  We discuss PSR J1740+1000, one of five pulsars recently discovered in a
search of 470 square degrees at 430 MHz during the upgrade of the 305-m Arecibo
telescope. The period of 154 ms and period derivative of 2.1 x 10^-14 s/s imply
a spin-down age of 114 kyr that is smaller than 95% of all known pulsars. The
youth and proximity of this pulsar make it a good candidate for detection at
X-ray and gamma-ray energies. Its high Galactic latitude of 20.4 degrees
suggests a very high velocity if the pulsar was born in the midplane of the
Galaxy and if its kinematic age equals its spindown age. Interstellar
scintillations, however, suggest a much lower velocity. We discuss possible
explanations for this discrepancy, taking into account (a) possible birth sites
away from the midplane; (b) contributions from the unmeasured radial velocity;
(c) a kinematic age different from the spin-down age; and (d) biasing of the
scintillation velocity by enhanced scattering from the North Polar Spur.
