When freshly spilled, ink can be removed from carpets by wetting in
milk. Take cotton batting and soak up all the ink that it will
receive, being careful not to let it spread. Then take fresh cotton,
wet in milk, and sop it up carefully. Repeat this operation, changing
cotton and milk each time. After most of the ink has been taken up in
this way, with fresh cotton and clean, rub the spot. Continue till all
disappears; then wash the spot in clean warm water and a little soap;
rinse in clear water and rub till nearly dry. If the ink is dried in,
we know of no way that will not take the color from the carpet as well
as the ink, unless the ink is on a white spot. In that case, salts of
lemon, or soft soap, starch and lemon juice, will remove the ink as
easily as if on cotton.