten
years ago be was elected Treasurer OF
Onondaga County, and came out OF Office
without a stain. Since then he has been
addicted TO intoxicati0n, and his career
since has been steadily downward. He
stood, the other day; before the Court,
utterly broken, physically, mentally anu
morally. For himself, he said, when
asked why sentence shOuld not be pro.
nounoed, he little cared. The life inside
the prison were better for him than the
lite he mad led outsids; but for the sake
of his family he would prefer light sen-
tence. There were no mitigating cir.
oumstanoes which could induce the
Judge TO listen 10 his prayer, and the
terrible sentences was pronounced
which, at his sge, probably condemns
him TO o life Imprisonment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-02
hoard OF Public WORKS.

The Board met in regular session,
all the members present, and Presi-
dent Bell in She chair.
The Engineer was instructed to have
VIM. Martin remove the obstruction re-
Sycamore streets.
A bill Of $50 was ordered paid to VIM.
Drummich for his subsori ption towards
laying water-plpe on the Lower River
Road.
A bill of $l2l so was ordered paid to
Peters II Scuhy, for material to repair
streets.
Permission was granted Jacob Heller