Show A roman relic wonder who got the missing col COI dmn from the round temple of bercu I 1 les s at rome it originally was a beau atef ticul ul piece of granite as ono one may judge from the nineteen remaining ones each of them thirty two teet feet high this structure wag was probably erected by pompey and Is remarkable tor for adroit handling of stone the walls within the portico are ot of white marble much ol 01 which still stands the pieces ot of it were so deftly put er as to have the appearance of one mass builders ot of today to day may do work as well but it Is doubtful whether the modern arrangement would wear through the ages like that ot of this roman ruin the circumference of the temple Is teet feet and the inner circumference 26 teet feet there were IPA t 11 10 other temples ot of hercules more pretentious tent ious but none so modestly beaucl tul ful as this new york herald |