The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . r of dates,according to the style maintained bythe Quakers at Philadelphia for seventyyears. It would make an unscientific headache to go into details. The earth has had time ever since itswung off in its orbit through space andbegan to whirl round and round itselfeverv ?-l hours and then wind around Time found himself in a fme mess bythe introduction of intercalary monthsand other high-sounding scientific an-tics until the year fell out of all harm-ony with the appointed natural period-icity of the seasons. Then Caesar, an original expansio
The Keim and allied families in America and Europe . r of dates,according to the style maintained bythe Quakers at Philadelphia for seventyyears. It would make an unscientific headache to go into details. The earth has had time ever since itswung off in its orbit through space andbegan to whirl round and round itselfeverv ?-l hours and then wind around Time found himself in a fme mess bythe introduction of intercalary monthsand other high-sounding scientific an-tics until the year fell out of all harm-ony with the appointed natural period-icity of the seasons. Then Caesar, an original expansion-ist as well as imperialist, having con-quered about everything in sight,tackled time, which he might regulatebut could not conquer. With the as-sistance of an erudite Egyptian of repu-tation in mathematics, he evolved whatin practically the present method ofcomputation. He started the brand new machinery45 years before Christ, and it has beenrunning with a few corrections eversince. The svstem became known as the THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. 105. William Penn Proprietary and Founder of the Province ok in London 1644; Charter for Pennsylvania 168/; Visited Pennsylvania, 1682-fand i6gg-i70i: Died at Rushcombe, England, jjiS. THE KEIM AND ALLIED FAMILIES. Julian Calendar now familiar as theOld Style. Then the ecclesiastical feature .super-vened in order to get at some rule withrespect to Easter and other movablefestivals of the church. The vernalequinox, when the days and nights had fallen behind according tothe Julian Calendar by the time of thegreat council of the early Christianchurch at Nice in Asia Minor, in the325th year of grace. In Ceasars time it fell on March 25,while at the time of the council theyfound it should be March 31. It was then declared that Eastershould he the first Sunday after thefirst full moon, which happened nextafter the twenty-first of March. If thesaid full moon fell upon a SundayEaster was to be the Sunday after. But ag
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