Contact the manufacture or look it up in a Bluebook of gun values.
your rifle was manufactured in 1894.
The first thing is to mention who made it.
You will have to contact the maker to find out.
Canada
Contact the maker if still in business. If not, try the Blue Book of Gun Values.
If that serial number is correct, the rifle was manufactured in January of 1940.
The JC Higgins Model 31 rifle was manufactured for Sears and Roebuck by Hi Standard.
Dixie
Your Winchester was manufactured in 1952.
tasco is one
Marlin
rifle made 1942