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Show The Fingers of Galileo. Florcnco Is oxcltcd over tho fingers ot Galileo. It appears that when tho great astronomer's body was admitted to sepulture In tho Florentlco church of tho Holy Cross In 1737, Vlncenzlo Cappoiil, n prolate, cut off with his own hnnd "tho two fingers which had written so many, beautiful things." In other words, ho Btolo tho right thumb nnd forefinger, while another admirer filched tho left thumb, which ot last Is now In tho Florentine Museum, Mu-seum, whllo tho two CapponI fingers, passing, on tho migration of the head of tho family to Franco, to his steward, stew-ard, nro now in tho possession of his dnufihtor, n woman of 84, who seeks to icllovo herself from poverty by selling sell-ing them. Sho had had offers from an American, but having the Indcscro-tlon Indcscro-tlon to publish them, Florenllno patriotism pa-triotism roso In arms, and now demands de-mands that tho fingers should join that already In tho museum. Worse still, payment for them Is refused, and proceedings havo been taken to compel com-pel tho poor old woman to hnnd them over. Now York Tribune. |