Show The Fingers of Galileo Florence Is excited over the fingers of Galileo It appears that when tho great astronomers body was admitted to sepulture in the Klorcntlce church of the Holy Cross In 1737 Vlncenzlo Capponl a prelate cut off with his own hand the two fingers which had written so many beautiful things In other words he stole the right thumb and forefinger while another admirer filched the left thumb which at last Is now In the Florentlne Museum Mu-seum while the two Capponl fingers passing on the migration of the head of the family to France to his stewart stew-art are now In the possession of his daughter a woman of 84 who seeks to relieve herself from poverty by selling sell-ing them She had had offers from an American but having the Indescre tlon to publish them Florentine patriotism pa-triotism rose in arms and now demands de-mands that tho fingers should Join that already In tho museum Worso still payment for them Is refused and proceedings have been taken to compel com-pel the poor old woman to hand them over New York Tribune |