Treasury have decided to enable the small investor in Consols,
upon a written request to the Bank of England, to have his
dividends re-invested as they arise, and thus automatically
accumulated without further trouble on his part.--_Times_.]

Oh, it was the old Lady of Threadneedle Street,
And she held up her Stocking (ne'er used for her feet),
And she ups, and says she, "I've an excellent notion;
Leastways, 'tis one borrowed from COHEN by GOSCHEN;
Which nobody can deny!

"The cash that you put in my Stocking, my dears,
Will grow by degrees, if you leave it for years.
By your dividends? Ah! you draw _them_, girls and boys,
And spend 'em, the _Times_ says, in sweets and in toys;
Which nobody can deny!

"How very much better to let 'em remain;
Re-invest 'em, in fact! An original brain
Has hit on that capital notion, at length,
And I'm game for to back him with all my old strength,
Which nobody can deny!

"Leave your dividends in my--suppose we say hose--
And the cash, snowball-like, gathers fast as it goes.
So my--Stocking (I _must_ use the word) will be seen,
The latest and best Automatic Machine,
Which nobody can deny!

"Think, children, of Ac-cu-mu-la-tive Con-sols!