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Show A Roman Relic-Wonder Relic-Wonder who got tho mining col umn from tho round Temple of llcrcu let at Romo! It originally was a beautiful beau-tiful plcco of granite, at one may judge frcm tho nineteen remaining ones, esch of them thirty two feet high This structuro was probably erected by I'orapey, and Is romsrkable for adroit bsadllng of stone. The wslls within tho portico aro of white man lit, much of which still stands. Tho pltces ot It were so deftly put together togeth-er is to havo tho appearance of one nils. Dullders of today msy do work ai well, but II Is doubtful whether the modern arrangement would wear through tho ages llko that of this Itoman ruin. Tho circumference of tbt temple Is HO foct and tre Inner clrcumlerence 28 feet. There were If " , ' vy? otter temples of Hercules moro pretentions pre-tentions but nono so modestly beautiful beauti-ful at this. I aw York Herald. |