Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1910 — Side Lights on History. [ARTICLE]

Side Lights on History.

Peter the Great had started in to learn the ship carpenter’s trade. "I would have shipped as a sailor before the mast,” he explained, “only 1 don’t like the idea of being called ‘old salt Peter.’ ” Warning the jackies that "shiver my timbers!” would be considered lese majesty and punished as such, he proceeded to chase the shavings along the work bench.—Chicago Tribune.