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Show The Fingers of Galileo. Florence Is oxcltcd over tho fingers of Galileo. It appears that whon tho great astronomer's body was admitted to sepulture In tho Florentlco church of tho Holy Cross In 1737, Vlnconzlo Cupponl, n prolate, cut off with his own hnnd "tho two fingers which had written so many beautiful things." In other words, ho Btole tho right thumb nnd forefinger, whllo another admirer filched tlio left thumb, which at last Is now In tho Flo-cntlno Museum, Mu-seum, whllo the two Capponl fingers, passing, on tho migration of the head of, tho family to France, to his steward, stew-ard, are now' In tho possession of his daughter, n woman of 84, who seeks to icllovo herself from poverty by (idling (idl-ing thorn. Sho had had offers from an American, but having tho IndoscrO' tlon to publish- them, Florentlno patriotism pa-triotism rose In arms, and now demands de-mands that tho fingers should Join that already In tho museum. Worse still, payment for them Is rofusod, nnd proceedings have been taken to compel com-pel tho poor old woman to hand, them over. Now York Tribune. |