The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-10-22
Joanna, the Insane Queen
AN EPISODE or HISTORY

A little over four hurdred years
ago the Princess Joanna was born In
the magnificent palace OF her re-
noWned parents. Ferdinand and lsa-
bella Of Spain. on the Path Of Febru-
airy, 1900. she married the Archduke
Philip. son ot the Emperor Macmillan
Thus the morning OF life opened be-
fore her more brilliantly than before
almost any other mortal It's evening
closed in darkness and storms as Sc
we're as has ever wrecked a human
heart
Within a wear Joanna gave birth 20
a child. who subsequently became the
woFld-renownei Emperor Charles Y.
Joanna. With her husband and babe
visited her parental home, where they
were received with an the dazzling
pageantry which the crown OF Spain
could lavish upon its illustrious guests.
Their progress was triumphal march
through a continued series OF process
sions, illuminations, ringing OF bells.
and every other demonst ration OF pub
lie JOY
Philip Was In possession Of almost
boundless wealth tie was the heir
az imperial splcndor and was SO re-
marhahle for his personal beauty thar
he is known in history as Philip the
Handsome The quick eye OF Isabella
soon discovered thar her daughter was
far from happy Philip was an utter
prOrigate. and was INDUCING IN all
the eNcesses Of guilty pleasure. Joan
ma. neglected and Inundated was
stung at times % actual madness by
the indignities 70 which she was COM
PEELED 10 submit
Anxious 20 be released from the re-
straints which the presence OF his wife
imposed uf on him. Philip decided. not
vithstandinC her most earnest remon-
strances and those ot her parents. TO
leave Joanna and the babe IN Spain.
and TO return 20 the Netherlands by
the way of Paris. where Louis MI
would introduce him 10 scenes OF
guilt and shame which would have
added 10 the disgrace, even. OF Bel
shazZar's palace
After the departure OF her husband
Joanna resigned herself 10 the deep
est melancholy She took no interest
in her child. and would sit for hours
lost in thought uttering not a word.
Eight months OF the deepest gloom
thus passed away. At last she re-
Flanders 70 rejoin her husband
Her parents demonstrated earnestly.
II was midwinter. and she could not
traverse France. for the two king
doms were az war L was very un-
safe. at that season. 70 brave the ter
rors of the Northern seas Soon the
insanity oil Joanna was developed be-
yond an doubt She was residing
NIT D.. I'm In D..
dina one evening, Isabella being at
Seg0yia. forty miles distant. Joanna
Left her apartments. and in deshabille.
without any assigned reason or any
attendants. sailed out 10 leave the
castle The CONSERVATION was great.
No one dared TO use violence. and yet
an entreaties were in vain The
Bishop OF Burgos. in charge Of the cas-
tie. AZ length ordered the gates TO be
closed
Joanna was thrown into paroxysm
Of rage she sat down upon a bench
in the unsheltered courtyard of the
castle. and persistently refused TO re-
turn 10 her apartment Ii was bleak.
cold night. she was thinly clad. and
yet she refused TO accept OF any addi-
ticnal clothing Isabella was hastily
sent lVl SuOchtu D9 the ullNSs, she
Immediately set out on her return.
while two influential mobiles OF her
court were dispatched. with the ut
most specific Medina. 10 render such
assistance as they could
The two mobiles found poor Joanna
still shivering in the courtyard With
much difficulty she was persuaded TO
enter the castle She went into the
kitchen. stopped there a few moments.
and resolutely returned TO her seat in
the yard. here Isabella found her
crazed child A mothers gentle in
fuence somewhat soothed the dis
ordered intellect. and the mind OF the
unhappy princess gradually regained
some degree Of composure Several
months passed away. and in the
spring OF 1904 Joanna embarked for
Flanders
Here new indignities stung her. She
found her dissolute husband still liv-
ing in sin and shame. Upon one occa-
sion she fell, with all the feroCity OF
a maniac. upon one Of the frail favor