Show A WHITE PANTHER hew curiosity from alie captured by the prince another zoological curiosity in the shape of a white panther is now attracting tr sightseers sight seers to the jardin des plantes the paris correspondent of the london daily news says it is a most graceful being and may be called the fair caucasian of the panther tribe it was captured in the caucasus by prince margarine Gar garine who thought he would contribute to the franco russian friendly understanding by sending it to paris the passage from the port where it was put on board a steamer coming to marseilles was very rough the white panther suffered greatly not apparently from seasickness but from nervous alarm the newcomer is the size of any other three year old creature of its race but its snout is longer and narrower than one would expect in a feline the eyes are glitteringly bright and the bushy tail makes this panther seem an overgrown angora of the white species the mustaches are short the fur is thick and longer and more silky than that of the spotted panther but I 1 doubt whether it will should it live to an old age remain white it appears that when caught the robe was more snowy it is now taking a cream tinge and faint spots are beginning to appear M milne edwards considers it an interesting te rarity its manners are gentle the theory about its whiteness is that it was caused by an instinctive and unconscious attempt of ancestors co adapt themselves to a snowy region of the caucasus the lonar fur is taken ro point to habitual residence in a cold climate |