Show north star and the dipper the polestar pole star IB Is really tho the most important of tho the baars in our sky says country life in america it marks tho the north at all times it alono alone is fixed in the heavens all tho the other sta stars rs seem to lulng sang around it once in tient coir hours but the polo star or polaris Is not a very bright one and it would bo be haid to identify it it were not for the help of tho the so called pointers in tho the big dipper or great bear tho the outer rim ol 01 tho the dipper points nearly to polaris Polar ls at a distance equal to three times tho space that be separates pa the two stars of tho the dippers outer side various indians call iho the PO pole lc star the homo home star and the star that never moves and tho the dipper they call tho the broken back tho great bear Is also to bo be remembered as the pointers for another reason it is the hour hand of the wood mans clock it goes once around the north star in about twenty four hours the reverse way of tho the hands of a watch that is it goes the same way as tho the sun and for tho the same reason that it is tho earth that is going and leaving them behind |